Aerosmith’s Joe Perry was rushed to a hospital in Coney Island after leaving the stage and collapsing mid-show. According to Page Six, the guitarist was performing with Hollywood Vampires, his side project with Alice Cooper, and Johnny Depp, when he suffered cardiac arrest at around 9:30 p.m. At this point, he seems to be in stable condition.
Cooper reportedly said the following to the crowd:
“If you notice one of our brothers is not onstage with us, he was very sick before the show.”
Fans that saw the incident said Perry was clearly having trouble, and ended up sitting on the drum kit, before exiting the stage. He lost consciousness, and EMTs carried him out on a stretcher.
Since Duff McKagan will be out with Guns N’ Roses this summer, Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) will be handling the bass duties for Hollywood Vampires on their upcoming tour. The rest of the touring lineup will feature Alice Cooper, Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Matt Sorum, Bruce Witkin and Tommy Henriksen.
Hollywood Vampires North American Dates:
7/01 – Bethlehem, PA @ Sands Bethlehem Event Center
7/02 – Mashantucket, CT @ The Grand Theater at Foxwoods Casino
7/03 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Resort Spas and Casino Event Center
7/05 – Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest BMO Harris Pavilion
7/07 – Aurora, IL @ River Edge Park,
7/08 – Orillia, ONT @ Casino Rama Entertainment Center
7/09 – Niagara Falls, NY @ Stage at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
7/10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Coney Island Amphitheater
7/12 – Kettering, OH @ Fraze Pavilion
7/13 – Mt. Pleasant, MI @ Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
7/14 – Cadott, WI @ Rock Fest
7/16 – Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/18 – Fargo, North Dakota @ Scheels Arena
7/22 – Rohnert Park, CA @ Weill Hall
7/23 – Jacksonville, OR @ Britt Pavilion
7/24 – Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery
7/25 – Paso Robles, CA @ Mid State Fair
Hollywood Vampires, the band featuring Alice Cooper, Joe Perry (Aerosmith), and Johnny Depp, along with live members Guns N’Roses’ Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, performed a special tribute to Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead) at this year’s Grammy’s. Check out some footage of that below:
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) introduced the band, and had the folliwing to say:
“Many of us play rock and roll, but very few of us are rock and roll. Lemmy Kilmister was rock and roll. He was a rebel and an outsider, one of a kind and a way of life. He was Motorhead. He was a legend and I was proud to call him my friend. I have an ‘Ace of Spades’ tattoo, but the truth is Lemmy and Motorhead left their mark on me a long time ago, just as they did for everybody who’s ever loved rock and roll. As Lemmy taught us in ‘Ace of Spades,’ the pleasure is to play. So tonight, I wanna thank Lemmy and the late Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor for their music and everything it meant.”
On another note, Hollywood Vampires also played their new song titled “As Bad As I Am,” during their performance. The studio version of that can be found below:
Hollywood Vampires, the band featuring Alice Cooper, Joe Perry (Aerosmith), and Johnny Depp, along with live members Guns N’Roses’ Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, will be performing a special tribute to Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead) at this year’s Grammy’s.
“We started this band as a means to toast our ‘dead drunk friends’ at the Rainbow, all the ghosts in the bar, and now I guess Lemmy is involved in that, too. Lemmy was one of those salt-of-the-earth guys. Find me somebody who didn’t love Lemmy. He’s just one of those guys that’s impossible not to like. He was always funny.”
According to Cooper, the band will most likely perform Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades,” and said the following about that:
“I might do it more ‘Alice Cooper style,’ but it would still have to have that growl, that guttural voice to make it work. I can’t picture, like, Creedence Clearwater doing that song.”
He also added the following about a new song titled “As Bad As I Am,” from the deluxe edition of the band’s debut album, which they plan on playing as well.
“Johnny [Depp] says to me, ‘My dad was a bit of a rounder, one of those guys that was in and out of trouble all the time. During Thanksgiving or Christmas, when we’d toast, he’d say, ‘Good as you are, bad as I am.’ And I went, ‘Wow, that’s really good.’ That actually sounds like an old, Irish toast of some sort. So once again, almost everyone in the band is a recovered alcoholic and it refers back to alcohol.”
The deluxe version of Hollywood Vampire’s debut effort will be released on February 12, and the Grammy’s will air on February 15.
Hollywood Vampires, the supergroup featuring Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, and Joe Perry (Aerosmith), along with multiple special guests have premiered their cover of The Who’s “My Generation.” This particular track features Cooper, Depp, Tommy Henriksen, Bruce Witkin, and Zak Starkey, and will be on the band’s self-titled debut album, which will be released on September 11.
