Various Artists
Vloek Van Die Kitaar
1979-2001

Various Artists - Die Vloek Van Die Kitaar

Tracks:

  1. Blommetjie Gedenk Aan My - Anton Goosen
  2. Tiger and Louise - Spinnekop
  3. Cybersurferraver - Akkedis
  4. Kaalvoet - Koos Kombuis
  5. Afrikaners is Plesierig - Karen Zoid
  6. Pappa Ek Wil 'n Popster Word - Springbok Nude Girls
  7. Strate van Pretoria - Beeskraal
  8. Boksburg Bommer - Bernoldus Niemand
  9. Gange van Babylon - Valiant Swart
  10. Goeienag Generaal - Piet Botha
  11. Bomskok Babalaas - Koos Kombuis
  12. Elektrisiteit - Raaskopleef
  13. Reggae Vibes is Cool - Bernoldus Niemand
  14. Maanskyn - Spinnekop
  15. Vloek Van Die Kitaar - Valiant Swart
  16. Anderkant Die Berg - Akkedis
  17. Cape Flats - Brasse Van Die Kaap
  18. Twyfelaar - Battery 9

Release information:

May 2002, Boereplaas Plate/ EMI, CDEMIM (WLM) 012

Review:

Dagga-Dirk Uys first mentioned this CD in September 2001 (see Boereplaas), and now at last it sees the light of day.

It is a history of Afrikaans Rock and Roll from Anton Goosen's 'Blommetjie Gedenk Aan My' from 1979, through the 80s and 90s with tracks from Afrikaans rock legends like Koos Kombuis, Valiant Swart (singing the title track), Bernoldus Niemand (the alter ego of the late, great James Phillips), Piet Botha (with his incredible anti-war song 'Goeienag Generaal'), Akkedis and Battery 9 and then crashing into the new millennium with Karen Zoid ('Afrikaners is Plesierig'), Spinnekop, Beeskraal and Brasse Van Die Kaap ('Cape Flats', with support from Cape band Nine).

Also included is the early (and prophetic) Springbok Nude Girls song, 'Pappa Ek Wil 'n Popster Word', originally released on the 'Wingerd Rock 1 - Songs Uit Die Bos' CD in 1997. Another 'Wingerd Rock' song, 'Elektrisiteit' by Raaskopleef, is also on this new compilation.

The A to Z of Afrikaans Rock (from Akkedis to Karen Zoid) and all its genres (blues, boogie, industrial, punk, hip hop, rap, reggae, metal and more) are on this one CD. Highly recommended.

If the cover painting by Vernon Swart looks vaguely familiar, get out any of your old Led Zeppelin albums on the Swan Song label and you'll get the picture.

-- Brian Currin, May 2002

Buy CDs:

Buy this CD online from Vagabond Music.