Tommy Henriksen (Alice Cooper, Hollywood Vampries, Crossbone Skully)

Tommy Henriksen is an American musician, songwriter and producer. He is best known for his work as a guitarist with Alice Cooper and supergroup Hollywood Vampires. His latest project Crossbone Skully recently released a new single produced by Mutt Lange (Def Leppard, AC/DC).  We discuss that project plus working with Poison’s CC DeVille, auditioning for Ozzy, Dio & David Lee Roth, his thoughts on Nikki Sixx’s bass playing and Johnny Depp’s character and more! 00:00 - Intro00:13 - Relationship with Stefan Adika01:25 - Perceptions of L.A.  Vs. New York 03:03 - Band with C.C. DeVille 09:20 - Auditioning for Joan Jett 11:20 - Regrets, Low Point & Haircut 13:47 - Auditioning for Ozzy Osbourne 15:20 - Auditioning for David Lee Roth 17:31 - Auditioning for Ronnie James Dio 18:50 - Playing the Songs Right 19:43 - Crossbone Skully Coming Together 22:40 - Working with Mutt Lange & Phil Collen26:25 - Nikki Sixx Bass Playing & Guest Spots29:05 - Assembling Crossbone Skully 34:40 - Other Elements of New Record 39:50 - Touring for New Record 40:57 - Working as a Producer & Lady GaGa 42:30 - Tommy Lee & Songwriting Co-Writes44:25 - Living the Dream 45:43 - Learning from Alice Cooper 48:30 - Johnny Depp 51:15 - MusiCares 52:30 - Future of Crossbone Skully 54:50 - OutroCrossbone Skully website:https://crossboneskully.com/MusiCares website:https://www.musicares.org/Chuck Shute YouTube:https://youtube.com/@ChuckShute?si=GB0v-8hYshh1eUMsSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!