"Asphalt Risin'" is a song by American stoner rock band Fu Manchu.
The B-side was a rendition of the 1975 song "Chevy Van" which was originally written and performed by Sammy Johns.
[3] Dave Pehling from CBS news listed this song alongside the In Search of... track "Regal Begal" as the standouts which made the album it came from, "a bonafide classic of the genre" which he described as a "downtuned, psychedelic style of heavy stoner rock" created with "enormous fuzzed-out riffs.
"[4] Representing Classic Rock magazine, Malcolm Dome noted the "decisive edge" that lead guitarist Eddie Glass and drummer Ruben Romano contributed to the tracks "Asphalt Risin'" and "Seahag" as a reason for inclusion in the article, "10 stoner rock albums you should definitely own.
album that, "it's songs from early albums that shine like a sparkly GTO paint job" noting that "Asphalt Risin'" in particular "rumbles through shifting gears of fuzz.