Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, and Alice Cooper’s Hollywood Vampires cover David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’
Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, and Alice Cooper brought their band, Hollywood Vampires, to “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Wednesday to play a cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes” and the band’s own “I Want My Now.”
“I Want My Now” is the opening track on the group’s second album, “Rise.” The trio also covers the Jim Carroll Band’s “People Who Died” and Johnny Thunder’s “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory.”
In a statement to Rolling Stone, Cooper said listeners should expect something different this time around.
“‘Rise’ is not only a totally different animal than the first Vampires album, it is unique to anything I’ve ever been a part of,” Cooper said. “I approached it very differently than I usually do when working on an album. Each of us; Joe, Johnny, Tommy and myself have written songs on this album. What is different though is that I didn’t try to change any songs to be more ‘Alice-like.’ Because each of us has different influences, the sound of this album is very cool. I think that with this album, we are establishing what the Vampires’ sound really is, whereas with the first album we were more tipping our hats to our fallen rock n roll brothers.”
The group created the album with “no pressure or deadlines,” allowing them to be free to create a unique sound.