Hollywood Vampires (Hollywood Vampires album)

Hollywood Vampires
Album cover depicting a gothic-style red leather-bound book titled "Hollywood Vampires"
Studio album by Hollywood Vampires
Released September 11, 2015 (2015-September-11)
Recorded 2012–2014 in Los Angeles
Genre
Length 48:28
Label
Producer Bob Ezrin

Hollywood Vampires is the debut studio album by American rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires, formed in 2015 by Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry to honor the music of the rock stars who died from excess in the 1970s.[2] Released on September 11, 2015 for Republic Records,[3] the album features guest appearances by Paul McCartney, Robby Krieger, Orianthi, Dave Grohl, Slash, Brian Johnson, Joe Walsh, Perry Farrell, and Zak Starkey amongst others.

Content

As part of his band's shows, Alice Cooper often performs cover songs as a tribute to his drinking buddies, but he had been considering creating an album of covers based around the group. Cooper wanted the songs to be specific to the early-70's era of The Hollywood Vampires.[4] As such, songs which feature on the album hail from the bands who fit the original group's "lore",[5] with the exception of two new tracks written by Cooper and Depp titled "My Dead Drunk Friends"[6] and "Raise the Dead".[3] "My Dead Drunk Friends" is named after Cooper's recent favorite turn of phrase. Of that, Cooper says "'My dead drunk friends', they would have laughed at that. It was their sense of humor."[7]

The lead track is a spoken word piece titled "The Last Vampire" voiced by Christopher Lee, in which he recites a passage from Bram Stoker's Dracula. Being recorded shortly before his death, this marks Lee's final appearance on a musical record.[8]

Track listing

  1. "The Last Vampire" – 1:35 (Johnny Depp, Bob Ezrin, Christopher Lee)
  2. "Raise the Dead" – 3:31 (Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin, Bruce Witkin, Tommy Henriksen, Rob Klonel)
  3. "My Generation" – 2:47 (Pete Townshend)
  4. "Whole Lotta Love" – 4:13 (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant)
  5. "I Got a Line on You" – 2:48 (Randy California)
  6. "Five to One / Break On Through (To the Other Side)" – 4:17 (Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore)
  7. "One / Jump into the Fire" – 5:07 (Harry Nilsson)
  8. "Come and Get It" – 2:59 (Paul McCartney)
  9. "Jeepster" – 2:42 (Marc Bolan)
  10. "Cold Turkey" – 3:07 (John Lennon)
  11. "Manic Depression" – 2:43 (Jimi Hendrix)
  12. "Itchycoo Park" – 2:55 (Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane)
  13. "School's Out / Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2" – 5:14 (Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith / Roger Waters)
  14. "My Dead Drunk Friends" – 4:30 (Johnny Depp, Bruce Witkin, Tommy Henriksen, Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin)

Personnel

Musicians[9]
Main musicians:
  • Alice Cooper – lead vocals (tracks 2–14), harmonica
  • Johnny Depp – guitar (tracks 2–14), keyboards (track 1), backing vocals
  • Tommy Henriksen – guitar (tracks 2–3, 5–7, 9–14), keyboards (track 4, 9–10, 12, 14), backing vocals
  • Bruce Witkin – guitar (tracks 2, 5, 7, 13–14), bass (tracks 2–3, 6–7, 9–12, 14), keyboards (tracks 7, 14)
  • Glen Sobel – drums (tracks 2, 9–10, 12, 14)

Guest vocalists:

Guest musicians:

  • Charlie Judge – keyboards (track 6)
  • Justin Cortelyou – keyboard (track 1)
  • Bob Ezrin – keyboards (tracks 1, 7, 11, 14), backing vocals

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 34
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] 62
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 76
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 34
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[14] 47
French Albums (SNEP)[15] 54
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 59
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 24
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 30
US Billboard 200[19] 43

References

  1. ↑ Grow, Kory (September 11, 2015). "Hollywood Vampires". Rolling Stone.
  2. ↑ "Faith No More and Hollywood Vampires at Rock in Rio Brazil". Rock in Rio.
  3. 1 2 "ALICE COOPER, JOHNNY DEPP, DAVE GROHL, BRIAN JOHNSON, SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY, SLASH Appear On HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES Debut". Blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Steve Baltin (13 March 2013). "Q&A: Alice Cooper Plans Classic Rock Covers Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Kathy McCabe (19 September 2015). "Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp resurrect their dead drunk friends on Hollywood Vampires record". News.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Gary, Graff (April 20, 2015). "Alice Cooper Talks Collaborating With Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl (and Even Johnny Depp) on New Album". Billboard.com.
  7. ↑ Kory Grow (9 September 2015). "Alice Cooper and Joe Perry on Hollywood Vampires' Drunk History". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Lewis Corner (6 August 2015). "Alice Cooper interview: 'New bands don't give themselves time to get good'". Hearst Magazines UK.
  9. ↑ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/alice-cooper-hollywood-vampires-album-details
  10. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Hollywood Vampires – Hollywood Vampires". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Hollywood Vampires – Hollywood Vampires" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Hollywood Vampires – Hollywood Vampires" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Hollywood Vampires – Hollywood Vampires" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Hollywood Vampires – Hollywood Vampires" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Hollywood Vampires – Hollywood Vampires". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Hollywood Vampires – Hollywood Vampires". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  18. ↑ "2015-09-24 Top 40 UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Hollywood Vampires - Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
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