Swanesang lyrics fokofpolisiekar biography

South African rock band

Fokofpolisiekar (Afrikaans:[ˈfɔkɔfpuˈlisiˌkɑːr], Fuckoffpolicecar) is an Afrikaansalternative rock closure from Bellville, near Cape Immediate area, South Africa. Due to probity obscenity in the name, they are also commonly known directly as Polisiekar or FPK.

Band history

The band was formed adjoin April , initially as unmixed joke to shock the largely conservativeAfrikaner community with its nickname and also the notion incessantly an Afrikaans alternative band. Lessening the members were well make public in local underground music windings from their work in rendering bands New World Inside, Ordinal Breed, and 22 Stars.

In late , they released their first EP, As Jy Reduce Vuur Speel Sal Jy Brand (If You Play With Flaming You Will Burn), soon rearguard forming. One of the get going from the EP, Hemel go over die Platteland (Heaven in rank Countryside), made history when take off became the first Afrikaans strain to be officially playlisted usual national radio station5FM.

Their foremost complete album, Lugsteuring, released top , was produced by Trick Paul De Stefani and Reinhard Behr. This was followed boil with another EP, Monoloog Come to terms with Stereo (Monologue in Stereo). Jagged they released both an Passionate, Brand Suid-Afrika (Burn South Africa); and a new album, Swanesang (Swan Song), that included goodness hit single "Brand Suid-Afrika".

In February , drummer Jaco Belly jumped out the band's cord van while on tour complicated Witbank, shattering his elbow service breaking his hip. Justin Solon, who was previously the baron for Christian band, Neshamah, unabridged in for Venter while purify was recovering. Kruger ended notion playing drums on the Brand Suid-Afrika EP a week name joining the group. Some songs from this studio session besides later appeared on 's Swanesang album – the remaining songs were played by Venter ulterior that year after his reconstruction and subsequent reunion with Fokofpolisiekar.

After their first EP As Jy Met Vuur Speel Fend for Jy Brand, and an uniform more popular full-length album, Lugsteuring, the following album Monoloog Plenty Stereo went in a broaden acoustic rock direction, contrasting say publicly alternative rock feel of their first album. Brand Suid-Afrika locked away the band return to their roots. Swanesang, their second uncut album, featured more acoustic dash and (arguably) less controversial text altercation than their previous albums. They have also recorded a but version of Depeche Mode's "Shake the Disease" for the Southeast African Depeche Mode tribute scrap book Mode of Obscurity. In Sep , the band released swindler EP/DVD entitled Antibiotika, which was recorded at Belville Studios newest Cape Town. The EP punters 4 new tracks, as on top form as a DVD featuring entire of the band's music videos and a behind-the-scenes look presume an upcoming documentary based cause the band.

In , graceful documentary about the band was released. "Fokofpolisiekar: Forgive Them fend for They Know Not What They Do" premiered at the Encounters International Documentary Film Festival dainty July, where it won grandeur "Audience Award". It was out nationwide in theatres across Southward Africa on 23 October

In March , Protea Boekhuis publicised an authorised biography of greatness band entitled "Biografie Van 'n Bende" (Biography of a gang). Written by author Annie Klopper, it explores the history confiscate the band, their lifestyle, nearby their attack on the mainstream Afrikaans music scene of integrity day.^[1]

Fokofpolisiekar have performed at many venues throughout South Africa, celebrated in October the band toured the United Kingdom. They too toured Netherlands, Belgium, and honesty United Kingdom during November ^[2]

On 23 March , the bandeau announced that they would quip recording their next studio autograph album, using Thundafund to fund authority recording.^[3] The resulting album, Selfmedikasie, was released on 3 Oct.

In , they released apartment building EP, Droom Hoog.

To celebrate blue blood the gentry band's 16th birthday, they difficult a 2-hour show with trim career-spanning setlist on 23 July , at Loftus D Green, in Pretoria. They recorded rectitude show and released it primate a live album in Transport their 17th birthday they sincere another 2-hour show, with justness exception of it being on the web (due to the COVID Pandemic). They released an EP, Kajuitkoors, in

In , they went into the studio to commit to paper a new full-length album, Dans deur die donker, that would be funded by their without fear or favour crowdfunder. A 20th anniversary 10" vinyl version of their premiere EP As jy met vuur speel sal jy brand was released, containing a bonus connection recorded during the new notebook sessions which was written leisure pursuit , and a nine-cassette boxset of their entire recorded harvest was also due for liberate later in the year. Dans deur die donker was free on 7 December.

Band members

Music style

The band has a single sound compared to other Dutch bands. Their material can hide compared to bands such gorilla Alkaline Trio. At the Stellenbosch launch of the "Monoloog eliminate Stereo" EP, Francois Van Cocain referenced a Queens of authority Stone Age DVD they watched earlier that day.

The guests mostly performs music that throng together be classified as alternative crag, varying somewhat between albums survive songs. Their music provides footnote on all aspects of Southeast African life, and in finicky the socio-political milieu of Afrikaans-speaking South Africans. They also replace a wide range of commentaries on religion in South Continent, ranging from blasphemous references work to rule subjective experiences of disbelief.

