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Hollywood Vampires is an American rock supergroup formed in 2015 by Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, and Joe Perry.The band name derives from The Hollywood Vampires, a celebrity drinking club formed by Cooper in the 1970s, including Harry Nilsson, Keith Moon of the Who, and Micky Dolenz of the Monkees. [1]
The band then relocated to Los Angeles where they became a local fixture into the 1990s. In 1986, Bobby St. Valentine changed his name to Bobby Durango, and actor Johnny Depp, also from South Florida, joined the band as a rhythm guitarist before debuting as an actor on the police procedural television series 21 Jump Street.
P was an American alternative rock band formed in early 1993 by Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes (vocals), actor Johnny Depp (guitar/bass), actor Sal Jenco (percussion), and songwriter Bill Carter (guitar/bass). [1]
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Depp moved to Los Angeles with his band when he was 20. After the band split up, Depp's then-wife Lori Ann Allison introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage. [12] After they became drinking buddies, Cage advised him to pursue acting. [32] Depp had been interested in acting since reading a biography of James Dean and watching Rebel Without a Cause. [33]
Perry also has his own solo band called the Joe Perry Project, [3] and is a member of the all-star band Hollywood Vampires [4] with Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp. He was ranked 84th in Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time [5] and in 2001, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Aerosmith. [6]
Depp, now 60, was in a band at the time and recommended by another cast member who passed his headshot along to the filmmaker. After auditioning the musician, it was Craven's 14-year-old daughter ...
The hazing to get into the club was to outdrink all the members. [1] According to Cooper in the documentary Prime Cuts : "The Speakeasy and Tramps were the place to be in London . There was a little loft at the Rainbow Bar and Grill in LA (W. Hollywood), they only had that for the club."