First Visit [Extra tracks]

Rogue Male | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 10, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: Metal Mind
• ASIN: B000XJ426G
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #306,465 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Crazy Motorcyle

2. All Over You

3. First Visit

4. Get off My Back

5. Dressed Incognito

6. Demployment

7. On the Line

8. Devastation

9. Look Out

10. The Real Me [*]

11. All Over You [*]

Editorial Reviews

Rogue Male - one of the most underrated bands ever to emerge on the N.W.O.B.H.M. scene in the middle 80's. Called "the next big thing" by Kerrang! magazine, the band recorded two brilliant albums, but soon after that left the music business for good. A re-release of Rogue Male's impressive debut combining heavy speed metal with aggressive rock'n'roll and a significant techno edge. The album featured catchy and melodic tracks showcasing the co-op of the best elements of metal and rock'n'roll. New edition includes 2 bonus tracks! Classic material in a new digipak edition, limited to 2000 numbered copies.

YEAR: 2008

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Apocalyptic biker metal - reissued, December 9, 2009

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First Visit (Audio CD)

I have to admit I was a little disappointed when I first heard First Visit, the 1985 debut album from post-New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) band Rogue Male. I had heard great things about Rogue Male, and am moderately obsessed with British hard rock and metal from the 80's, but First Visit just sounded like your average Motorhead album to me.

Well, I gave it a few more spins and fortunately it does grow on you. Motorhead is obviously an influence on this band. Then again, so is The Road Warrior. It makes for an interesting sound - part hard-driving biker rock (see "Crazy Motorcycle"), part apocalyptic punk/metal along the lines of Warfare or GBH, and as melodic as it is misogynistic. It's Neanderthal rock, but it's amusing Neanderthal rock!

I wouldn't call this an essential British rock/metal album, but fans of bands like Motorhead, Warfare and maybe even Saxon to some degree ought to get a kick out of this album.

Oh, and how about that cover. A cyborg or a mullet would have been quite "metal" in 1985, but a cyborg with a mullet - that's just epic.

Edition Notes: First Visit was finally issued on CD in 2008 by Polish reissue label Metal Mind. The CD comes in a numbered digipack (limited to 2,000 copies), features digitally remastered sound, and includes two bonus tracks - "The Real Me" and "All Over You" - from the band's 1985 The Real Me single.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm gonna tell ya/What the Rogues are gonna do, May 13, 2009

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Jessica Willis "icon genius" (the Berkshires) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First Visit (Audio CD)

I forgot how aggressive and great this album is. I am so thrilled to have First Visit on CD, 24 years later. Singer/guitarist Jim Lyttle had a serious Lemmy from Motorhead thing going on -- namely, the hoarse, roaring vocals; and like Lemmy, he sang and played like he REALLY meant it. Every nasty, androcentric word and note.
What else can we ask for? I know: The cretinous "where on you will I put my bodily fluids?" opus that is "All Over You."
The other reason why "First Visit" is a stone cold classic: The album cover. If you're a post-First Visit terminator, or a robot man, you must ALWAYS have a mullet as extreme as Lyttle's.

4.0 out of 5 stars Rogue, March 17, 2011

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K. Isabelle "kdi" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First Visit (Audio CD)

I used to have Rogue Male - First Visit on vinyl in the 80's. I was stunned to see it reissued and here at Amazon.com. I of course grabbed the CD. I really like being able to replace my long gone 80's metal vinyl with CD's and now MP3's. Although fairly rare and unheard of in the U.S., Rogue Male - First Visit was in the group of some of my most listened to along side of Motorhead, Tank, Raven, Trance, Metallica, Exciter, Exodus, and Megadeth. I could go on and on. Rogue Male is just great stuff for any 80's metal fan or someone interested in getting into 80's metal. These guys should have been huge, but I think their 2nd release just was not strong enough.

There is a more recent band out now called Dustsucker which seems to have the Rogue Male soul living inside of them. Anyone interested in Rogue Male should check out Dustsucker. If Rogue Male were playing today they would be Dustsucker.