The Action Is Go


The Action is Go is the fourth studio album by California stoner rock group Fu Manchu. It features new drummer Brant Bjork and new lead guitarist Bob Balch, replacing Eddie Glass and Ruben Romano, who left to form the band Nebula. According to an AllMusic review, the new lineup provided Fu Manchu with "the impetus and inspiration to really start moving forward," and the resulting album demonstrates the band's "punk energy, classic rock drive, psychedelic crunch, and heavy-ass grind all at once." The album was produced by Jay Noel Yuenger of White Zombie, who contributed some additional instrumentation.

Track listing

The European version includes two more songs:

Personnel

Recorded by Bradley Cook at Grandmaster Recorders, Ltd. Hollywood, CA, and Sound City, Van Nuys, CA
Assisted by Ryan Boesch and Billy Bowers
except "Unknown World" Recorded by Ulrich Wild at Music Grinder, Los Angeles, CA
Additional recording by Bradley Cook
Mixed by Joe Barresi at The Village, West Los Angeles, CA
Assisted by Eric Greedy
Mastered by Dave Collins at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Cover photograph 1977 Glen E. Friedman
Fu Manchu photographed by Alex Obleas
Studio photography by Lisa Johnson
Art direction: Lane Wurster
Graphic design: Chris Eselgroth
Artist management: Catherine Enny for Guerrilla Management Collective
All songs written by Fu Manchu 1997 Strolling Astronomer Music except "Nothing Done" written by Al Barile of SSD 1983 Xclaim!