Guest Performances

Johnny has played as a guest guitarist with many performers including The Partibrejkers, Shane MacGowan, Oasis, Iggy Pop and Patti Smith.


The Partibrejkers - In February 1992, Johnny played with The Partibrejkers, a Serbian rock/punk blues group, while in Belgrade for the Belgrade International Film Festival to promote Arizona Dream.


Shane McGowan - Johnny performed "That Woman's Got Me Drinking" with Shane McGowan and The Popes on Top Of the Pops in September 1994. Top Of the Pops was a weekly British television show that featured that week's top-selling popular music artists.

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Johnny Depp and Shane McGowan

Oasis - A year after performing with Shane MacGowan, Johnny played "Fade Away" with Oasis, for a album called Help: A Charity Project for the Children Of Bosnia. In June of 1996, Johnny again recorded with Oasis. According to Noel Gallagher, guitarist for Oasis, Johnny and Kate Moss joined him on the Caribbean island of Mustique where the band was recording music for the Be Here Now album. Having had too much to drink, Noel was unable to play the slide guitar solo for the song "Fade In-Out". Johnny picked up the guitar and played it for him. Noel later confessed it took him six months practice prior to the tour to learn the guitar solo Johnny had played in one take.


Iggy Pop - Johnny joined Iggy Pop for the recording of "Hollywood Affair" in late 1999. The single was included in the album Corruption. Johnny is credited with writing the music and co-producing "Hollywood Affair" on the album. A month after the recording, Johnny rejoined Iggy to play "Hollywood Affair" and "Nightclubbing" for a live show in Canal, Paris.

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Chrissie Hynde, Johnny Depp,
Vanessa Paradis and Iggy Pop
Canal, Paris, December 12, 1999

Voices for Justice Rally - On August 28, 2010, Arkansas Take Action held a rally to raise awareness of the legal battle of the West Memphis Three - three Arkansas teenagers convicted in 1993 for the murders of three young boys in what has been referred to as a miscarriage of justice. Years after the conviction, Johnny has taken up their cause. His first public appearance on the boy's behalf was an interview with CBS News' 48 Hours Mystery called "A Cry for Innocence", which aired February 27, 2010. He expressed his belief in the boy's total innocence, and discussed the flaws in the prosecution's case.

Johnny and several other high profile people participated in the Voices for Justice Rally. Johnny read a passage from Damien Echols' journal - Damien was considered to be the ring-leader of the trio. Following the reading, Johnny accompanied Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder on guitar, playing the solo in Jerry Hannan's "Society". Johnny also accompanied Patti Smith, the final act of the night, with Eddie Vedder and Bill Carter in Smith's "My Blakean Years", "Wings" and "Dancing Barefoot". All of the performers who participated in the rally joined Patti, Johnny, Eddie and Bill on stage for the finale, Patti's "People Have the Power".

Voices for Justice Rally Robinson Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, August 28, 2010