Welcome to “Humor of the Beast,” a recurring series where we interview the funniest people about their favorite band, as well as the impact heavy music has had on their lives and in comedy. In this ...

Source of pride for living in Mesa, AZ: Google “woman offers sex for gas,” and your hometown comes up on the first nine hits. Source of shame for living in Mesa, AZ: Read those nine stories and see ...

Last night at the Grog Shop, proud Californians Fu Manchu delivered an excellent, alternate-universe view of what hard-rock music can be when it's stripped of some of its current, often tiresome ...

Though their name refers to a mustachioed celluloid villain, Fu Manchu are more like Jeff Spicoli, Ron Slater, and David Wooderson. They symbolize the older, ostensibly cooler, dudes we grew up around ...

Originally formed in 1985 as a Black Flag-influenced hardcore punk band called Virulence, FU MANCHU has since become one of hard rock's most celebrated names. The band released its first single "Kept ...

If you don’t like Fu Manchu, you don’t like rock and roll. The California stoner-rawk dudes kick out the jams like it’s ’76 all over again, laying down fat, fuzzy basslines that make Wolfmother look ...