Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu emerged from Orange County, California in 1985, initially as a hardcore punk act called Virulence before reinventing as a stoner rock band in 1990 and aligning with the Palm Desert scene alongside Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age. Their breakthrough came with The Action Is Go (1997), widely regarded as a landmark stoner rock album, built on heavily distorted mid-tempo riffs, surf-inflected melody, and lyrical obsessions with muscle cars, skateboarding, and 1970s B-movies. More than a dozen albums deep, including California Crossing (2001) and the double album The Return of Tomorrow (2024), Fu Manchu remain one of the most consistent and prolific acts in the genre.
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Fu Manchu Discography
5 tracks
- 1 Kept Between Trees 3:56
- 2 Bouillabaisse 2:15
- 3 Jr High School Ring (7 Karat) 3:06
- 4 Blowtorch 4:36
- 5 Flashin' 2:45
8 tracks
- 1 Time To Fly 3:04
- 2 Ojo Rojo 3:49
- 3 Show And Shine 2:54
- 4 Mega-Bumpers 3:51
- 5 Free And Easy (Summer Girls) 2:03
- 6 Superbird 4:05
- 7 Shine It On 2:30
- 8 Snakebellies 4:50
11 tracks
- 1 Trapeze Freak 4:18
- 2 Tilt 2:59
- 3 Gathering Speed 4:22
- 4 Coyote Duster 2:51
- 5 Travel Agent 4:12
- 6 Sleestak 3:42
- 7 Space Farm 5:30
- 8 Lug 3:29
- 9 Egor 3:36
- 10 Wurkin' 3:37
- 11 Push Button Magic 4:56
12 tracks
- 1 Regal Begal 2:25
- 2 Missing Link 3:21
- 3 Asphalt Risin' 3:11
- 4 Neptune's Convoy 5:06
- 5 Redline 2:14
- 6 Cyclone Launch 3:25
- 7 Strato-Streak 4:02
- 8 Solid Hex 2:36
- 9 The Falcon Has Landed 4:21
- 10 Seahag 3:13
- 11 The Bargain 2:36
- 12 Supershooter 3:42
14 tracks
- 1 Evil Eye 3:30
- 2 Urethane 3:36
- 3 The 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 7:50
- 14 Nothing Done 1:15
9 tracks
- 1 Don't Bother Knockin' (If This Van's Rockin') 3:55
- 2 Senioritis 2:42
- 3 Pick-Up Summer 2:33
- 4 El Don 2:23
- 5 Ojo Rojo 3:44
- 6 Simco 3:08
- 7 Space Sucker 3:05
- 8 Pinbuster 2:14
- 9 Vankhana (Rollin' Rooms) 4:16
11 tracks
- 1 Hell On Wheels 4:48
- 2 Over The Edge 5:01
- 3 Boogie Van 4:17
- 4 King Of The Road 4:03
- 5 No Dice 3:09
- 6 Blue Tile Fever 5:30
- 7 Grasschopper 3:51
- 8 Weird Beard 3:32
- 9 Drive 3:45
- 10 Hotdoggin' 4:52
- 11 Freedom Of Choice 3:27
11 tracks
- 1 Separate Kingdom 3:44
- 2 Hang On 3:39
- 3 Mongoose 4:10
- 4 Thinkin' Out Loud 3:27
- 5 California Crossing 3:36
- 6 Wiz Kid 3:51
- 7 Squash That Fly 2:56
- 8 Ampn' 3:35
- 9 Bultaco 3:11
- 10 Downtown In Dogtown 3:18
- 11 The Wasteoid 3:53
22 tracks
- 1 Hell on Wheels 4:46
- 2 Laserbl'ast! 3:28
- 3 Asphalt Risin' 3:23
- 4 Mongoose 3:53
