REPTILE House are hoping to be on the road to success in the music stakes - after releasing their first CD.

The guys from Worcester, who have been together for a year, also hope to give male music fans a bit of a treat with their very own snake girl.

The band have announced that model and mascot Rachel Wheery has agreed to become the Reptile Girl in some of their live performances.

''She will be captured by the boys of Reptile House,'' says Karen Lewis, the band's manager.

''During this set Rachel's resistance will be broken down and she will dramatically turn into Reptile Girl.

''We will have a make-up artist to do her transformation - we have decided how she will look and how she will appear.

''The performance adds a little extra to an already great set, it is sexy but not tacky, eye catching but not too distracting during the music of Reptile House, it's fun and memorable and has to be seen.''

Rachel, from Exeter, is a well known mascot for Exeter City Football Club.

Carlton TV will soon be running a documentary on Rachel as Exeter City FC's mascot.

But anyway, less about Rachel and more about the band.

Reptile House have recently released their debut five-track CD Nice Planet We'll Take It.

Quite an achievement really, considering lead singer and bass player Jezz's career has been held back for more than 10 years after a life-threatening head injury.

Jezz does not like to talk about the circumstances surrounding the injury, (which took place in Bromyard) but admits he suffered optic brain damage as a result.

''I had a massive head injury and I had to have treatment for it, but I am fighting fit now,'' he says.

''I have had rehabilitation for five years.''

Jezz says the CD is a huge personal achievement that exposes pent up feelings and emotions.

Aside from Jezz, Reptile House consists of Mike on guitars and backing vocals and A.d.B on drums.

And the five tracks on the CD are not for the fainthearted, with titles such as Watch Me Kill You Slowly and Bastard Son of Frankenstein.

Songs that show they are a hard core rock band.

''We try not to sound like anyone else but we have got a Slayer edge,'' says Jezz.

''We're British metal - very much in your face.''

With a cynical and some would say realistic view on the world it is no wonder they call themselves Reptile House, it's the way the band view the world.

''Track four on the CD is called Human Zoo and what we are saying is that it's like a jungle out there,'' says Jezz.

''We are looking at the world as a whole. It's savage and bleak and a lot of people get trodden over.

'People can be categorised and stereotyped and that concept exists in a zoo.

''We as a band can also be categorised by others.

''We all have tattoos and are into hard core metal, we walk into the pub and they see your tattoos and don't let you in.

''That's almost an infringement on human rights.''

Jezz, who has been singing for 10 years, says the song on the CD Watch Me Kill You Slowly is not a violent song, as the words suggest, but a song about victimisation.

''It's about a person being victimised and them seeking revenge in their mind,'' says Jezz.

The band are very pleased with the CD and are already talking about an album.

Jezz says the new CD was played at Worcester's Marr's Bar at the end of April and it went down well.

''We played it twice and people were asking about it - the kids loved it,'' he said.

The CD can be bought from Ragweed Records, Tewkesbury and Phoenix, Lowesmoor, Worcester.

The band will be playing The Talbot, Kemspey on Sunday, September 28.

Which shows Rachel will appear in, and other Worcester gigs are waiting to be confirmed.