No One Rides for Free explained

No One Rides For Free
Type:	studio
Artist:	Fu Manchu
Cover:	No One Rides For Free.jpg
Released:	1994
Genre:	Stoner rock
Length:	27:07
Label:	Bong Load
Producer:	Brant Bjork, Fu Manchu
Next Title:	Daredevil
Next Year:	1995

No One Rides for Free is the debut album by the stoner rock band Fu Manchu.^[1] 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.

Reception

The Los Angeles Times noted that "a band can go far these days by recycling sounds from the biggest, dumbest mastodons of '70s arena rock."

Drowned in Sound reckoned it inferior to Daredevil, but still authentic stoner rock.^[2] The Rough Guide to Rock called it a "classic".^[3]

Personnel

• Scott Hill – guitar, vocals, producer
• Ruben Romano – drums, producer
• Mark Abshire – bass, producer
• Eddie Glass – guitar, producer
• Brant Bjork – producer

Credits

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

Notes and References

1. Fox . Darrin . Fu Manchu . Guitar Player . May 2007 . 41 . 5 . 28.
2. Web site: Fu Manchu No One Rides for Free / Daredevil (re-issues). Drowned in Sound. 1 August 2012. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073833/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3628/reviews/9263-fu-manchu-no-one-rides-for-free-daredevil-re-issues. dead.
3. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. 2003. Rough Guides. 397.