Between rock and a hard place

"How does a middle-class Afrikaans boytjie from Springs, a guileless product of Christelik-nasionale Opvoeding, end up in the grubby world of protest punk, slap-bang in the middle of the anti-apartheid struggle? The '80s in South Africa were a mess, a schmangled clusterfuck of a decade. For most whiteys it was braaivleis, rugby, sunny skies and Chevrolet. For others, it was a one-eyed stumbling about in a world without signage"-- back cover.