The Action Is Go

The Action Is Go
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 7, 1997 (1997-10-07)
Recorded1997
StudioGrandmaster Recorders, Ltd. in Hollywood, California & Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California
GenreStoner rock
Length55:43
LabelMammoth
ProducerJay Noel Yuenger
Fu Manchu chronology
In Search of...
(1996)
The Action Is Go
(1997)
Godzilla's/Eatin' Dust
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Chronicles of Chaos4/10
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10
Entertainment WeeklyA−
The Independent
Kerrang!
Metal Hammer10/10
NME8/10
Rock Hard7.5/10
Select

The Action Is Go is the fourth studio album by American stoner rock band Fu Manchu. It features new drummer Brant Bjork (Kyuss) and new lead guitarist Bob Balch, replacing Eddie Glass and Ruben Romano, who left to form the band Nebula. The album was produced by Jay Noel Yuenger of White Zombie, who contributed some additional instrumentation. The album sold 25,000 copies in the United States by May 2000.

According to AllMusic, the new lineup provided Fu Manchu with "the impetus and inspiration to really start moving forward," and the resulting album demonstrates the band's "punk energy, classic rock drive, psychedelic crunch, and heavy-ass grind all at once."