On one hand we have Jeff Beck - widely considered one of the greatest guitarists of all-time. The latter offers us an ideal side-by-side comparison, and they just announced a new album together titled 18 and shared a cinematic Depp original “This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr.” Still, we’ll chalk up some points for jamming with a Butthole Surfer and lending his very famous name to a record that gave zero f**ks.Īs for the guitarist Johnny Depp is now, we have to look toward the cover tunes of Hollywood Vampires and most recently, his collaborative work with guitar legend Jeff Beck. But it’s not necessarily an example of virtuosity (nor was intended to be). The P album is certainly adventurous, proving that Depp could hold is own playing fractured punk and weirdo rock. That brings us back to the original question: Is he talented? Depp had some underground cred, at least, by association with Haynes. The single “Michael Stipe” garnered minor attention via novelty, but the project didn’t go beyond the debut LP. The group released one self-titled album in 1995, somehow securing major label support from Capitol. Likely due to his budding acting career, Depp would hang up the axe until forming the semi-joke band P with Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers. His journey as a “professional musician” began with a brief stint in Rock City Angels, a Guns N’ Roses-style ’80s glam metal band. But Depp didn’t always have such obvious guitar-dad vibes. The cringe factor is high, and the guitar work is average. It sees Depp playing blues licks in a desert while surrounded by a pack of wolves. Perhaps the best example of Johnny Depp’s essence as a guitar player is the obnoxious Dior fragrance commercial that tortured television audiences for the past year. Considering the legacies of Perry and Cooper, it was Depp’s chance to brush shoulders with his rock god friends - and show off his skills on the axe. Essentially a glorified cover band, the trio check off all the hard rock cliches and bring an inherently limited amount of creativity to the table. In fact, Depp formed the supergroup Hollywood Vampires with Perry and Alice Cooper. With Menken writing the tunes and Slater writing the lyrics, Galavant begins his quest with musical backup to cheer him on along the way.Humanity currently faces many looming questions: How do we reverse climate change? Will this pandemic ever end? Is Johnny Depp actually good at guitar?įor those who aren’t familiar, when Johnny Depp isn’t acting or looking haggard in the courtroom, he moonlights as a scarf-hanging-from-the-headstock blues rock guitarist in the vein of Joe Perry from Aerosmith. His ego crushed and finding solace in at the bottom of a bottle, Galavant is aimless until summoned by Princess Isabella (Karen David) to repel the land-stealing king and win back his lady in the process. Galavant's rescue (during the King's wedding to Madalena) goes south when she dismisses her former lover in favor of the high-falutin' lifestyle she's found within the castle walls. Jousts! Sword fights! Speeding tickets given to horseback riders! For a full synopsis, check out the lyrics to its opening song:Īs the tune goes on, it tells the story of how Galavant's love, Madalena (Mallory Jansen), is whisked away by King Richard (Timothy Omundson). "Galavant" stars Joshua Sasse as Sir Gary Galavant, the beloved knight looking for his happily ever after, along with all that a medieval fantasy show promises.
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