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First Visit
Rogue Male
First Visit
Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal
 
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All Artists: Rogue Male
Title: First Visit
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Metal Mind
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 6/10/2008
Album Type: Extra tracks
Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5907785030657
 

CD Reviews

Apocalyptic biker metal - reissued
Justin Gaines | Northern Virginia | 12/09/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)

"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."
I'm gonna tell ya/What the Rogues are gonna do
Jessica Willis | the Berkshires | 05/13/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"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."