10 facts about the King and the Jester group, which no longer exists

The Russian rock band Korol i Shut, whose soloist Mikhail Gorshenev died last summer, ceased to exist.

As the representative of the musical group Nikolai Sviridenko stated: “Officially, from January 1, the Korol i Shut group ceases to exist, and the guys work under the name Northern Fleet. The musicians announced that the group would cease to exist back in the summer, but it was decided that she would still hold a farewell tour under the old name. The last concert of the King and the Jester took place on December 28 in Ryazan.

And in memory of the controversial band that no longer exists, we offer you a dozen facts about it.

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1. The name of the group "Korol i Shut" appeared in 1990, when Gorshenev met Andrey Knyazev. They chose between the names "Slaughtered Dandelion", "Armageddon", "Apocalypse" and "King of Jesters". By the way, in 1991 a song appeared, which was called the same as the group - “King and Jester”. The group's songs are small, complete stories, often in a fantasy, mystical, and also historical vein.

2. The group “Korol i Shut”, and with it Mikhail Gorshenev, went into popularity for eight long years. They recorded music on cassettes, shot low-budget videos, performed at festivals for little-known bands. Everything changed in 1998, when the Acoustic Album was recorded at the Melodiya studio, and the first professional video for the song “Eli Meat Muzhiki” was shot. The clip began to be shown on MTV, and the song was played on the radio.

3. The texts of the group stood out with fairy tale motifs. The leader of the group, Mikhail Gorshenev, was not enthusiastic about the fact that their songs were called fairy tales. “Fables - that suits me more. We never called our style fabulous. This is a common literary genre, it includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, humor, even poetry. But not fabulous style.

4. In the New Year's edition of 2011 of the TV program "Big Difference" a parody of "Kish" was presented: Pot and Prince in the form of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden got to a matinee in kindergarten and sang a song to the tune "The men ate meat." The same melody sounded in the 42nd edition of the Personality Cartoon, where the hero, who portrayed Gennady Onishchenko, sang "The men ate mint."

5. In 2003, a boxing match between "KiSh" and the pop group "Na-Na" took place in St. Petersburg, ending in a draw. The leaders of the "King and the Jester" then entered the ring: Mikhail "Pot" Gorshenev boxed with Vyacheslav Zherebkin, and Andrei "Knyaz" Knyazev fought with Pavel Sokolov.

6. Mikhail had both front upper teeth knocked out, because of which he had problems with diction. Later, he inserted artificial teeth for himself. As the singer admitted, in childhood he decided to try to stay on the horizontal bar with his teeth. As a result, four front teeth were broken out. In fights, Mikhail was knocked out a few more. Drugs also shook the health of the musician and ruined the remaining teeth.

7. KiSh released their “Acoustic Album” (1998) on the pop label “ORT-Records”, which was headed by producer Iosif Prigozhin. In the book The King and the Fool: And the Living Sing of the Dead, he is quoted as saying: “I liked the band. I felt that they are promising, professional. Quality does not depend on the genre.

8. Over the long years of the existence of Kish, several books have been published dedicated to the group. In particular: "The King and the Jester... And the living will sing about the dead" and "The King and the Jester". Punk Angels" by Evgenia Libabova, "The King and the Jester. The most true story about the most incredible group "Aleksey Rybin and others

9. Maria Nefedova - violinist of the group.

Masha performed as a violinist in the group "Korol i Shut" in 1998-2004. She participated in the recording of the albums "Acoustic Album", "The Men Ate Meat", "Heroes and Villains", "Like in an Old Fairy Tale", "It's a pity there is no gun", "The Dead Anarchist". In some songs she was a backing vocalist (“Kuzma and Barin”, “Women are dizzy”).

She currently lives in California with her husband and son.

Group "Cockroaches!" dedicated the song “Masha, the violinist from the King and the Jester” to her.

10. After Mikhail Gorshenev died suddenly from drug use on July 19 last year, fans of The King and the Jester began collecting signatures in support of the idea to erect a monument to Mikhail in St. Petersburg. Within a week, 25,000 signatures were collected online. The idea of erecting a monument caused a lot of controversy, but as a result, it was not crowned with success. If the story continues in the future, then fans should keep in mind that it will not be so easy to erect a monument in the Northern Capital. According to existing standards, a monument to the deceased can be erected thirty years after death. But in a special order, the monument can still be erected. This requires permission from the governor of St. Petersburg.