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Korol' i Shut (King and Jester, (ロシア語:Король и Шут)) were a Russian horror punk band from Saint Petersburg that took inspiration and costumes from tales and fables. In Russia this band has an iconic status.〔Rossiyskaya Gazeta: (Five interesting facts from the history of the "КиШ" ) (Король и Шут)〕 ==History== The band was formed in 1988 by school friends in Saint Petersburg around founder members Mikhail ''Gorshok'' Gorshenev (Михаил ''Горшок'' Горшенёв), Alexandr ''Balu'' Balunov (Александр ''Балу'' Балунов) and Alexandr ''Lieutenant'' Shchigoliev (Александр ''Поручик'' Щиголев). Singer Andrei ''Kniaz'' Kniazev (Андрей ''Князь'' Князев) joined the band in 1990 and guitarist Yakov Tsvirkunov (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's lyrics are written by Kniazev and feature horror stories and folk tales about pirates, trolls, ghosts and vampires, as well as Slavic mythology. Many of their songs, despite their intimidating appearance and style, are actually humorous, sarcastic or ironic (dark humor). The band members wear Misfits-inspired horror make-up onstage. 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 around Saint Petersburg's clubs. They began rehearsing in the club Tamtam〔Гаккель В. Аквариум как способ ухода за теннисным кортом. С-Пб.: Амфора, 2007. — 416 с. — ISBN 978-5-367-00331-4〕 in which started performing Chimera〔 and Tequilajazzz.〔 From 1993, it started touring also in Moscow. The 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 widely distributed was ''Kamnem po golove'' (''Камнем по голове – Stone to the head'') in 1996 by "Melodiya" . Many other albums were released since then. The first music video was released in 1998 for the song ''Yeli miaso mujiki'' (''Ели мясо мужики -- Dudes were Eating Meat''). The band's lead singer Mikhail Gorsheniov died of heart failure at the night from 18 to 19 July 2013. After the farewell tour during the fall and winter of 2013, Korol i Shut have officially broken up in January 2014. Surviving members have founded a new band named 'Severny Flot'.〔( Korol i Shut has broken up )〕〔(Korol i Shut turned into Severny Flot )〕 However due to the numerous requests of the fans, the former band members decided to keep the name of the band, 'Korol i Shut' exclusively for the release of the unfinished zong-opera "TODD".〔("Зонг-опера сохранит "Король и Шут"" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Korol i Shut」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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