12 h 28 mars 2021 ans - DAILY BEAST Alice Cooper on Why Johnny Depp’s Staying in the Band There’s no Drama

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Alice Cooper on Why Johnny Depp’s Staying in the Band

by Jeff Slate

The last time we spoke was five or six years ago, with Joe Perry in New York, when you were promoting the Hollywood Vampires album.

Yes, and I just talked to those guys. They’re still writing. I think every musician who’s sitting around, they’ve all got a studio at home, and can’t tour, or do gigs, so what are you going to do? You’re going to write songs. But I love those guys. When we were making the first Vampires album, the whole idea was that this was an album paying tribute to all of our dead drunk friends. And everybody in the room was sober. I said, “Isn’t this weird? We’re all sober doing songs about our dead drunk friends.”

You’re survivors, if nothing else. You said a third Vampire’s album is in the works. How far into it are you?

Everybody’s just writing, still. I know Johnny [Depp] was writing all last year, when that whole thing was going on with him. But you know, that’s not going to stop him from going home and writing. In fact, it probably helped. I’m expecting some pretty interesting songs. And Joe put himself in Florida down there and kind of stayed there. And, of course, I’m in Phoenix, so it’ll be great when we all get together. You know, the crazy thing about that band is you’ve got eight guys in the band, and you’ve got three alpha males leading it, but there’s never been one argument. Nobody’s ever even raised their voice to anybody in that band. It’s really cool.

So, Johnny Depp is still in the band? With all the drama, you’re going to have him in the band?

There’s no drama. He said, “Hey, that’s another world. That has nothing to do with what I’m doing in the band.” He’s like, “I can’t wait to get back onstage.” He’s one of my best buddies. And he just made an album with Jeff Beck. For anybody that thinks Johnny’s not a guitar player, Johnny can play, man. When Joe got sick and couldn’t play in New York, actually, Johnny and Tommy Henriksen played all the leads. People were shocked. They just went, “What?!” They didn’t know he was that good.

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