King of the Road is the sixth studio album from California stoner rock band Fu Manchu

Fu Manchu (band)

Fu Manchu is a Southern Californian stoner rock band, who released their debut single "Kept Between Trees" in 1990. They have been featured on compilations put together by Tony Hawk and ESPN's X Games, and invited to perform on the US television program Monster Garage...

 and was released in 1999. 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.

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
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     Cover Song) - 3:27

Personnel

• Scott Hill - vocals, guitar
• Brant Bjork
  Brant Bjork
  Brant Bjork is an American musician from Palm Desert, California, who is a drummer, producer, guitarist and one of the more notable figures in the stoner rock and Palm Desert scenes.-Early career and Kyuss:...
  
   - drums
• Bob Balch - lead guitar
• Brad Davis - bass guitar

Produced, engineered and mixed by Joe Barresi

Joe Barresi

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 and Fu Manchu

Fu Manchu (band)

Fu Manchu is a Southern Californian stoner rock band, who released their debut single "Kept Between Trees" in 1990. They have been featured on compilations put together by Tony Hawk and ESPN's X Games, and invited to perform on the US television program Monster Garage...

Credits

All tracks recorded, mixed and engineered at Monkey Studios, Palm Desert, CA, except "Hell On Wheels" mixed at Sound City, 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
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  "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 CD....
  
   and the title track "King of the Road".

• The last track, "Freedom of Choice
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  ", is a cover of the song originally sung by proto-punk stars Devo
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  Devo is an American band formed in 1973 consisting of members from Kent and Akron, Ohio. The classic line-up of the band includes two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs and the Casales . The band had a #14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", and has maintained a cult...
  
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• "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
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• "Invisible" from Danko Jones
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   (from the album "Sleep is the Enemy") with guest vocals by John Garcia
  John Garcia (singer)
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   (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
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  is based on the song "Hell on wheels".