According to Rolling Stone, Hollywood Vampires, the supergroup featuring Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, and Joe Perry (Aerosmith), along with multiple special guests including Brian Johnson (AC/DC), Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Slash, Paul McCartney etc., have announced two Los Angeles, CA shows. Ex-Guns N’ Roses members Duff McKagan & Matt Sorum, and Cooper’s Tommy Henriksen & Bruce Witkin, will perform on these dates.
Tour Dates:
09/16 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
09/17 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
09/24 Rock In Rio Festival
The band will also be on hand before Rock In Rio to help the Starkey Hearing Foundation fit 150 people with hearing aids. These people will also be able to attend the show to listen to music for the first time.
Hollywood Vampires self-titled debut album will be released on September 11.
The details have been revealed for Hollywood Vampires’ self-titled album. The Alice Cooper led project, which also features Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Paul McCartney, Brian Johnson, Slash, Dave Grohl and multiple other special guests, will release the effort on September 11. You can check out a teaser, along with the tack listing and cover art below:
Track Listing:
01. “The Last Vampire”
Narration: Sir Christopher Lee
Keyboards and Sound Design: Johnny Depp, Bob Ezrin and Justin Cortelyou
02. “Raise The Dead”
(Johnny Depp, Bruce Witkin, Tommy Henriksen, Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin, Rob Klonel)
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen, Bruce Witkin
Drums: Glenn Sobel
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Background Vocals: Alice Cooper, Tommy Henriksen, Bob Ezrin
03. “My Generation”
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Drums: Zak Starkey
Background Vocals: Tommy Henriksen,
04. “Whole Lotta Love”
Vocals: Brian Johnson, Alice Cooper
Guitars: Joe Walsh, Johnny Depp,
Orianthi, Tommy Henriksen, Bruce Witkin
Harmonica: Alice Cooper
Drums: Zak Starkey
Bass: Kip Winger
Programming: Tommy Henriksen
Backing Vocals: Alice Cooper, Tommy Henriksen
05. “I Got A Line”
Vocals: Alice Cooper, Perry Farrell
Guitars: Joe Walsh, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen, Bruce Witkin
Drums: Abe Laboriel Jr.
Bass: Kip Winger
Background Vocals: Perry Farrell, Tommy Henriksen, Bob Ezrin
06. “Five to One/Break On Through”
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Robby Krieger, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen
Drums: Abe Laboriel Jr.
Farfisa: Charlie Judge
Bass: Bruce Witkin
07. “One/Jump Into The Fire”
Vocals: Alice Cooper, Perry Farrell
Guitars: Robby Krieger, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen, Bruce Witkin
Drums: Dave Grohl
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Keyboard: Bob Ezrin, Bruce Witkin
Programming: Tommy Henriksen
08. “Come And Get It”
Vocals: Paul McCartney, Alice Cooper
Guitars: Joe Perry, Johnny Depp
Piano: Paul McCartney
Drums: Abe Laboriel Jr.
Bass: Paul McCartney
Background Vocals: Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper, Abe Laboriel Jr., Bob Ezrin
09. “Jeepster”
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen,
Drums: Glenn Sobel
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Programming: Tommy Henriksen
Background Vocals: Bob Ezrin
10. “Cold Turkey”
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen
Drums: Glenn Sobel
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Programming: Tommy Henriksen
Background Vocals: Alice Cooper, Tommy Henriksen
11. “Manic Depression”
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Joe Walsh, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen
Drums: Zak Starkey
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Piano: Bob Ezrin
12. “Itchycoo Park”
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen
Drums: Glenn Sobel
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Programming: Tommy Henriksen
Background Vocals: Alice Cooper, Tommy Henriksen, Bob Ezrin
13. “School’s Out / Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2”
Vocals: Alice Cooper, Brian Johnson
Guitar: Slash, Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen, Bruce Witkin
Drums: Neal Smith
Bass: Dennis Dunaway
Background Vocals: Kip Winger, Bob Ezrin
14. “Dead Drunk Friends”
(Johnny Depp, Bruce Witkin, Tommy Henriksen, Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin)
Vocals: Alice Cooper
Guitars: Johnny Depp, Bruce Witkin,
Drums: Glenn Sobel
Programming: Tommy Henriksen
Bass: Bruce Witkin
Piano: Bruce Witkin, Bob Ezrin
Background Vocals: Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen, Bruce Witkin, Bob Ezrin
