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Music > Albums > Fu Manchu - California Crossing (2002) Retail CD
added on April 15, 2007, at 22:21 by allcdcovers

Now on their seventh album, California Crossing, Fu Manchu should be on their way to grabbing more of the commercial rock spotlight; their clean, straightforward sound is spit-shined and ready for airplay. While not quite up there with Fu's 2000 epic King of the Road, California Crossing is a big-barrelled hybrid of sludgy guitars, mid-to fast tempo rhythms (with a couple of insane drum solos) and frontman Scott Hill's SoCal-driven vocals. The album is the standard tribute to Black Sabbath and Blue Cheer, but similar to ex-bandmates Nebula, Fu Manchu adds Led Zeppelin-like classic rock influences to their music as well. With songs like "Squash that Fly" and "Mongoose" California Crossing is a well-fuelled album that should please fans of that grey area between heavy metal and hard rock. Jennifer Maerz

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