Slashdogs Banned from Wolmaranstad, North West Province
 
South Africa's rock-n-rollers The SlashDogs and Critik Footwear have been banned from Wolmaranstad in the North West province. This after the artwork on a box of signature Slashdogs Creepers was said to be 'Satanic' and therefore associated with the 'occult'. The incident occurred when a potential customer's mother saw the packaging for the footwear and didn't approve of the artwork.  The unnamed mother apparently said, "The box has a chickens head spurting blood everywhere on it and I'm not going to associate myself with people like that."  A town meeting was subsequently called regarding the artwork, and the SlashDogs and Critik were summarily banned from the town.
 
The SlashDogs where contacted with the results of the town meeting, and are now providing explanations for the artwork, as they feel that the work has been misjudged and the true meaning been lost in small town paranoia.
Lucky describes the concept for the artwork as "dealing with human weakness and moving from those weaknesses."  "In biblical terms, a rooster is the symbol of this weakness (Mark 14) and the goats legs are representative of the scapegoat onto which these failings are projected (Leviticus 16) and the nails represent redemption (the connection should be obvious). Not that the album is pro-religion at all, it's just subject matter that I, as an average South African can relate to," said Lucky from the SlashDogs.

 
The idea of muti is also integral to the concept and reflects traditional African folklore surrounding muti and magic. Reverend Wright has responded by saying, "Muti is something which most white South African's know nothing about. This is where the problem comes in with the lady from Wolmarandstad. She doesn't know or understand this African tradition. Whether she'll admit it or not, she is frightened. It is natural for someone to start shouting "Satan" and "blasphemy" when they come across something they don't understand."
 
The SlashDogs are not apologizing for the artwork. The Reverend Wright makes the position of the SlashDogs clear when he stated, "we do what we do, we believe in what we believe and we are NOT going to apologize for it. Don't #uck with The SlashDogs...we got muti on our side!"