The Neighbour of the Beast is the debut album by the Norwegian glam metal band Wig Wam.

Released in Norway on 8 March 2004, the album was included two singles, the Melanie C cover "I Turn to You" and "Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller", and their Melodi Grand Prix 2004 song "Crazy Things".

In January 2005, the album was reissued for a release in Scandinavia and renamed to Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller.

The album included a radio-edit of the song "Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller", an instrumental track titled "The Drop", and a re-arranged tracklist.

The album was further reissued for releases in Europe and Asia titled Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller.. in Kiev!