Oorspronklike 2003 As Jy Met Vuur Speel Sal Jy Brand-voorblad: standbeeld met swerm vlermuise en rooi boog

fokofpolisiekar

Die Storie

The story behind the museum.

Die Storie / The Story:

Ons het die domein gesien en gekoop om dit terug te gee. Die band het gesê: “Ons is 100% homegrown .co.za — maar maak daarvan ’n museum.”

En dit is presies wat ons gedoen het.

We saw the domain and bought it to give it back. The band said: “We’re 100% homegrown .co.za — but make it a museum.” So that’s exactly what we did.

DIE BAND

Fokofpolisiekar is 'n Afrikaanse rock-band vanuit Bellville, Wes-Kaap. Aktief sedert 2003. Vier ateljeealbums. Die stem van 'n generasie.

Hierdie webwerf is 'n onafhanklike fan-argief. Nie geaffilieer met, goedgekeur deur, of verbonde aan Fokofpolisiekar, hul bestuur, of hul plate-etiket nie.

Alle handelsmerke, album-kunswerk, en musiek behoort aan die onderskeie eienaars. Hierdie site huisves geen kopieregmateriaal nie — alle skakels verwys na amptelike kanale.

💡 Pasella Kennisgewing: Alle skakels is pasella. 0% kommissie. 100% van strome en verkeer gaan direk na die band en amptelike kanale.

Die Hub

Een klik na alles amptelik. / One click to everything official.

Amptelike Webwerf
Official site & tickets — fokofpolisiekar.co.za
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Merch — Fokof.Store
Official merch store
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Spotify
Stream everything — albums, EPs, enkels
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Shows / Gigs
Upcoming shows, auto-updated
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Francois van Coke
Solo work & projects
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Annie Klopper
Biografie van 'n Bende author
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Fokof Lager
From backyard pineapple beer to national shelves — the band's own lager
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Van Coke Kartel
Side project
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Die Heuwels Fantasties
Side project
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Nou / Now

Wat gebeur / What's happening.

POST-AFRIKANER

New album in progress. Working title: Post-Afrikaner — what started as a ‘Monoloog 2’ EP kept growing into a full-length. First new studio material since Dans Deur Die Donker.

SWANESANG @ 20

Twenty years on, the band took Swanesang back across Australia and New Zealand — and through every Fokof era since, die Bende only gets better with age.

Diskografie

20 releases, 2003–2024 — en een op pad. Stream direk, alles gaan na die band.

As Jy Met Vuur Speel Sal Jy Brand cover

As Jy Met Vuur Speel Sal Jy Brand EP

2003
Apple Music →
The debut. Vinyl: smokey-red 10" (2013), orange (2018), 20-jaar edition with restored original artwork (2023).
Lugsteuring cover

Lugsteuring

2004 · Album
Apple Music →
Debut studio album, recorded at B-Sharp Studios.
Monoloog In Stereo cover

Monoloog In Stereo EP

2005
Apple Music →
6 tracks of songwriting maturation.
BRAND
SUID-AFRIKACD Single · 2006

Brand Suid-Afrika Enkel

2006
Enhanced CD single (Rhythm Records). The song that became the anthem — title track of the Swanesang era.
Swanesang cover

Swanesang

2006 · Album
Apple Music →
12 tracks. The blasphemy era. 20th-anniversary AU/NZ tour in 2026.
Antibiotika cover

Antibiotika EP

2008
Apple Music →
CD single + DVD: 4 new tracks, 8 music videos.
Paranoia cover

Paranoia Enkel

2017
Single ahead of Selfmedikasie.
FORGIVE THEM
FOR THEY KNOW
NOT WHAT
THEY DOComp · 2009

Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do

2009 · Comp
Companion release to the Bryan Little documentary (Encounters Audience Award; IMDb 8.8; Showmax from 2017).
Fokofpolisiekar 10 Year Anniversary cover

Fokofpolisiekar — 10 Year Anniversary

2012 · Comp + DVD
A decade in: compilation + DVD, Rhythm Records — includes Hemel Op Die Platteland (Akoesties).
FORGIVE THEM
FOR THEY
SUCK KAKDVD · 2013

Forgive Them For They Suck Kak — Live at Barnyard Theatre Cresta

2013 · DVD
Live DVD, VCK Music.
BRAND SUID-AFRIKA
/
ANTIBIOTIKA10" · 2017

Brand Suid-Afrika / Antibiotika

2017 · 10" Comp
Permanent Record vinyl pairing the two mid-career releases.
Selfmedikasie cover

Selfmedikasie

2017 · Album
Apple Music →
Third studio album, 11 years after Swanesang. Crowdfunded via Thundafund — R500,000 target hit in 9 days.
Droom Hoog cover

Droom Hoog EP

2018
Apple Music →
5 tracks; 10" translucent vinyl (Punkskelm / Permanent Record).
Komma (Live at Kirstenbosch Gardens) cover

