In 2005 I attended Oppikoppi Wired. The same festival where I took the 2005 Oppikoppi Crowd at Fokofpolisiekar photo. That particular Fokofpolisiekar gig was quite a memorable one for me. The atmosphere was chilled out, not something one usually expects [...]

In 2005 I attended Oppikoppi Wired. After spending the one morning wandering around we finally arrived at one stage where Fokofpolisiekar were promoting their Monoloog in Stereo album and doing an accoustic gig. My one friend and I were enjoying [...]

This is probably the song that got me addicted to the Afrikaans punk rock of South African rockers from Bellville, Fokofpolisiekar, back in 2004. The song was released on their first studio album Lugsteuring. “Tevrede” can be roughly translated to [...]

Fokofpolisiekar – Antibiotika: Yes, I know this is an Afrikaans song, but it still rocks. I think this is possibly the best video I’ve seen this year by a South African band. The band is originally from the Western Cape [...]

This is probably one of my favorite Afrikaans songs ever. Lots of people (outside South Africa) reading this post probably won’t understand, since it’s in Afrikaans.
Fokofpolisiekar are a Afrikaans punk outfit formed in the Western Cape, South Africa. I could [...]