Johnny Depp Rocks!

Music will always be my first love. But if I continued to do it for a living, I don't know that I would feel the same way about it. I'm glad that it worked
out this way, because it's still as fresh as it was back then and I'm not pressured to write hit songs. I pick up the guitar and space out and drool.
-Johnny Depp

Hi! This is my first web site, so please bear with me! I'm a huge fan of Johnny Depp, but as a longtime music enthusiast and collector, it was only natural for me to start investigating his musical background and pursuits. This site is an attempt to compile information about Johnny's musical side: his bands, live performances, recordings, and videos, as well as his friends in the world of music. Hope you enjoy!
-Cathy aka MadScntst, August 27, 2006

Breaking News:

July 2008 DVD update: The Region 1 DVD of Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten will be released on July 8, 2008. The documentary, which celebrates the life of the legendary rocker, features Johnny's participation. It premiered on January 20, 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival, and it had limited theatrical runs in the UK and US in 2007. The Region 2 DVD has been available since Sept. 17, 2007.

Recent News:

June-July 2008 Sweeney Todd earnings update: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street has made a box office total of $52.9 million domestically and $100.4 million overseas, for a total of $153.3 million worldwide, enough to rank it in 49th place for 2007 movies, 35th place for 2007 movies worldwide, and 10th place for musicals 1974-present. See the-numbers.com or Box Office Mojo for all the important statistics! The Region 1 DVD of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street was released April 1 in both 1 disc and 2 disc versions; see the DVD Active site for details and cover art. The DVD has made $34.2M in rentals and $33.0M in sales domestically. The Region 2 format was released on May 19. A Blu-Ray version of the DVD is due out in October. Lastly, the film's soundtrack remained in the Billboard Top 200 for 24 weeks and in the top 20 in the Soundtrack chart for 26 weeks. Sweeney Todd is Johnny's first singing role on film!

June 2008 Sweeney Todd awards update: Congratulations to Johnny for winning the MTV Movie Best Villain award for his portrayal of the singing title character in Sweeney Todd! Johnny also won for Best Comedic Performance as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End. The film also won 2 Saturn Awards from the Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films: Best Horror Film and Best Costume (Colleen Atwood). It received a total of 8 Saturn nominations, including a Best Actor nod for Johnny. Johnny also received a Teen Choice Award nomination as Best Villain in the film. These awards will be held on August 4 on Fox network. If you're a teen, you can vote for Johnny on the Teen Choice Awards site here! More Sweeney Todd award and nomination info can be found on the Johnny Depp Rocks! Sweeney Todd page!

June 2008: The documentary, Rock And A Hard Place: Another Night At The Agora will have 3 screenings on August 29-31 in conjunction with the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. The screenings will take place at the Cinema Paradiso. Details are still being worked out but it is hoped that the weekend will also include live music. Buy tickets here! The film has also gotten a brief plug from the USA Today blog, Pop Candy. Read here. See more about this film, which features Johnny's participation, on the Johnny Depp Rocks! Documentaries page!

Check out these areas!

July '08 updates:

additions to Sweeney Todd main page
addition to With Friends Photo Gallery
updates to Vanessa Paradis and Chuck E. Weiss pages in Related Musicians
update to Viper Room page

June '08 updates:

additions to Sweeney Todd Photo Galleries
additions to Etc. Photo Gallery
additions to Kids page in Bands
additions to Live On Stage
additions to Timeline
addition to Fun Stuff
addition to Discography (spoken performance)

May '08 updates:

addition to Discography (musician)
updates to Documentaries
additions to Before The Kids and Rock City Angels pages in Bands
additions to Myths
additions to Quotes

is updated often, so please check back!

I am always grateful for corrections or additions to any of the content on this site! I would particularly love any photos or other memorabilia from any of Johnny's live performances, past or present. Please contact me if you can help!

madscntst@verizon.net

Johnny Depp Rocks!

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Created July 23, 2006