Король и Шут (in latin alphabet
Korol' I Shut (pronounced like 'karól i shut'), which means
King and Jester) is a russian
horror punk band formed in 1988 in Saint Petersburg. They are characterized by how they mostly take inspiration for their songs, performances and make-ups from horror tales and folk stories (yeah like the misfits!), in fact most of their lyrics tells you a story, where characters like pirates, trolls, ghosts and vampires make presence; they have some kind of humor or sarcasm tho. They broke up in 2014 after the dead of their lead singer (Mikhail "Gorshok" Gorsheniov) in 2013.
how did you know them?
In 2022 I was introduced to
Kino (another russian band, very popular), and I got very into it. I started to search for more russian bands, and one day of January 2023 I came across with an image of Gorshok. "Whoah this dude looks crazy, he must have good music", I thought. At first I didn't liked it to be honest, but I came back, and again, and again... I got obsessed. And here I am, making a fansite about them.
