After nine albums, countless world tours and more than a dozen years of leading their scene, Fu Manchu, featuring Scott Reeder (photo) behind the drums, have signed a worldwide recording agreement with The Century Family.“Fu Manchu is one of the most influential rock groups of recent times. We’re proud and excited to welcome the band to our roster, and we look forward to being part of a new chapter of their impressive history.”
Founded by guitarist/vocalist Scott Hill, Fu Manchu debuted their ‘70s-inspired fuzz rock on 1994’s acclaimed “No One Rides For Free”. Over the next decade, the group received extensive international acclaim for such landmark albums as 1996’s “In Search Of…”, the following year’s “The Action Is Go”, 2000’s “King of the Road” (hailed by Rolling Stone as “the ultimate desert-rock car album”) and “California Crossing” (2001).
Most recently, the group released “Start The Machine” in 200, supported by a nationwide tour with Corrosion of Conformity.
The band, which for the last four-plus years has featured Hill, drummer Scott Reeder (ex-Smile) and longtime members Bob Balch (guitars) and Brad Davis (bass), also has several famous alumni: Nebula mainstays Eddie Glass and Ruben Romano, as well as former Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age drummer Brant Bjork.
Fu Manchu will track their new album at Hollywood’s Grandmaster Recorders studios (Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Black Crowes) – where they also recorded “In Search Of…” and “The Action Is Go” – with co-producer Andrew Alekel (Weezer, Rancid, Queens of the Stone Age).
The band plan to record 13 new songs and, in classic FU fashion, three cover songs: The Cars’ Moving In Stereo, Void’s Who Are You and Van Halen’s D.O.A.. Says Fu Manchu frontman Scott Hill:
\"We are excited to be working with Liquor and Poker and the entire Century Family. We feel that they really understand rock bands like us. Our new record is heavier, thicker, fuzzier and more aggressive than anything that we\'ve done for a while. We can’t wait to get this record out and then hit the road to play these songs live. We can only turn up so much at practice, but these songs are meant to be played loud!”
Although recording will take precedence for the immediate future, Fu Manchu will perform live periodically throughout the rest of 2006 and kick off a full world tour early 2007.
