Band "King and the Jester": brief biography

Any connoisseur of rock music in Russia will tell you what the abbreviation "Kish" means. So often shorten the name of one of the successful teams on the domestic scene. The band "The King and the Jester" has become a landmark phenomenon from the very first album.

Start

In the late 1980s, members of the future well-known collective began their musical activity in Leningrad. Andrei Knyazev was fond of writing fairy tales and putting music on these subjects. His friend Mikhail Gorshenev brought the compositions to mind and also added his material.

Initially, the group played punk rock, designed to perform in clubs. The first demo of "The King and the Jester" appeared in 1994 and brought musicians popularity among the informal youth of St. Petersburg.

The beginning of this recognition was hit on the local television. The band "The King and the Jester" recorded several videos for the songs from the first album "A Stone by the Head". It was released in 1996, and some songs got into radio-rotation. An interesting and original concept attracted listeners who had not yet encountered such an entourage.

These were miniature scary stories, based on the rhythm of punk rock songs. Gorshenev and Knyazev were vocalists and often performed parallel roles in a dialogue format. Most often, the songs had a string and an outcome, which did not stop them from keeping a short duration.

Success

The phenomenon became known throughout the country largely due to the rotation on "Our Radio", where in the late 90's there were such songs as "Jump from the cliff", "The Witch Doll", etc.

The band "The King and the Jester" withdrew their first full-fledged clip in 1999. The material was the song "Eat the meat of a peasant". The video was often played on the Russian channel MTV, so that even people far from music learned about the band.

The songs of the band "The King and the Jester" were hits at music festivals, where the participants held whole costume shows. Speeches on "Invasion" and "Wings" became regular annual events, where tens of thousands of rock fans flocked.

In 2001, the band "The King and the Jester" released his most successful album "As in the old fairy tale." By this time the music of the band has changed a little. A violinist appeared in the composition, and the songs received a little from the folk. Bright arrangements and proprietary motives became the key to the success of the record. It was presented at the Luzhniki Stadium, where after that several times Kish was conducting sold-out concerts.

In 2002, the album "It's a pity, no gun!", Which records "The King and the Jester". The composition of the group offers the audience such hits as "Dead Anarchist" and "Bear". These songs will become permanent numbers in the programs of the collective. Then Gorshenev and the company for the first time go outside the CIS. In America and Israel they are waiting for the most hospitable reception.

Continuation of career

When violinist Maria Nefedova leaves the band, the remaining participants record their heaviest album, gravitating towards hardcore. This is "Riot on the ship." He is also successful, but after his release the group takes a break. Participants record solo albums. "Pot" is releasing a tribute "Brigade contract." There are variations of the songs of the famous punk rock band.

In the future, the band continued to produce albums in their usual style. In 2011, Andrei Knyazev left the team, starting a solo career. Mikhail Gorshenev continued to speak under the previous sign. He managed to realize his own dream - he put the opera in the concert program of the group.

It was a dilogy, which was called TODD. Her story was based on the story of the serial killer Sweeney Todd. Her last act in the studio version was released in 2012. At the same time, numerous concerts were held. The audience took the novelty to cheer.

Death of Gorshenev

In July 2013, the festival season was in full swing, when "Kish" traditionally gave a lot of concerts. Several announcements have already been announced, but on the 19th of July Mikhail Gorshenev, the frontman and the leader of the team, was found dead in his own house.

The event shocked everyone, as there were no special health problems for the man. An autopsy showed that the cause of death was an overdose of drugs, which caused heart failure.

The existence of the group without Gorshenev would be extremely strange, so the participants announced the dissolution of the "King and the Jester". Some of them created a new project "Northern Fleet" - by the name of one of Michael's songs. At the same time, Knyazev continues his solo career.