[kj] Camp Freddy Does "Eighties"

[Alexander Smith]

Yeah, Mark "Sugar Ray" McGrath is a big Joke fan, believe it or not.  
The opening verse of their biggest hit, "Fly," is a crib from "Sanity"  
---

Fly: "All across the world statues crumble for me,...."

Stranger than fiction.

Alex in NYC


On May 4, 2008, at 11:15 AM, T.B. wrote:


>> From NME:

>

> Sex Pistols men join Camp Freddy for all-star LA romp

>

> All-star cover band Camp Freddy were joined on-stage by members of  

> the Sex Pistols, Motorhead, Jane's Addiction and Alice In Chains for  

> their show at the Roxy in Los Angeles last night (May 1) that kicked  

> off their month-long residency at the legendary Sunset Strip club.

>

> The band, which features Billy Morrison (The Cult), Dave Navarro  

> (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers), Matt Sorum (Guns N Roses,  

> Velvet Revolver), Donovan Leitch (son of singer Donovan), and Chris  

> Chaney (Jane's Addiction), performed cover songs by their guest  

> performers as well as Blur, Led Zeppelin and Oasis.

>

> "We're going to bring on half of the Sex Pistols for their song  

> 'EMI' -- now I can die and go to heaven," Morrison said when the  

> legendary punk band's guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook  

> took the stage.

>

> "What can we do to top that?" Morrison asked at the end of the Sex  

> Pistols number before introducing Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister  

> who sang his band's hit 'Ace Of Spades'.

>

> The evening's guest parade also included Nuno Bettencourt of  

> Extreme, Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Steven Perkins of Jane's  

> Addiction and Warren DeMartini of Ratt.

>

> For their grand finale, the band brought on nearly all their guests  

> as well as scantily clad dancing women for a cover of The Stooges'  

> 'I Wanna Be Your Dog'.

>

> They played:

>

> Cheap Trick- 'Hello Ladies and Gentleman'

> Blur-'Song 2'

> Killing Joke-'Eighties' w/Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray)

> Oasis-'Rock 'n' Roll Star' w/Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)

> Led Zeppelin-'Good Times Bad Times' with Poe, Bettencourt

> Adam Ant-'Ant Music' w/Steven Perkins (Jane's Addiction)

> David Bowie-'Suffragette City' w/Warren DeMartini (Ratt)

> Ratt-'Round and Round' w/DeMartini, McGrath

> Thin Lizzy-'Jailbreak' w/Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), McGrath

> Sex Pistols-'EMI' w/Steve Jones, Paul Cook (Sex Pistols), McGrath

> Motörhead-'Ace of Spades' w/Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead)

> Eddie Cochran-'Something Else' w/Kilmister, Jones, Corey Parks  

> (Nashville Pussy, Die Hunns)

> The Stooges-'I Wanna Be Your Dog' w/Kilmister, Parks, Jones,  

> Bettencourt, McGrath

>

> Camp Freddy will continue their residency at the Roxy with different  

> guest performers each Thursday for the rest of May.

>

> +++++++

>

>> From Billy Morrison's Blog:

>

> So now its our turn, and after a hugely stressful afternoon of  

> guestlist/setup/soundcheck/logistics, I felt ready for a nap! But  

> the moment we got up there, I woke up!! We have changed a bunch of  

> songs up now, and have an arsenal of new tunes - we opened with  

> Cheap Trick's Hello There and then straight into Blur's Song Two.  

> Mark McGrath (who is doing every show as our featured guest) came on  

> and blew it all wide open with a killer version of Killing Jokes  

> Eighties. And from there it just got surreal.....Poe singing Led  

> Zep's Good Times Bad Times, Nuno Bettencourt just NAILING Oasis'  

> Rock And Roll Star, Warren De Martini shredding Round And Round,  

> Jerry Cantrell (not scheduled to play, but being part of the Freddy  

> Family, always welcome!) wandering out and killing it on Jailbreak,  

> and of course, my personal highlight (not only of the show but maybe  

> my entire career!) - doing the Sex Pistols EMI with Steve Jones AND  

> Paul Cook!! Lemmy came on to finish the night out and we did Ace Of  

> Spades (which is one of the most violent songs I have ever played!)  

> and Eddie Cochrans Something Else, with Paul Cook and Matt sorum on  

> drums, THREE Bass players (Lemmy, Chris Chaney and Corey Parks from  

> Nashville Pussy!) and me, Navarro and Jonesy on guitars. I Wanna Be  

> Your Dog finished the night in true Camp Freddy fashion....with the  

> Darling Stilettos joining us all onstage and every musician grabbing  

> an instrument and jamming. We got four more of these crazy shows to  

> do, and I strongly advise any fan of rock music not to miss any of  

> them. Each week is different songs and different guests. Next weeks  

> show is gonna BLOW YOUR MIND!!!

>

> T.B.

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