Background
Moving to Bellville, Western Cape in early childhood where he grew up, he participated in high school in a battle of the bands competition where he performed the vocals for the band.
Moving to Bellville, Western Cape in early childhood where he grew up, he participated in high school in a battle of the bands competition where he performed the vocals for the band.
Van Coke has always had an affinity for music He was later kicked out of the band, which put him off performing vocals for a while. Van Coke"s strong Christian upbringing (his father was a pastor) led him to create the Christian band AS180.
Van Coke established himself in the Bellville underground music scene by forming the band "A Guy Called Gerald", which later changed its name to "New World Inside".
He later gained country-wide notoriety when he founded the band Fokofpolisiekar in 2003. The band was initially started as a joke to shock the widely conservative Afrikaans community.
Van Coke recalls that, "My mom cried for a day or two when she heard the name of the band". In 2007 Van Coke formed Van Coke Kartel, alongside Fokofpolisiekar members Wynand Myburgh and Justin Kruger.
Van Coke Kartel; Fokofpolisiekar.