The Action is Go

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The Action is Go!
The Action is Go! cover
Studio album by Fu Manchu
Released 1997
Genre Stoner rock
Producer Jay Noel Yuenger
Fu Manchu chronology
In Search Of...
(1996)		 The Action Is Go
(1997)		 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.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Evil Eye" - 3:30
  2. "Urethane" - 3:36
  3. "Action Is Go" - 3:06
  4. "Burning Road" - 5:47
  5. "Guardrail" - 2:57
  6. "Anodizer" - 4:26
  7. "Trackside Hoax" - 4:54
  8. "Unknown World" - 2:49
  9. "Laserbl'ast!" - 3:47
  10. "Hogwash" - 3:41
  11. "Grendel Snowman" - 4:09
  12. "Strolling Astronomer" - 3:43
  13. "Saturn III" - 7:55
  14. "Nothing Done" - 1:15

The European version includes two more songs:

  1. "Swami's Last Command" - 3:15
  2. "Module Overload" - 4:19

[edit] 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.

"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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