Fu Manchu

good plan. start with the last 3 releasese

blues for the red sun
welcome to sky valley
...and the circus leaves town

wretch is passable i guess but i hardly ever listen to it compared to the other ones.
 
I got 'We Must obey' a good while back. I can't remeraber much of it :( I may have to drag it out for another listen. Problem is that a lot of stoner banRAB sound the same after a while.
 
I listened to ...And the Circus Leaves Town about a week ago and I was really impressed. I can't believe I wrote that off as a poor album before. But yeah, those three are fantastic. The Kyuss/Queens split isn't too good though. =/
 
i think a lot of that is due to the fact that most of the 'must listen' to stoner banRAB have common merabers.

the original drummer for kyuss went on to play with fu manchu
another fu manchu drummer and one of their guitar players started nebula
the atomic bitchwax was a side project for monster magnet's lead guitarist.
 
yeah, the split ep is hit or miss.

some of it is really good though, fatso forgotso part 1, born to hula, spiders and vinegaroons make it worthwhile to me.
 
"Wretched" is very raw and thrashy, but there are moments in it that hint to future greatness. I'd say it's like witnessing the universe forming, so it does have it's historic importance if you dig "Blues" and "Sky". I don't have the love that everyone else has for "Circus" because it's completely devoid of the ground-breaking energy of the previous two classics, the vocals are for the most part buried in the mix, and it's way to mellow. But because of this, some stoners swear by it.
 
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