sep 2, 2019 - HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES ULTIMATE GUITAR Alice Cooper: What I Tell People Who Question Johnny Depp's Guitar Playing

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Alice Cooper: What I Tell People Who Question Johnny Depp's Guitar Playing

"Johnny's as good a guitar player as anybody," the musician says.

by Jo Matami

During a conversation with Q105.7, Alice Cooper talked about the 2015 formation of Hollywood Vampires, the supergroup project he's part of alongside Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry and actor Johnny Depp.

"It was so unique," Alice said, adding (transcribed by UG):

"I told 'em: 'What we should do is put a bar band together. Call it Hollywood Vampires and just play songs for all of our dead, drunk friends. It was really true. All the guys we used to drink with, most of them died.

"I said, 'Look: You've got Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Keith Moon, T.Rex [Marc Bolan]. I said, 'We could do all these songs.' Not expecting it to end up playing in front of 200,000 people.

"I thought we were going to be a little bar band. We ended up touring and doing a whole bunch of European shows that had 10, 20, 30 thousand people."

Focusing on Depp's guitar skills, Cooper said:

"Johnny's as good a guitar player as anybody. People always kind of question Johnny's guitar playing. I tell them: Do you know who he's out with right now and playing in the band?

"They ask, 'Who?' I said, 'Jeff Beck.' If you're playing with Jeff Beck, the greatest guitar player of all time, that does say something about your guitar playing."

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