The band originally takes its name from a drinking club consisting of mainly Cooper, Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, Micky Dolenz and Harry Nilsson with additional members including John Lennon. The mission of the original Hollywood Vampires was to drink until no one could stand up. This took place during the height of Cooper's drinking in the 1970s. Cooper talks in more detail about the Rainbow Bar incarnation of the Hollywood Vampires in the 1991 video biography Prime Cuts.
In February 2016, the group performed at the Grammy Award ceremony as a tribute to Lemmy, who had died at the end of 2015.[9] The group also announced their first concert tour, which began at Turning Stone Resort & Casino on May 24.[10] The group was scheduled to make their first late-night television appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on July 11, 2016;[11] however, lead guitarist and co-founder Perry collapsed on stage during a performance on July 10.[12] The band continued to perform without Perry prior to his return to the tour on July 22.[13] The group made their first late-night television appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on June 19, 2019.[14]
In June 2022, the band announced a new tour that took place in Europe in the summer of 2023. On April 3, 2023, the band announced additional dates of the tour to take place in the United States in late May and early June; however, those dates were later rescheduled to late July after Johnny Depp suffered an ankle injury.[15]
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