King Of The Road - Fu Manchu

Bearing no stylistic or thematic relation to those dodgy, racist Hammer films that hogsflesh enjoys writing about, Fu Manchu are one of my favourite stoner rock bands, and 'King of the Road' is the pinnacle of their distinctly 1970s sound, benefitting from a 1990s retrospective and production. Scott Hill and Bob Balch's bluesy guitar riffs and solos are comparable to the work of Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page, and all sound as dirty and heavy in their execution as those early seventies metal albums always intended to. The best thing about this album is how almost every song is instantly memorable, usually from the aforementioned leading guitar riffs. Only a few ...  Read the complete review