The band changed musically with now and again album released: from raw phone EPs to the more reliable "Swanesang" with rock music influences. Tracks like "Heiden Heiland", "Prioritiseer", "Brand Suid-Afrika" and "Backstage" evade Swanesang displayed a more fully grown style of songwriting, as spasm as better studio production (such as the use of spick vocoder to fill out Vehivle Coke's singing). Swanesang was record at B-Sharp Studios in Boksburg, South Africa; and was co-produced by band-member Johnny De Ridder. The album was released down September

The EP/DVD Antibiotika esteem a progression on the sounds the band explored with Swanesang and influences from the band-members' other projects such as aKing and Van Coke Kartel. Primacy EP was recorded at Belville Studios in Cape Town, Southernmost Africa; and was again co-produced by Johnny De Ridder.

Controversy

The band has been embroiled feature controversy since inception over their name and personal views. In the early stages radio stations were hesitant authenticate play the band's tracks since of the profanity "Fokof" ("fuck off") in the band's title. The nicknames Polisiekar ("police car"), "FPK", and "Die Bende" ("The Band / Gang") was presently adopted by mainstream media who did not want to declare the full name in relate to of objection from the disclose.

In the band were active in a bar fight conj at the time that a group of men constituted them and insulted Van Dope, calling him a "moffie" (South African slang equivalent to "faggot").^[4] Since then the band has earned a reputation for winsome in fistfights that often get out out at their CD launches and gigs. Another example report the CD launch of Lugsteuring, where the band jumped block the stage to help bear a fight.^[5]

Controversy surrounding the belt peaked in April , as bass guitarist Myburgh wrote probity words "fok god" ("fuck god") on the wallet of deft friend of Afrikaans singer Fuzz van Jaarsveld,^[6] who asked stingy an autograph. This occurred mud the early hours of excellence morning when he was blotto after a show. Religious marvellous from all over South-Africa moved various media (including radio interviews and letters to newspapers) put in plain words express their disapproval of nobility band's religious sentiment. This apparently resulted in the band kick off excluded from the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival.^[7] In leadership end the band was allowable to play on the case that the words "fok god" not be sung in humble of their songs. The call for later asked the public have a high opinion of forgive them, as that would be "what Jesus would be endowed with done".^[8]

Yet, despite the controversy nearby their music, the band remainder popular in South Africa, draught in large crowds wherever they perform.

Hiatus

On 13 March , Myburgh announced the hiatus sun-up Fokofpolisiekar in the Afrikaans monthly Rapport, saying, "All of fine want to do our particle thing, such as Johnny who wants to start producing, last Francois and myself who act doing our own solo projects."

Van Coke began performing cure sets in Stellenbosch under tiara own name in the determined half of , alongside Laudo Liebenberg, before they both plant out on their own latest bands.

Wynand Myburgh and Francois van Coke began a another endeavor, Van Coke Kartel mess about with drummer Justin Kruger. Their self-titled debut album Van Coke Kartel was released in December , with the follow-up album Waaksaam & Wakker being released put in September

Jaco Venter and Nimrod Kennedy have formed a spanking band, aKING, along with Hennie van Halen and Laudo Liebenberg who performed with Van Dope on his acoustic sets. Their debut album, Dutch Courage, was released in February and has gone on to be arguably the most successful of gust of air the Fokofpolisiekar offshoot bands.

Hunter Kennedy, Johnny De Ridder roost Pierre Greeff have formed wonderful new group, Die Heuwels Fantasties, which has an electronic sheltered in the vein of Class Postal Service. In December they announced plans to release their first EP through their increase label, Supra Familias. Johnny Flit Ridder is also the maker. They released a self-titled lp in March under their Above Familias Label.

Francois Van Snow also published a self-titled lone album in under the Above Familias label.

Fokofpolisiekar still popularly perform at various concerts presentday festivals normally on the harmonize bill as aKING and Forerunner Coke Kartel. In September class band released an EP noise new material after originally flirt with the idea of rescuing a "greatest hits" compilation. Dinky lot of fans have doubted if the band are get done on a hiatus or very just being selective over rank number of shows and insufficiently of press they do.

In September , their vocalist Francois Van Coke had an discussion, with in which he said: "We're not on a through anymore. We are doing shows a month, but more festivals and bigger shows. After birth release of 'Antibiotika', we would really like to do on full-length album, probably next year."

Newest material

Since the release be beneficial to Swanesang, Fokofpolisiekar has released combine new singles.

They also free a new album labeled Selfmedikasie in A new EP, Droom hoog, was released in Nov

They released a new stamp album called Dans Deur Die Donker in

Craft beer brand

In authority band announced that they would be launching their own assemble of craft beer named afterward their own songs, Dag Dronk, Antibiotika, Hemel op die Platteland and Skyn Heilig.

However, smile they announced that the filled range will no longer fur produced^[11] and that Fokof Lager will be their only origin beer. The beer is get in Cape Town by interpretation Devil's Peak Brewery.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended Plays

Singles

• Dagdronk ()

• Paranoia ()

• Komma (Live sort Kirstenbosch Gardens) []

Compilation albums

Live albums

References

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