- The Action Is Go
Infobox Album
Name = The Action is Go
Type = studio
Artist = Fu Manchu
Released =October 7 ,1997
Recorded =1997 at Grandmaster Recorders, Ltd. inHollywood, California & Sound City Studios inVan Nuys, California
Genre =Stoner rock
Length = 55:43
Label = Mammoth
Producer =Jay Noel Yuenger
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Last album = "In Search Of..." (1996)
This album = "The Action Is Go" (1997)
Next album = "Return to Earth 91-93 " (1998)"The Action is Go" is the fourth studio album from Californian stoner rock stalwarts Fu Manchu features new drummer
Brant Bjork (Kyuss ) and new lead guitarist Bob Balch, replacingEddie Glass andRuben Romano who left to form Nebula.Jay Noel Yuenger , of White Zombie, handles production duties giving a crisper sheen without compromising the trademark bruising riffs. He also adds keyboards to several tracks.Track listing
# "Evil Eye" - 3:30
# "Urethane" - 3:36
# "Action Is Go" - 3:06
# "Burning Road" - 5:47
# "Guardrail" - 2:57
# "Anodizer" - 4:26
# "Trackside Hoax" - 4:54
# "Unknown World" - 2:49
# "Laserbl'ast!" - 3:47
# "Hogwash" - 3:41
# "Grendel Snowman" - 4:09
# "Strolling Astronomer" - 3:43
# "Saturn III" - 7:55
# "Nothing Done" - 1:15The European version includes two more songs:
# "Swami's Last Command" - 3:15
# "Module Overload" - 4:19Personnel
*Scott Hill - Vocals, Guitar
*
Brant Bjork - Drums*
Bob Balch - Lead Guitar*Brad Davis - Bass
Produced by
Jay Noel Yuenger Trivia
Module Overload was first released on the "Godzilla" EP and was re-recorded with a new vocal line and a different middle part. The original version appears again on "
Eatin' Dust " CD."Swami's Last Command" was originally a contribution to the soundtrack of the movie "
Chicago Cab " from 1998."Evil Eye" was featured in the
2000 skateboarding Video Game "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 " for PC, Sony PlayStation,Dreamcast andNintendo 64 .Tony Alva (Z-Boys fame) graces the CD cover skating in the "Dogbowl."This albums introduces Brad Davis on the
theremin which he will use later again on "Start the Machine".
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