20th of April 2003 - S.L.A.M. Gig at the Newport:
Retracide recently played at the S.L.A.M festival at the Newport, Fremantle. Amongst many solid acts Retracide was the most solid, they were more solid than solid, resembling the Great Wall of Solidness. Retracide also won over one enthused fan who took over the dance floor with his wheelchair.

The 'cide played to about 350 plus people. The set list was shortened due to the next band starting ahead of schedule. Arachnacidal a new track missed out due to the untimely circumstance. The next band was average although they were never going to be able to compete with the likes of Retracide.

The boys fooled everyone when Daniel Tapper played the intro to "birds in the sky" before breaking out into "Fortify". Everyone was pleased that the guys were only taking the piss.

The set list began with Fortify featuring the limited special collectors' edition birds in the sky intro. Tapper was in his prime the new intro gave the song a new lease of life. Without messing about it was straight into burning up followed by an
adventurous day at the races.

The crowd was well pleased with broken down but disappointed when the boys refused to play spinal taps 'big bottom'. Ben Marshall threatened to walk off stage but was warmed back when Tapper pleaded with him to 'Stay Forever'.

Frizz didn't seem to worried about the ordeal, Aaron looked ready to pull out the 'double barrel' earlier than expected…so they did. It was all over after that, everyone else packed up shop.

SLAM (Supporting Local Alternative Music) is an organisation started by local music guru Stevie D. Stevie D believes that Perth music is good enough and deserves to be heard all over the world.

Steve-o