Fu Manchu
Biography:Southern California’s Fu Manchu began crafting heavy, psychedelic-tinged rock in 1990 with their debut single, “Kept Between Trees.”Throughout the early ’90s the group honed their sound on similarly intense singles, and released their debut album, No One Rides for Free, in 1994 on Bong Load Records. Daredevil, also on Bong Load, followed in 1995. The group switched to Mammoth Records for their 1996 album In Search Of…; the next year, founding members Scott Hill (vocals, guitars) and Brad Davis (bass, vocals) added lead guitarist Bob Balch and former Kyuss drummer Brant Bjork to their lineup, and they released their second album for Mammoth, The Action Is Go.During this time the group gained a reputation as a powerful live act, supporting like-minded groups like the Melvins, Kyuss, White Zombie, Monster Magnet, and Clutch in the States, and Corrosion of Conformity, the Hellacopters, and Marilyn Manson in Europe. 1998 saw the release of Return to Earth, which collected their early singles, and the Eatin’ Dust EP, which was released by Frank Kozik’s Man’s Ruin label. Fu Manchu released their fifth full-length album, King of the Road, in early 2000, following it up with a lengthy tour of the United States. They took time off to work on new material, emerging in the spring of 2001 with California Crossing.As their live show neared perfection, they took an opportunity to showcase their stoner rock stage skill with 2003′s Go for It…Live! The following year they released two new studio discs, Start the Machine and (Godzilla’s) Eatin’ Dust. And in 2007 the band returned with an angrier but typically heavy album titled We Must Obey, a sarcastic rebuttal directed toward anyone with the gall to try and push them around.Discography:No One Rides for FreeTrapdoor Fucking ExitHung Out To Dry – EP 2007We Must Obey 2007(godzilla’s) eatin’ dust 2005Start The Machine 2004K7 Records 2003Harley Davidson Roadhouse Blues 2003It’s Trad, Dad 2003Go for It…Live! 2003Hip Hop Story [Soundtrack] 2003Girls! Girls! Girls! 25 All-Time Classics of the Girl Group Sound 2003California Crossing 2001King Of The Road 2000Eatin’ Dust [Cargo] 1999Eatin’ Dust 1999The Action Is Go 1997In Search Of… 1996Daredevil 1995CompilationsMotorcycle Mania 3 2004A Fistful Of Rock N Roll Volume 11 2003The Hot Chick 2002Twisted Forever 2001Respect the Rock, Vol. 1 2001The Hard + the Heavy, Vol. 1 1999Chicago Cab 1998X-Games, Vol. 3 1998Caged Heat 3000 1996Guest The Desert Sessions, Vol. 1 & 2Desert Sessions 1998www.fu-manchu.comwww.myspace.com/fumanchuwww.music.podshow.com
