Shifty Records

As a result, Shifty struggled to gain exposure on the radio stations of the Broederbond-controlled South African Broadcasting Corporation.

Its anti-establishment stance was appealing to young and politically marginalised South Africans as seen in the success of Mzwakhe Mbuli's unadvertised album Change is Pain which went gold despite being banned by the apartheid regime.

[2] The label helped establish boerepunk and the alternative Afrikaans genre at a time when it was a reflex to stereotype all Afrikaners as supporters of the National Party.

It is important to note that the scope of the amnesty application does not extend to other artists associated with Lucey or the Shifty label.

[citation needed] Shifty Records frequently utilized a core group of versatile musicians, who contributed their instrumental talents to various artists' recordings as support instrumentalists, e.g. drummer Ian Herman and trombonist Jannie "Hanepoot" van Tonder who can both be heard on many albums from the Shifty Catalogue.