After waiting around for a year to work with producer Ted Templeman

After waiting around for a year to work with producer Ted Templeman , who had signed the band to Warner Bros. but was busy with David Lee Roth , Eric Clapton , and Aerosmith at the time, Rough Cutt decided to record their debut album, Rough Cutt (1985), with Tom Allom instead. The band toured extensively in the United States as an opening act supporting Krokus on their The Blitz tour, alongside Accept , followed by an extensive trek with Dio on their Sacred Heart tour, which lasted from August through December 1985. Rough Cutt was also part of the Super Rock ’85 festival bill on August 10, 1985, at Odaiba-Undohiroba in Odaiba, Tokyo , Japan, sharing the stage with headliners Dio, Foreigner , Mama’s Boys , Sting , and Japanese act Earthshaker . The show was commemorated with a VHS release titled Super Rock In Japan ’85 ; Rough Cutt was featured with four songs from their debut album: “Black Widow,” “Take Her,” “Dreamin’ Again,” and “Piece of My Heart.”