last night we went to see camp freddy at the roxy. tonight was their second time of thursday nights at the roxy.

the openers were called melotia. wow... they sucked. every song sounded the same. the lead guitar was no lead at all. i could've come up with that stuff. only the very last song showed some complexity that would require rehearsing. sorry to be so negative but it was that bad. on top of that, at the very end of the set, the drummer threw his stick into the audience, hitting twiddle thumbs right in the head, before it went on to some guy behind us who kept it. once he realized it hit her, he gave the drum stick to her. turns out he's in a band that will open up for camp freddy later in the month and made us promise we'll go to that show. dude, we're going to them all.

guests: steve jones and paul cook again, jerry cantrell again, tommy lee (motley crue), two girls from mcqueen (never heard of the band before), billy duffy (the cult), duff mckagan and slash (guns 'n' roses), and chester bennington (linkin park)

last time it felt like the next best thing to the sex pistols. this time it felt like the next best thing to guns 'n' roses. seriously, again a reunion of that band would suck. the sound was tight and the vocals were good enough. overall the show was tighter and more energetic i think than last time. the guests were also more along my line of tastes so that helps. also, we stood right in front of dave navarro so i was able to get my dave rock star shot that i wanted. he also noticed that we were back to standing in front of him so in a gesture of forgiveness from last week, he came over and kissed us on the heads. it was cool but weird and my gut reaction was simply to say "thank you". it was a really good show overall that i just can't put words to it. rockers having fun and the audience lapping it up.

here's some pictures i took:

we can keep secrets

paul cook copping a feel of dave's ass

the guys from camp freddy radio

dave as cameraman

what's that luv?

duff

chester

donovan not posing for me like last time

this is how close you are to the action at the roxy

in fact we were so in front that i could get audience shots like this

slash's solo poses are the ultimate rock icon...

...but i like this shot too

billy

jerry

setlist:
hello there (cheap trick) - donovan on vocals
song two (blur) - donovan on vocals
rock and roll all nite (kiss) - mark mcgrath on vocals (sugar ray)
rock n roll star (oasis) - billy morrison on vocals, billy duffy on guitar (the cult)
l'il devil (the cult) - mark mcgrath on vocals, billy duffy on guitar
eighties (killing joke) - mark mcgrath on vocals [dave's setlist is marked "drop d"; i guess last time he was playing in the wrong key]
you shook me all night long (ac/dc) - dee snyder on vocals [this was crossed off the setlist]
chinese rocks (the heartbreakers/the ramones)- duff mckagan on vocals/guitar (guns 'n' roses), steve jones on guitar and paul cook on drums (sex pistols)
bodies (sex pistols) - steve jones on vocals and guitar, duff mckagan on guitar, paul cook on drums
rock superstar (cypress hill) - cypress hill on vocals, slash on guitar [this wasn't crossed out but they didn't play it]
it's so easy (guns 'n' roses) - mcqueen on vocals and drums, slash on guitar, duff mckagan on bass
good times bad times (led zeppelin) - chester bennington on vocals (linkin park), slash on guitar
highway to hell (ac/dc) - chester bennington on vocals, slash on guitar, billy duffy on guitar
paradise city (guns 'n' roses) - chester bennington and cypress hill on vocals, slash on guitar, duff mckagan on bass
i wanna be your dog (the stooges) - everyone