Korol i Shut

Infobox musical artist
Name = Korol’ i Shut


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Genre = Horror punk, Russian rock, Folk rock
Years_active = 1988 – present
Label = Мистерия Звука
Мелодия Records
MANCHESTER Records
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URL = [http://www.korol-i-shut.ru/ www.korol-i-shut.ru]
Current_members = Mikhail Gorcheniov
Andrei Kniasev
Yakov Zvirkunov
Alexandr Tchigoliev
Dmitri Rishko
Past_members = Alexandr Balunov
Alexandr Leontiev
Shyrik Vasiliev
Dmitri Rjabchenko
Giorgy Kyzmin
Maria Nefedova
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Korol' i Shut (King and Jester, _ru. Король и Шут) is a Russian rock band from Saint Petersburg who takes its inspiration and costumes from tales and fables.

History

The band was formed in 1988 by school friends in Saint Petersburg around founder members Mikhail "Jug" Gorshenev (Михаил "Горшок" Горшенёв), Alexandr "Balu" Balunov (Александр "Балу" Балунов) and Alexandr "Lieutenant" Tchigoliev (Александр "Поручик" Щиголев). Singer Andrei "Kniaz"' Kniazev (Андрей "Князь" Князев) joined the band in 1990 and guitarist Yakov Zvirkunov (Яков Цвиркунов) in 1997. The band's name, which means "The King and the Jester", was adopted in 1992, its previous name was "Bureau" ("Контора").

Korol' i Shut is the first Russian band that refers to tales figures like trolls, dwarves and vampires, as well as contains many figures from Slavic mythology.

The band recorded for the first time in 1991 in a semi-professional studio. It was programmed on the radio soon after and began to tour in Saint Petersburg's clubs. From 1993, it started touring also in Moscow.

A first album was released in 1994 with a run of few copies: "Bud' kak doma putnik" ("Будь как дома путник – Feel yourself at Home, wanderer"), which was re-edited in 2000.

The first album which was largely edited was "Kamnem po golove" ("Камнем по голове – Stone to the head") in 1996 by "Melodya" . Many other albums were released since then. The first music video was released in 1998 for the song "Yeli miaso mujiki" ("Ели мясо мужики -- Men were Eating Meat").

Korol' i Shut toured over Israel and United States in 2003.

Members

* Mikhail "Gorshok" Gorsheniov (Михаил «Горшок» Горшенёв) - Vocals
* Andrei "Kniaz" Kniazev (Андрей «Князь» Князев) - Vocals
* Yakov Zvirkunov (Яков Цвиркунов) - Guitars
* Alexandr "Porutchik" Tchigoliev (Александр «Поручик» Щиголев) - Drums
* Dmitri "Casper" Rishko (Дмитрий Ришко) - Violin
* Sergey "Zahar" Zaharov (Сергей «Захар» Захаров) - Bass guitar

Discography

External links

* [http://www.korol-i-shut.ru/ Official site]
* [http://www.russmus.net/band.jsp?band=Korol_i_Shut RussMus.Net: Korol i Shut Lyrics and English translations]