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Length
  
46:20

Release date
  
15 February 2000

Genre
  
Stoner rock

Artist
  
Fu Manchu

Label
  
Mammoth Records

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Released
  
February 15, 2000 January 26, 2000 (Japan)

Recorded
  
1999 at Monkey Studios in Palm Desert, California

Producer
  
Joe Barresi & Fu Manchu

King of the Road (2000)
  
California Crossing (2001)

Similar
  
The Action Is Go, California Crossing, Eatin' Dust, No One Rides for Free, In Search Of

King of the Road is the sixth studio album from California stoner rock band Fu Manchu and was released in 2000. The Japanese and European release features the track "Breathing Fire" in place of "Drive". "Breathing fire" was on the demo version of the record which was sent to radio stations, clubs and fans.

Contents

Fu manchu hell on wheels


Track listing

  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" - 3:46
  10. "Hotdoggin'" - 4:52
  11. "Freedom of Choice" (Devo) - 3:27

Personnel

  • Scott Hill - vocals, guitar
  • Brant Bjork - drums
  • Bob Balch - lead guitar
  • Brad Davis - bass guitar

    • Produced, engineered and mixed by Joe Barresi and Fu Manchu

    Credits

    All songs written by Bob Balch, Brant Bjork, Brad Davis and Scott Hill, except "Freedom Of Choice": written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale
    All tracks recorded, mixed and engineered at Monkey Studios, Palm Desert, CA, except "Hell On Wheels" mixed at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA
    Assistant engineer: Steve Feldman
    Mastered by Dave Collins A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA
    Live photo: C. Taylor Crothers
    Band photo: Alex Obleas
    Art direction: Lane Wurster
    Graphic design: Christopher Eselgroth

    Trivia

  • The American version not only contains the song "Drive" instead of "Breathing Fire" but also has a slightly different artwork ("fisheye pic" behind the CD). Furthermore, there is a special media section included for web access, albums, a short biography and videos. The two videos are for the songs "Evil eye" off The Action is Go and the title track "King of the Road".
  • The last track, "Freedom of Choice", is a cover of the song originally sung by proto-punk stars Devo.
  • "Blue Tile Fever" is a song about skateboarding in a swimming pool made famous by the Z-Boys during the water shortage in California in the 1970s. The goal was to skate up and over the blue tiles around the top of the pool. It also hints that the Z-Boys were the coolest kids around and the "crowd splits wherever they go".
  • The van on the cover is a 1960s Ford E-Series. Custom van culture features heavily in many of the songs on the album.
  • "Invisible" from Danko Jones (from the album "Sleep is the Enemy") with guest vocals by John Garcia (Hermano, ex-Kyuss) is based on the Fu-Manchu song "Hell on wheels" from the album King of the Road.
  • "Frieda und die Bomben" from Beatsteaks is based on the song "Hell on wheels".
  • The title track "King of the Road" was used as the intro music on the radio show Loveline for about 3 years starting in late 2000.

    • Songs

    1Hell on Wheels4:49
    2Over the Edge5:02
    3Boogie Van4:17

    References

    King of the Road (album) Wikipedia
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