In an age of increasingly short attention spans, it's no small feat for a band to arrive at the career landmark of a tenth album -- but that's where So-Cal fuzz ock institution Fu Manchu finds itself with 2007's We Must Obey. Perhaps even more impressive is how the quartet has remained remarkably faithful to their original sonic aesthetic over these many releases and 15-odd years; thereby rewarding the group with the sort of dedicated following enjoyed by other standard bearers of a particular musical footprint: AC/DC, Motörhead, the Ramones. Of course Fu Manchu don't yet share these bands' ubiquitous presence in the average music consumer's psyche (much like their closest generational parallel, Clutch), and some of their discs have been better than others, but the point of all this is that there are few things in the land of ock & roll that are as guaranteed as a Fu Manchu album. Therefore, it naturally follows that We Must Obey doesn't even attempt to break with this tradition, but rather sets right about the business of uncovering fresh new riff sequences with which to propel hard-charging fuzz ock anthems like "Knew It All Along," "Shake It Loose," and the title cut toward the mirage-like horizons capping desert highways. At the other end of the spectrum, we have slower offerings that evidently prize monolithic grooves over raw energy (witness "Lesson" and the psychedelic surf-metal of "Sensei vs. Sensei"), or minimalist dynamics that put a different kind of space in Fu Manchu's space rock (see first single "Hung out to Dry" and "Land of Giants," featuring a novel, distorted growl). And, last but not least, there's a suitably distorted cover of the Cars' "Moving in Stereo," offering the only real surprise in an otherwise perfectly expected Fu Manchu album experience -- their loyal fans wouldn't want it any other way.
I remember listening to Hell On Wheels by Fu Manchu, on some freestyle MTB clip, for the first time and having my blood race through my body. I had to check 'em out, so i picked up their recent cd We Must Obey and cranked it up as i drove through traffic. All-around awesome cd, music made me grip my steering wheel and put on my race-face. But one song caught my attention Shake It Loose... antic...
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hey stoner rock fan!Don't forget to go to Fu Manchu's MySpace page and check out a stream of their new album, "We Must Obey", IN ITS ENTIRETY!http://www.myspace.com/fumanchu
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Hi Ya!Wa CHOP!Foonoonoonoonoonoonoonoo...ka FWAP!And there you are in the dirt crying for your master again!(sinister midevil laughter)Fu Manchu really knows how to punch you in the face with the hard rock!I also found this kick ass track here at Mp34U.Posted by none other than Apocalypse Dude...( more sinister midevil laughter )(sound of wind in clothing as I fly into the sunset)
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So apparently Fu Manchu came out with a new album......back in May.I don't know why I didn't know about this, or how come nobody told me, but it is what it is.Saw it and picked it up at the store on Saturday. Like all their albums, it rocks a lot.
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hey stoner rock fan!Don't forget to go to Fu Manchu's MySpace page and check out a stream of their new album, "We Must Obey", IN ITS ENTIRETY!http://www.myspace.com/fumanchu
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I remember listening to Hell On Wheels by Fu Manchu, on some freestyle MTB clip, for the first time and having my blood race through my body. I had to check 'em out, so i picked up their recent cd We Must Obey and cranked it up as i drove through traffic. All-around awesome cd, music made me grip my steering wheel and put on my race-face. But one song caught my attention Shake It Loose... antic...
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Over the 17 years that Fu Manchu lead vocalist/guitarist Scott Hill and his band have been recording distortion-charged hard rock, their music has been described in colorful, though sometimes baffling ways."The latest thing we've been called is 'desert rock,' which I don't understand," Hill said in a phone conversation from a tour stop in Denver, Colo. "I mean, we live by the beach."Fu Manchu p...
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 We Must Obey |
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| 2 Knew It All Along |
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| 3 Let Me Out |
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| 4 Hung out to Dry |
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| 5 Shake It Loose |
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| 6 Land of Giants |
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| 7 Between the Lines |
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| 8 Lesson |
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| 9 Moving in Stereo |
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| 10 Didn't Really Try |
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| 11 Sensei vs. Sensei |
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