As every year, People
magazine conducts its surveys and delivers their respective opinions. In 2009
he chose Jonny Depp as the sexiest man in the world who was the lucky one for
the second time (the first one was in 2003), displacing Hugh Jackman from his
position.
Actor Johnny Depp is the
sexiest man in the world for People magazine that puts him at the top of a list
that includes names like George Clooney and Brad Pitt. 馃槝馃槝
The publication, which
unveiled the list in its digital edition, describes the protagonist of the saga
“Pirates of the Caribbean” as the “king of good vibes with the most seductive
cheeks”.
Johnny
was a member of The Kids from late 1980 until their breakup in the summer of
1984.He and his bandmates have reunited a number of times, most recently
in 2008.
The Kids is the main band that Johnny belonged to in the early 80's.
It is the one that moved from South Florida to LA in search of fame and
fortune.
The Kids started out as The Kydz, in mid 1978
An early
lineup consisted of:
Bruce Witkin - bass, keyboards and lead vocals
Bill
"Beano" Hanti - drums
Mitch Brownstein (aka Perry) - keyboards, guitar
and some lead vocals
Gio (George) Ardizzola - lead guitar and some
lead vocals
Mitch Perry reminisces briefly about the early days of The Kids (before
Johnny joined) in a 1986 Guitar Magazine article and an undated Metal Mania
article.
Later incarnations of the band included guitarists (in rough
chronological order) Marco Cocchiaro (who replaced Mitch), Joey Malone (who
remained with the band for the duration), Cosmo, and George Mazzola, and
keyboard player Larry Dermer. Cocchiaro, Cosmo, Mazzola, and Dermer were
no longer in the band by the time Johnny joined.
By 1980, the Kids were an
established band, making a big name for themselves in the South Florida music
scene. Johnny's ambition was to become a member. In a radio
interview with Steve Jones on Jonesy’s Jukebox on June 27, 2016, Johnny
divulged that after auditioning for The Kids, he became their lighting guy
"for about a week." As he explained, this gave him a chance to learn
the songs, after which he joined as lead guitarist in late 1980. The
lineup at this time was the most stable and successful incarnation of the band:
Bruce Witkin - bass and lead vocals
Johnny
Depp - lead guitar
Joey Malone - guitar and background vocals
Bill
"Beano" Hanti - drums
Johnny is said to have written
the following Kids songs, according to Randi Reisfeld's 1989 biography:
Everything
I Need
Nothin'
For Nothin'
Backdoor
Girl
Johnny and Bruce did a little
bit of modeling for the Ft. Lauderdale music magazine, the Scarlet Bugle, in
1981. In particular, they would model clothes for the boutique Tres Chic,
often along with store owner GiGi Fredy. Here are some cool photo spreads
from July, August, and October of 1981. Thanks to Scarlet Bugle publisher
Lauri Sims-Alaimo!
July 1981
August 1981
October 1981
On Dec. 1, 1983, the band moved to LA on the advice of promoter Don
Ray, and had some modest success under the name Six Gun Method. But
competition was fierce, and between Johnny’s first acting role in A Nightmare On Elm Street, and other
band members leaving LA, the band split up by July of 1984.
The Kids reunited in 1996, during Donnie Brasco filming in South Florida, and
again in 2002, in LA. On January 28, 2007, Bruce, Joey, Beano and Johnny reunited once again
for a special performance at the Sheila Witkin Memorial Reunion Concert in
Pompano Beach, Florida. Sheila Witkin was a manager and driving force
behind a number of the major bands that were playing in South Florida in the
70's and 80's. Sheila passed away in 2006, and this concert was in
tribute to her and also to raise money for charitable causes near and dear to
Sheila's heart. A young local band called Blank Tape began the
proceedings, performing a great set, joined by Bruce Witkin's daughter
Veronica.
John Christopher Depp II was born on June
9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky (United States). He is an American actor,
producer, director, writer and musician who has won several awards.
Son of
a technician and a waitress, he spent his first years in Vancouver (Canada),
where, led by his love of music, he joined the rock and took his first steps as
a guitarist, when he turned twelve his mother Gave away a guitar. Johnny
found in her such obsession that at the age of sixteen he decided to leave his
studies to devote himself to music. He
was part of a band, The Kids that became the opening act of rockers as
emblematic as Iggy Pop. The group moved to Los Angeles. They
believed that there their musical ambitions would have more exits. However, it was not.
Everything
seemed to change course when Lori Allison introduced him to Nicolas Cage. Although
at first their characters clashed, they ended up becoming good friends. So
much that Nicolas Cage recommended to Johnny to initiate in the world of the
cinema. His
first casting was for Wes Craven's Nightmare on Elm Street.
He
began his film career playing minor roles in films of the eighties. Appeared in Nightmare on Elm
Street. Two
years later he landed a role in Oliver Stone's Platoon, and it began to become
popular. He
was then offered a character in the television series New Cops as a means of
reaching a wider audience, and the success that the series obtained took him
back to the cinema, where he would start to star in movies of renown.
It was
the protagonist of Eduardo Manostijeras, of Tim Burton. His
role in Ed Wood, again of the hand of Tim Burton, was the definitive support
for his career. Its
popularity increased thanks to its participation in the successful film Pirates
of the Caribbean and its sequels, in that it gives life to Captain JackSparrow. Depp
married star makeup artist Lori Anne Allison in 1983 but divorced her in 1985.
During the 1990s, she was romantically involved with many women.
In
1998 he began a relationship with French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis. The
couple had a daughter, Lily-Rose Melody and a son, John Jack Christopher III. In
June 2012, after fourteen years of relationship, they announced their
separation.
Later, he began dating actress and model AmberHeard. In 2014, the couple
engaged, marrying in 2015, at a ceremony in Los Angeles. In July, Depp bought
an island in the Bahamas where a new wedding party was held. On May 23, 2016,
Heard filed for divorce only three days after the death of the actor's mother,
and five days later obtained a restraining order against Depp, stating that he
was mistreated verbally and fiscally.
馃挏馃挏One of the most spectacular phrases that Johnny has said:
The
awards are less important than the fact that a ten-year-old tells you he loves
Captain Sparrow. (Johnny Depp)