Komma (Live at Kirstenbosch Gardens) Enkel

2018
Live single from the Kirstenbosch show.
KAJUITKOORSEP · 2020

Kajuitkoors EP

2020
Cabin fever: 4 tracks in 12 minutes — the lockdown EP. Stfu / Raak Siek, Raak Gesond / Teen Die Wet / Ons Is Die Virus.
SWEET 16Live · 2020

Sweet 16 (Live)

2020 · Live
Live album; CD available at fokof.store.
THE SOUND OF
FOKOF
UNPLUGGEDLive · 2021

The Sound of Fokof Unplugged

2021 · Live
Grew out of the November 2020 livestream.
Dans Deur Die Donker cover

Dans Deur Die Donker

2023 · Album
Apple Music →
12 tracks, Punkskelm Records. Glow-in-the-dark LP pressing (2024).
2003–2023
DISKOGRAFIECassette Box · 2023

2003–2023 Diskografie

2023 · Cassette Box
The full catalog on cassette — 20-jaar collector's box, Punkskelm / Permanent Record.
DIE GOEIE
OU DAELive Single · 2024

Die Goeie Ou Dae (Live at Kirstenbosch Gardens) Enkel

2024
Live single from the Kirstenbosch Gardens show.
POST-
AFRIKANERBinnekort

Post-Afrikaner

2026? · Album
In progress. What began as the ‘Monoloog 2’ EP grew into a full-length — the first new studio material since 2023.

Die Manne

Vyf manne, een Bende. / Five members, one gang.

Francois van CokeVocals

The voice. Solo career spanning hits from Neonlig to Toe Vind Ek Jou (with Karen Zoid); coach on The Voice South Africa from 2018 — won Season 3 with Tasché Burger. Runs the Valkie Van Coke brand.

francoisvancoke.co.za →Solo op Spotify →
Hunter KennedyGuitar · Lyrics

The lyricist. Founding member of Die Heuwels Fantasties and co-founder of aKING; solo artist (Waiting for Maria). Writes the Fokof Lager copy when he's not writing verses.

Die Heuwels →Solo (Instagram) →
Johnny de RidderLead Guitar

The architect of the Fokof sound. As much a producer as a guitarist — he helmed Die Antwoord's debut album $O$ (2009), with writing and production credits across the Afrikaans music scene.

Wynand MyburghBass

The business brain. Runs the band's affairs, co-founded Van Coke Kartel with Francois in 2007, and keeps Fokof Lager's books.

Van Coke Kartel →
Jaco “Snakehead” VenterDrums

Founding member of both Fokofpolisiekar and aKING. Runs Fokof Lager's marketing — the brand's “Sports Drinkers” campaign took a Silver Pendoring in 2025.

Fokof Lager →

Tydlyn

2003–2026 — twee dekades van Afrikaanse rock.

2003
Band formed in Bellville in April — initially as a joke, the idea of an Afrikaans punk band being ridiculous at the time. Debut EP As Jy Met Vuur Speel Sal Jy Brand released on Punkskelm Records.
2004
Debut studio album Lugsteuring released. Recorded at B-Sharp Studios.
2005
Monoloog In Stereo EP released — 6 tracks showing songwriting maturation.
Feb 2006
Drummer Jaco Venter jumps out of the band's moving tour van — the start of a turbulent year.
Mar 2006
Blasphemy firestorm: Christian groups cry foul after a band member writes “F*k God” on a fan's wallet (reported by IOL).
2006
Studio album Swanesang released (12 tracks), plus the Brand Suid-Afrika CD single.
2006–2007
Hiatus — “it felt like nothing was working.” Members form Van Coke Kartel, Die Heuwels Fantasties and aKING.
2008
Antibiotika EP released — 4 new tracks and 8 music videos.
2009
Documentary Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do (dir. Bryan Little) premieres at Encounters and wins the Audience Award. Later: Showmax (2017); IMDb 8.8.
2011
Annie Klopper's book Biografie van 'n Bende: Die Storie van Fokofpolisiekar published (Protea Boekhuis).
2012
10-year anniversary. Fokofpolisiekar 10 Year Anniversary compilation + DVD released.
2017
Selfmedikasie released — third studio album, first in 11 years. Crowdfunded via Thundafund, hitting the R500,000 target in 9 days.
2018
Droom Hoog EP released (5 tracks).
2020
Lockdown EP Kajuitkoors (cabin fever) — 4 tracks in 12 minutes — plus the first Unplugged livestream in November.
2021
The Sound of Fokof Unplugged live album released.
2023
Dans Deur Die Donker album (12 tracks) — and the 20-jaar celebrations: anniversary vinyl restoring the original debut artwork, plus the full-catalog cassette box set.
2026
New album in progress — working title Post-Afrikaner. Swanesang turns 20 with an AU/NZ tour.

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