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Camp Freddy made their big return to the Roxy for the month long residency at the Roxy with another night of familiar faces and lots of rock n'roll excitement. This all-star ensamble of vocalist Donovan Leitch, guitarists Dave Navarro and Billy Morrison, bassist Chris Chaney and drummer Matt Sorum brought back the fun in rock n'roll, and gave the lively crowd lots to look forward to.

One of the things about a Camp Freddy show is the variety of people that show up to jam with the band. The crowd is always kept in anticipation over who will appear that evening, which is half of the excitement.

The night began with Queen's 'Tie Your Mother Down,' where Leitch started the show off with a familiar song that built up the energy for the evening. Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath was brought on stage to lead into Killing Joke's 'Eighties' and The Cult's 'Lil Devil,' where Billy Duffy joined the band on guitar. The opening songs set things off for the night, and there was rarely a dull moment the rest of the way.

Former Fuel vocalist Brett Scallions was next to sing 'Roadhuse Blues' and 'Mama Kin,' the two bluesier numbers of the evening. Then his wife and Slunt vocalist, Abby Gennet, was introduced to front a strong rendition of 'Whole Lotta Love,' which included her singing to Navarro, on her knees and doing her best Robert Plant impression. This became one of the many highlights of the evening.

Morrison took over lead vocals and brought out Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones to join in on 'Suffragette City.' He later returned to front 'I Wanna Be Your Dog.' Velvet Revolver's Duff McKagan came out for 'Holiday In The Sun,' and then Scallions returned to front 'It's So Easy.'

But the big name of the evening came when Godsmack frontman Sully Erna was brought out for the next three numbers - 'Good Times Bad Times', 'Max In The Box' and 'Bodies'. While most were familiar with him in his main band, he showed that he was able to place his own spin on these songs.

Much like past shows, tonight's Camp Freddy show showed no signs of having a dull moment. They are easily the missing link in rock music today, and hopefully will something every band will rediscover over time.