Alice Cooper has revealed details of a forthcoming tribute album to his notorious social circle in the ’70s.
According to a recent interview with Billboard, the metal star’s record features the likes of Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl and Johnny Depp — and it’s almost complete.
Entitled Hollywood Vampires, the covers album is dedicated to “all the friends we’ve lost to drugs and alcohol over the years”, including John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Moon and Harry Nilsson. Cooper said: “The album’s done. It’s mixed, ready to go and I’m very, very happy with it. I’m really happy with all the stuff on it. [Paul] McCartney’s on it. [Ringo Starr’s drummer son] Zak’s on it. Dave Grohl is on it, [AC/DC’s] Brian Johnson — and in places where you wouldn’t expect them to be, that’s the cool thing.
“I can’t really say [what covers will be on the album] right now, but if you think of it, who were the Hollywood Vampires? John Lennon was there. Jim Morrison was an early Vampire. We had Jimi Hendrix, Keith Moon of course, Harry Nilsson, Marc Bolan. Those guys were all Vampires.”He added: “The performers have to be dead. Or mentally dead. Or should be dead.”
Named after the famous drinking gang that Cooper formed with Lennon, Nilsson, Moon and Starr at Los Angeles’ Rainbow Bar and Grill in the 70s, some of the members of the musical supergroup are scheduled to perform at the Rock in Rio festival in September.
