Riffing, thy name is Fu Manchu. The semi-legendary stoner rock band came
to Kansas City on really the first warm day of the year for us and
played their awesome album "The Action Is Go" to a sweltering packed
Record Bar.
After wailing on their instruments for a few minutes, the band kicked
right into the album with the kicking opening track "Evil Eye." Right
from the start, it was apparent there were more than a few diehard Fu
Manchu fans in the audience. Lots of singing along and lots of
headbanging - a girl even stage dove near the end. The crowd was great.
Each song from the album elicited huge responses from the crowd,
especially "Anodizer" and "Hogwash", which were two of the heaviest
songs of the night. They didn't talk too much during the set, but they
were moving all around headbanging into the audience. For the encore, we
got something a bit different than previous sets: Rojo Ojo off their
first album was a great surprise, and King Of the Road was a perfect
closer. The mic stand got thrown into the audience for us to finish the
song off. Perfect way to end such a killer show. After King of the Road,
Scott Hill jokingly said "ALRIGHT, KING OF THE ROAD FULL ALBUM, LET'S
GO!" before chuckling and walking off. Bastard!
Opening was Minneapolis band Bloodnstuff. They are a two-piece with a
drummer and a guitarist, but the guitarist had a myriad of pedals and
played so well it sounded like a full band was playing with him. I was
getting whiffs of Clutch, Queens Of the Stone Age, mathcore and, oddly
enough, the guitar one of Liturgy, all in one. Very good.
Fu Manchu
Evil Eye
Urethrane
The Action Is Go
Burning Road
Guardrail
Anodizer
Trackside Hoax
Unknown World
Laserbl'ast!
Hogwash
Grendel, Snowman
Strolling Astronomer
Saturn III
Nothing Done (SSD cover)
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Rojo Ojo
King Of The Road
Fu Manchu: 9/10
Bloodnstuff: 8/10
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