In an outburst as bizarre as his new film Mortdecai, Johnny Depp has claimed he finds the concept of actors' singing repellant.
"That whole idea for me is a sickening thing, it's always just made me sick," Depp explained at a press conference at the premiere of his new film Mortdecai.
As previously reported Depp performed with Ryan Adams. "I've been very lucky to play on friends' records and it's still going. Music is still part of my life. But you won't be hearing The Johnny Depp Band. That won't ever exist."
Despite Depp's own history of recording with both Oasis and Marilyn Manson, he also insisted that actors shouldn't expect any special treatment. "The kind of luxury now is, anybody with a certain amount of of success, if you have a kind of musical being, you can go out and start a band and capitalise on your work in other areas."
Depp's most recent musical activity has been appearing on the No Shadow EP with Ryan Adams. Alongside the release, Adams has described how he came to work with Depp on the EP, explaining: "Johnny came rumbling into [Adams’ PaxAm Studios] one night with this riff and an idea of what it was about- a few hour later and one take on a 2-inch 24-track tape machine later we had No Shadow … typed up on my manual typewriter and born and delivered from a simple riff we found on his iPhone. Johnny is a real songwriter and one of the deepest guitar players out there. That’s us singing and playing and playing all the parts ourselves with just our pal Marshal Vore on drums."
"The B-side is from the first night we met where all we did was play and didn’t say a word. This was the third thing we ever played together and there was no discussion. True rock and roll moments, as they should be, unfussy and delivered with all the heart and soul we had that night."
Listen to the No Shadow EP in full below:
This isn't the first times Adams and Depp have collaborated, with the actor unexpectedly joining the singer on stage at various gigs in the past, most notably his comeback shows at London's Shepherds Bush Empire in September 2014.
Ryan Adams will be returning to the UK for a full tour in February, and full dates are listed below. Buy tickets here.
Feb. 19 - Brighton/Brighton Dome
Feb. 21 - Leicester/Leicester De Montford Hall
Feb. 24 - Edinburgh/Usher Hall
Feb. 25 - Leeds/O2 Academy Leeds
Feb. 27 - London/Eventim Apollo
Feb. 28 - Wolverhampton/Wolverhampton Civic
Mar. 1 - Liverpool/Liverpool Guild of Students
