Fu Manchu King Of The Road CD

King Of The Road Music

List Price	$9.98 (You save $2.29)
Category	Rock Albums, Heavy Metal CDs, Alternative, Rock/Pop, Hard Rock
Label	Mammoth
Orig Year	2000
All Time Sales Rank	18666
CD Universe Part number	1184575
Catalog number	980207
Discs	1
Release Date	Feb 15, 2000
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Fu Manchu; Joe Barresi
Engineer	Fu Manchu; Joe Barresi
Recording Time	269 minutes
Personnel	Brad Davis - bass Scott Hill - vocals, guitar Brant Bjork - drums Bob Balch - guitar

Fu Manchu King Of The Road Songs

1.	Hell on Wheels	$0.99
2.	Over the Edge	$0.99
3.	Boogie Van	$0.99
4.	King of the Road	$0.99
5.	No Dice	$0.99
6.	Blue Tile Fever	$0.99
7.	Grasschopper	$0.99
8.	Weird Beard	$0.99
9.	Drive	$0.99
10.	Hotdoggin'	$0.99
11.	Freedom of Choice	$0.99

King Of The Road Music Review

Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

4 stars Whoa, cool van, dude!
Fun California stoner party rock with some catchy tunes, but can get to be a bit one-dimensional over the course of a full album. This is the first Fu Manchu CD I've bought, and I'll probably get a few more, but my gut feeling is that a greatest hits CD would be all I'd need as some of the tunes aren't that essential. Still, great music for a party!
Submitted by Mike (NY, NY)
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4 stars VRRRRRROOM!
Imagine Ace Frehley half-singing for Black Sabbath as they play AC/DC songs, and you get a pretty good idea of what King Of The Road sounds like. Big fat sound, big fat riffs. Great for hot highways with the windows down.
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