- 5 Downtown in Dogtown 3:56
- 6 Boogie Van 4:31
- 7 Tilt 2:55
- 8 Ojo Rojo 3:52
- 9 Strato-Streak 4:01
- 10 King of the Road 4:42
- 11 Anodizer 7:30
- 12 Evil Eye 4:45
- 13 Hang On 3:36
- 14 Wurkin' 3:47
- 15 California Crossing 3:33
- 16 Over the Edge 5:32
- 17 Regal Begal 2:49
- 18 Godzilla 5:37
- 19 Superbird 4:15
- 20 Weird Beard 4:35
- 21 Squash That Fly 3:03
- 22 Saturn III 8:28
3 tracks
- 1 So Far Behind 2:42
- 2 Something Beyond 3:47
- 3 Six Pack (Black Flag) 2:50
11 tracks
- 1 We Must Obey 3:12
- 2 Knew It All Along 3:11
- 3 Let Me Out 3:08
- 4 Hung Out To Dry 3:25
- 5 Shake It Loose 4:12
- 6 Land of Giants 3:56
- 7 Between The Lines 1:32
- 8 Lesson 3:20
- 9 Moving In Stereo 2:42
- 10 Didn't Really Try 2:51
- 11 Sensei Vs. Sensei 4:56
10 tracks
- 1 Bionic Astronautics 3:43
- 2 Steel.Beast.Defeated 3:47
- 3 Against the Ground 3:19
- 4 Webfoot Witch Hat 4:31
- 5 El busta 3:18
- 6 Signs of Infinite Power 4:11
- 7 Eyes x 10 2:22
- 8 Gargantuan March 3:40
- 9 Take It Away 3:19
- 10 One Step Too Far 2:12
8 tracks
- 1 Eatin' Dust 3:10
- 2 Shift Kicker 3:02
- 3 Orbiter 3:18
- 4 Mongoose 6:16
- 5 Pigeon Toe 4:46
- 6 Module Overload 4:16
- 7 Living Legend 5:08
- 8 Godzilla 4:39
4 tracks
- 1 Hung Out To Dry 3:24
- 2 Between The Lines 1:32
- 3 Never Again 2:59
- 4 D.O.A 3:50
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18 tracks
- 1 Written in Stone 3:21
- 2 I Can't Hear You 1:27
- 3 Understand 3:16
- 4 Make Them Believe 3:46
- 5 Hey 2:28
- 6 I'm Gettin' away 2:33
- 7 Out to Sea 3:34
- 8 Open Your Eyes 2:32
- 9 Today's Too Soon 3:29
- 10 It's All the Same 3:30
- 11 Tunnel Vision 2:05
- 12 I Wanna Be 3:27
- 13 Here We Go (Demo) (Previously Unreleased Song) 3:09
- 14 At the Dojo (Demo) (Previously Unreleased Song) 2:56
- 15 Written in Stone (Previously Unreleased Demo Version) 3:27
- 16 Hey (Previously Unreleased Demo Version) 2:03
- 17 I'm Gettin' away (Previously Unreleased Demo Version) 2:27
- 18 Today's Too Soon (Previously Unreleased Demo Version) 2:17
10 tracks
- 1 Dimension Shifter 4:32
- 2 Invaders on My Back 2:26
- 3 Anxiety Reducer 4:56
- 4 Radio Source Sagittarius 3:54
- 5 Mutant 2:18
- 6 No Warning 1:25
- 7 Evolution Machine 5:04
- 8 Triplanetary 2:08
- 9 The Last Question 7:54
- 10 Robotic Invasion 4:17
1 track
- 1 Future Transmitter 3:45
1 track
- 1 Slow Ride 6:05
9 tracks
- 1 Separate Kingdom 4:05
- 2 Hang On 4:21
- 3 Foot Down and Low 4:13
- 4 Ampn' 4:14
- 5 Go for It 6:09
- 6 Planet of the Ape Hangers 3:49
- 7 Bultaco 3:07
- 8 The Answer Lies 5:28
- 9 Wiz Kid 4:25
7 tracks
- 1 Intelligent Worship 3:07
- 2 (I've Been) Hexed 2:47
- 3 Don't Panic 2:04
- 4 Slower Than Light 3:25
