All the members were well known in local underground music circles from their work in the bands New World Inside, 7th Breed, and 22 Stars.

One of the tracks from the EP, Hemel op die Platteland (Heaven in the Countryside), made history when it became the first Afrikaans song to be officially playlisted on national radio station 5FM.

Their first complete album, Lugsteuring, released in 2004, was produced by John Paul De Stefani and Reinhard Behr.

"Fokofpolisiekar: Forgive Them for They Know Not What They Do" premiered at the 2009 Encounters International Documentary Film Festival in July, where it won the "Audience Award".

Written by author Annie Klopper, it explores the history of the band, their lifestyle, and their attack on the mainstream Afrikaans music scene of the day.

A 20th anniversary 10" vinyl version of their debut EP As jy met vuur speel sal jy brand was released, containing a bonus track recorded during the new album sessions which was written in 2004, and a nine-cassette boxset of their entire recorded output was also due for release later in the year.

At the Stellenbosch launch of the "Monoloog in Stereo" EP, Francois Van Coke referenced a Queens of the Stone Age DVD they watched earlier that day.

Tracks like "Heiden Heiland", "Prioritiseer", "Brand Suid-Afrika" and "Backstage" from Swanesang displayed a more mature style of songwriting, as well as better studio production (such as the use of a vocoder to fill out Van Coke's singing).

Swanesang was recorded at B-Sharp Studios in Boksburg, South Africa; and was co-produced by band-member Johnny De Ridder.

The EP/DVD Antibiotika is 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.

The EP was recorded at Belville Studios in Cape Town, South Africa; and was again co-produced by Johnny De Ridder.

The nicknames Polisiekar ("police car"), "FPK", and "Die Bende" ("The Band / Gang") was soon adopted by mainstream media who did not want to pronounce the full name in fear of objection from the public.

In 2004 the band were involved in a bar fight when a group of men recognised them and insulted Van Coke, calling him a "moffie" (South African slang equivalent to "faggot").

[8] Yet, despite the controversy surrounding their music, the band remains popular in South Africa, drawing in large crowds wherever they perform.

On 13 March 2007, Myburgh announced the hiatus of Fokofpolisiekar in the Afrikaans newspaper Rapport, saying, "All of us want to do our own thing, such as Johnny who wants to start producing, and Francois and myself who are doing our own solo projects."

Hunter Kennedy, Johnny De Ridder and Pierre Greeff have formed a new group, Die Heuwels Fantasties, which has an electronic sound in the vein of The Postal Service.

In 2014 the band announced that they would be launching their own range of craft beer named after their own songs, Dag Dronk, Antibiotika, Hemel op die Platteland and Skyn Heilig.