Johnny’s ‘anger’ fuelled Vampire Hollywood’s second album apparently (Picture: Splash News)

Johnny Depp may have stayed quiet as the controversy surrounding his divorce from Amber Heard and his career continued to mount, but it seems he’s about to reveal all on Hollywood Vampire’s upcoming album.

Over the past year, the 55-year-old actor has faced allegations of domestic violence and claims that his career was in tatters after reportedly being sacked from his role as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean.

While he has never personally addressed any of the controversial reports about him, it seems Johnny will get everything off his chest on his band’s new album.



Alice Cooper, who is also in Hollywood Vampires alongside Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, reveals how Johnny used the songwriting process for their upcoming second album Rise to unleash all his ‘anger’.


Speaking to AZCentral, Alice said: ‘I think there’s a lot of pent-up frustration in Johnny in the fact that there were so many things that were written about him that were untrue in the last year.

‘I mean, so many things.’

Among the rumours that left Alice stumped, were that Johnny ‘weighed 110 pounds’ and that he was ‘depressed’.

Johnny’s had a tough time lately but music’s been his therapy (Picture: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Live News)

Defending his friend and bandmate, Alice says the Hollywood actor had abs and was in great shape, and ‘laughed’ while writing songs so was far from being depressed.

The 71-year-old rocker explained: ‘Every single thing I read about him was absolutely the opposite of what was going on.’

Alice was particularly passionate about reports that emerged during Johnny’s highly-publicised divorce from Amber, which claimed that he spent $30,000 a month on wine.

Marilyn Manson made a surprise appearance on-stage at the Hollywood Vampires’ latest show (Picture: Splash News)

Recalling Johnny’s response when asked about the rumour, Alice said: ‘He says, “Yeah, I spent $30,000 on wine. I’m not gonna drink that wine. That wine’s really expensive”.’

Alice said that he would refuse to perform with Johnny if the actor was ‘drunk all the time’, adding: ‘I wouldn’t be in a band with him.’

He continued: ‘So this album, I think, is full of a lot of anger in his lyrics. And me singing them. He sings some of the stuff, but I sing most of it. I’m going “What did you mean by this?” He goes, “Just sing it”.’

The band are currently on the road and performed at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday night with Marilyn Manson making a surprise appearance on-stage.

Hollywood Vampire’s second album, Rise, is set for release on 21 June.

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