- 5 Nowhere Left to Hide 4:18
- 6 Clone of the Universe 2:57
- 7 Il Mostro Atomico 18:07
1 track
- 1 Clone of the Universe 2:57
9 tracks
- 1 Squash That Fly (Live) 3:42
- 2 Hell on Wheels (Live) 4:14
- 3 Eatin' dust (Live) 3:10
- 4 Laserbl'ast! (Live) 3:07
- 5 I Wanna Be (Live) 3:38
- 6 Boogie Van (Live) 4:28
- 7 King of the Road (Live) 4:25
- 8 Written in Stone (Live) 3:24
- 9 Saturn III (Live) 10:03
12 tracks
- 1 Eatin Dust 3:06
- 2 Shift Kicker 2:59
- 3 Orbiter 3:14
- 4 Mongoose 6:14
- 5 Pigeon Toe 4:47
- 6 Module Overload 4:14
- 7 Living Legend 5:06
- 8 Godzilla 4:37
- 9 Grendel, Snowman 3:36
- 10 Strolling Astronomer 4:07
- 11 Urethane 4:30
- 12 Jailbreak 3:58
3 tracks
- 1 Time Is Going On 3:38
- 2 As You Crawl 2:24
- 3 Takin' it to the Streets 4:56
9 tracks
- 1 Trapeze Freak 4:17
- 2 Travel Agent 4:10
- 3 Hanglider 3:56
- 4 Mongoose 4:11
- 5 Out to Sea 3:29
- 6 The Last Question 7:54
- 7 Tilt 2:58
- 8 Free and Easy (Summer Girls) 2:03
- 9 Il Mostro Atomico 18:06
3 tracks
- 1 Strange Plan 3:52
- 2 Low Road 4:03
- 3 My Wave 3:16
10 tracks
- 1 Strange Plan 3:52
- 2 Takin' it to the Streets 4:56
- 3 As You Crawl 2:24
- 4 Orb 3:21
- 5 My Wave 3:16
- 6 A Million Miles Away 4:37
- 7 Time Is Going On 3:38
- 8 Low Road 4:03
- 9 Overblower 3:49
- 10 Working Man 4:52
13 tracks
- 1 Dehumanize 3:15
- 2 Loch Ness Wrecking Machine 3:13
- 3 Hands Of The Zodiac 3:46
- 4 Haze The Hides 3:27
- 5 Roads Of The Lowly 3:42
- 6 (Time Is) Pulling You Under 2:06
- 7 Destroyin' Light 4:01
- 8 Lifetime Waiting 4:17
- 9 Solar Baptized 5:49
- 10 What I Need 5:45
- 11 The Return Of Tomorrow 3:21
- 12 Liquify 3:39
- 13 High Tide 2:51
22 tracks
- 1 Hell On Wheels (Live) 4:46
- 2 Laserbl'ast! (Live) 3:28
- 3 Asphalt Risin' (Live) 3:23
- 4 Mongoose (Live) 3:53
- 5 Downtown In Dogtown (Live) 3:56
- 6 Boogie Van (Live) 4:31
- 7 Tilt (Live) 2:55
- 8 Ojo Rojo (Live) 3:52
- 9 Strato-Streak (Live) 4:01
- 10 King Of The Road (Live) 4:42
- 11 Anodizer (Live) 7:30
- 12 Evil Eye (Live) 4:45
- 13 Hang On (Live) 3:36
- 14 Wurkin' (Live) 3:47
- 15 California Crossing (Live) 3:33
- 16 Over The Edge (Live) 5:32
- 17 Regal Begal (Live) 2:49
- 18 Godzilla (Live) 5:37
- 19 Superbird (Live) 4:15
- 20 Weird Beard (Live) 4:35
- 21 Squash That Fly (Live) 3:03
- 22 Saturn III (Live) 8:28
9 tracks
- 1 Eatin' Dust - Live 3:48
- 2 Loch Ness Wrecking Machine - Live 3:19
- 3 California Crossing - Live 3:37
- 4 Hands Of The Zodiac - Live 3:57
- 5 Dimension Shifter - Live 4:53
- 6 Clone Of The Universe - Live 3:14
- 7 Hell On Wheels - Live 4:24
- 8 The Return Of Tomorrow - Live 3:23
- 9 Saturn III - Live 9:35
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