| No One Rides For Free | ||||
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| Released | January 1, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Stoner rock | |||
| Length | 27:07 | |||
| Label | Bong Load | |||
| Producer | Brant Bjork & Fu Manchu | |||
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No One Rides for Free is the debut album by the stoner rock band Fu Manchu. The album was produced by former Kyuss member Brant Bjork, who would eventually become Fu Manchu's drummer for a short tenure. It was the band's only album to feature bassist Mark Abshire. A twenty-year anniversary edition was released in 2014. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Drowned in Sound reckoned it inferior to Daredevil, but still authentic stoner rock. [3] Debaser also gave the reissue a positive review. [4] The Rough Guide to Rock called it a "classic". [5]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Time to Fly" | 3:05 |
| 2. | "Ojo Rojo" | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Show and Shine" | 2:54 |
| 4. | "Mega-Bumpers" | 3:51 |
| 5. | "Free and Easy (Summer Girls)" | 2:03 |
| 6. | "Superbird" | 4:05 |
| 7. | "Shine It On" | 2:30 |
| 8. | "Snakebellies" | 4:48 |
Recorded and mixed at Sandbox Studio
Engineered and mixed by Geoff Siegel
Mastered by Stephan Marcussen
All songs by Fu Manchu
Published by Van-O-Rama Music/ASCAP 1993
Cover photo: Von Lidd
Live photos: Alex Obleas
Management: Guerrilla MGMT./Catherine Enny
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Brant Bjork is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is perhaps best known as the drummer and founder of the influential Californian stoner rock band Kyuss. Bjork played in Vista Chino, along with former Kyuss vocalist John Garcia, up until October 2014, at which point Nick Oliveri announced that there was a falling out and that Bjork and Garcia would continue working on their solo projects. Bjork is currently the guitarist and co-founder of the stoner rock power trio, Stöner. He is one of the more notable figures in the stoner rock and Palm Desert scene and maintains a prolific solo career with over a dozen released albums.
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