Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck Releasing New LP Together, Drop Preview Single

Johnny Depp and legendary guitarist Jeff Beck joined forces back in 2020 with the release of the John Lennon cover "Isolation," and now, and the actor/musician and two time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer are releasing an album together.

Due out July 15 is Beck and Depp's album 18, a collection of diverse covers and two songs written by Depp. One of them, "This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamarr," pays tribute to the actress and notable inventor, whose work in developing radio guidance systems would help lead to the creation of Bluetooth, GPS and Wi-Fi technology used today.

Beck said of the track, "I was blown away by it. That song is one of the reasons I asked him to make an album with me." Beck would add about Depp, "I haven’t had another creative partner like him for ages. He was a major force on this record. I just hope people will take him seriously as a musician because it’s a hard thing for some people to accept that Johnny Depp can sing rock and roll."

Depp is a respected guitar player; he originally came to Hollywood to become a musician, not an actor. In the '90s, he played guitar in a band called P, which also included Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes. More recently, he played in the Hollywood Vampires with Joe Perry of Aerosmith and Alice Cooper. But generally, his musical contribution is his guitar playing, not his singing.

As for the album itself, it features 13 tracks (including the aforementioned Lennon cover), but it's titled 18. Why? Beck said, "When Johnny and I started playing together, it really ignited our youthful spirit and creativity. We would joke about how we felt 18 again so that just became the album title too."

Depp would add of his new partnership with Beck, "It’s an extraordinary honor to play and write music with Jeff, one of the true greats and someone I am now privileged enough to call my brother."

18 is currently available for pre-sale on digital platforms here and for pre-order at JeffBeckOfficialStore.com in vinyl and CD formats. A full tracklisting is below.

Actor/Keith Richards impersonator Johnny Depp turns 55 today (June 9), and while the world first fell in love with him as sexy narc Tom Hanson on 21 Jump Street, these days Depp has taken on a different role:  Guitarist in the Hollywood Vampires alongside legends Alice Cooper and Joe Perry.

In honor of his birthday, we've assembled a gallery of Depp's time in the Hollywood Vampires thus far.  The band is currently making its way through Europe on tour, but hopefully, they'll return stateside soon for a run of shows.

HERBORN, GERMANY - MAY 29: Actor/Musician Johnny Depp of Hollywood Vampires performs onstage at Hessentags-Arena during the 56th Hessentag on May 29, 2016 in Herborn, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

HERBORN, GERMANY - MAY 29: Actor/Musician Johnny Depp and Musician Joe Perry of Hollywood Vampires perform onstage at Hessentags-Arena during the 56th Hessentag on May 29, 2016 in Herborn, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

HERBORN, GERMANY - MAY 29: Actor/Musician Johnny Depp of Hollywood Vampires performs onstage at Hessentags-Arena during the 56th Hessentag on May 29, 2016 in Herborn, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 15: (L-R) Singer Alice Cooper, musician Joe Perry and actor/musician Johnny Depp of Hollywood Vampires attend The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS)

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 15: (L-R) Actor/musician Johnny Depp, singer Alice Cooper and musician Joe Perry of Hollywood Vampires perform onstage during The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

HERBORN, GERMANY - MAY 29: Musician Alice Cooper (R) and Actor/Musician Johnny Depp of Hollywood Vampires perform onstage at Hessentags-Arena during the 56th Hessentag on May 29, 2016 in Herborn, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

ST PAUL, MN - JULY 17: Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper from The Hollywood Vampires perform at the 2016 Starkey Hearing Foundation "So the World May Hear" awards gala at the St Paul RiverCentre on July 17, 2016 in St Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images for Starkey Hearing Foundation)

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 15: (L-R) Actor-musician Johnny Depp, musician Joe Perry, and singer Alice Cooper of the Hollywood Vampires attend The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 15: Actor/musician Johnny Depp (L) and musician Joe Perry of Hollywood Vampires perform onstage during The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS)

HERBORN, GERMANY - MAY 29: Actor/Musician Johnny Depp and Musician Joe Perry of Hollywood Vampires perform onstage at Hessentags-Arena during the 56th Hessentag on May 29, 2016 in Herborn, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

ANAHEIM, CA - JANUARY 21: Actor Johhny Depp and musician Joe Perry perform onstage at the TEC Awards during NAMM Show 2017 at the Anaheim Hilton on January 21, 2017 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for NAMM)