The Action Is Go

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. in Hollywood, California & Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California
Genre = Stoner rock
Length = 55:43
Label = Mammoth
Producer = Jay Noel Yuenger
Reviews =
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, replacing Eddie Glass and Ruben 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" - 1:15

The European version includes two more songs:
# "Swami's Last Command" - 3:15
# "Module Overload" - 4:19

Personnel

*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 and Nintendo 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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