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by: Fu Manchu
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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: FU MANCHU
EAN: 0035498017322
Item Dimensions: 18
Label: Fontana Mammoth
Manufacturer: Fontana Mammoth
MPN: 980173
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Fontana Mammoth
Release Date: October 07, 1997
Studio: Fontana Mammoth
Disc 1:- Evil Eye
- Urethane
- Action Is Go
- Burning Road
- Guardrail
- Anodizer
- Trackside Hoax
- Unknown World
- Laserbl'ast!
- Hogwash
- Grendel, Snowman
- Strolling Astronomer
- Saturn III
- Nothing Done
Editorial Review:
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Media Type: CD
Artist: FU MANCHU
Title: ACTION IS GO
Street Release Date: 10/07/1997
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP
Amazon.com:
Despite the loss of two ostensibly crucial members--guitarist Eddie Glass and drummer Ruben Romano--Fu Manchu soldier on with the followup to their brain-numbing masterpiece, In Search of.... While The Action Is Go doesn't quite equal the high-water mark the band set on its previous outing, it mines the same Sabbath/'70s hard-rock vein with slightly different results. Produced by White Zombie guitarist J. Yuenger, Fu's fourth album has less garage fuzz and more heavy metal crunch. Though Glass and Romano's replacements--Bob Balch and former Kyuss drummer Brant Bjork, respectively--do a good job handling the band's standard chug-a-rama, their feel for and interpretation of the material is dramatically different than that of their predecessors. Like every Fu Manchu outing, The Action Is Go heaves and grunts with monstrously heavy classic guitar riffs. There's absolutely nothing new about them--you've heard most of these riffs on any number of Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult records. However, it's the little touches--such as guitarist/vocalist Scott Hill's plaintive, stoned wail and bassist Brad Davis's snaky, throbbing bass lines--that make Fu Manchu more than just pale imitators. While Balch and Bjork add their own personal touches to the proceedings, their contributions aren't quite as unusual as they might be, and ultimately The Action Is Go suffers from this lack. Though it's not a bad album, the garage edge that once gave the band a muscle up on the competition (Monster Magnet, Slo Burn, and others) is sorely missed here. --Adem Tepedelen
Average Rating: 
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with occasional speed thrash. I dig Fu Manchu. These guys rock. And without much ado - a totally non-poser outfit that manage to consistantly deliver the goods, if you like Sabbathy skate rock headbanging groove. Also check out B. Bjork and the Operators.
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This is definitely in my top 5, top 4, top 3, top 2 albums of all time! It has an awesome leaning back, adrenaline feel which sounds contradictory, but the Fu pulls it off. This album is rather different from their other ones, but still the same Fu Manchu that we've all come to love. Awesome skating music, driving music, sleeping music, vacuuming your house music. A++
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Really cool album. It sounds like Mudhoney storming onto the set of That 70's Show in a racing-striped muscle car. Fuzzed out riffs, monotone vocals, more fuzzed out riffs, the occasional mind-warping solo over some fuzzed-out riffs, and there are some riffs in there too, I believe. Extra coolness points for the album-closing S.S. Decontrol cover. Perfect music for being in high school and getting stoned in the basement of your friend's parents' house, surrounded by blacklight posters, Playboys, ...
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Slower, fuzzier, searing guitars and layered sustained solos, Fu Manchu take their time providing the anti-dote to "In Search Off". Gone is the frantic, solo fast and furiously approach, replaced by mood and groove and mining it for all it's worth. Brandt Bjork provides his last create drum performance, locking on to Bob Blach's restrained yet emotive guitar solos, creating instrumental passages that build momentum and power. Totally different than ISO, but equally essential, TAIG, is Fu Manchu's ...
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If you read the entire Editorial Review (above) by Adem Tepedelen, you may come away thinking this CD pales in comparison to "In Search Of..." Well, I say it blows it away, and here's why:
First of all, he states Fu Manchu's line-up change has brought about a blandness to their music when Eddie and Ruben split for good. Look at their replacements, though--Brant Bjork (drums) of Kyuss and Mondo Gen., and Bob Balch (who I must admit, I've never heard of this guitar player) who, compared to ...
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