Biography M Gorshenev

The founder, one of the two frontmen and vocalists, together with Andrei Knyazev, the punk rock band “King and the Jester”. The author of most of the music and some texts of the group. Fans and colleagues of the leaving the legendary “King and Jester” leaving the early leader considered him the last real punk, for him this was not a scenic way, but a lifestyle. The pot, as his close friends and fans called, was one of the most charismatic and driven vocalists of domestic rock scene.

And the artist’s commitment to the principles made any product of his work unique. The early years and the education of Mikhail Gorshenyov, Mikhail Yuryevich Gorshenyov, was born on August 7 in Pikalev - a village, which belongs to the Boxitan municipal district of the Leningrad region. Father - Yuri Mikhailovich, was Major Brillion. Because of his service, the family often wandered around the Soviet Union.

For a long time, the Gorshenyovs lived in the Far East. Mother - Tatyana Ivanovna. Brother Alexei the nickname-“Berry”, was born on October 3 in Birobidzhan-a Russian musician, poet, composer, vocalist of the Kukryniksi rock band, the founder of the Gorshenev group. Misha Gorshenev did not even dream of the stage, he wanted to go to his father's feet and become a military man.

At school, he became interested in boxing, and then music. Hired teachers who gave the basics of the game on the guitar, came to the student home. In the same school, Mikhail Gorshenev found his best friends and future colleagues, classmates - Alexander Balunov Balu and Alexander Shchigolev Lieutenant. Then Mikhail entered the Leningrad Restoration School, where he met a classmate Andrei Knyazev pseudonym - the prince.

At that time, together with Knyazev, they underwent production practice in the Hermitage. The career of the musician Mikhail Gorshenyov, the foundation of the King and the Jester group Hermitage allocated to young restorers a workshop on Millionnaya Street, where they organized the first rehearsal point of the King and Jester group. Mikhail Gorshenev moved to the workshop so as not to live with his parents, the relationship with whom became difficult.

He led the lifestyle of Punk, abused alcohol and heroin. To earn money for musical equipment, Gorshenov and Knyazev worked, repairing offices. In the year, Gorshenev, along with Balu and Lieutenant, founded the group "Office". After 2 years, they were joined by Andrei Knyazev Prince. He wrote texts and became the second vocalist. It should be noted that the texts of many songs had fabulous motives.

This prompted musicians to the idea of ​​renaming their team from the "office" to the "King of the Jokes". Later, the name was transformed into "King and the Jester." For the first time before the public, the group performed in the year in the building of the closed Leningrad rock club on the street. Rubinstein, in the year, the King and the Jester group recorded its first electric magnetoalb - “True Killer”, the next year the unofficial album was recorded “Be like at home, traveler ...”.

In the year, the half -hour program “White Street”, as well as four low -budget clips for the songs “Fool and Lightning”, “Sudden Head”, “Gardener” and “Wandering the Shadows”, was removed about the year. In the same year, the first license plate album “Stone on the Head”, recorded at the Melody Studio, was released. With this began the rise in the popularity of the group on a Russian scale.

In the year, a second album called “King and the Jester” was released, which consisted of qualitatively recorded songs that were previously part of the album “Be like at home, traveler ...”. In the year, the "Melody" studio was recorded "Acoustic Album". In the year, the next license plate was published - "Heroes and villains." In the summer of the same year, the group first performed at the two largest Moscow Open-Air festivals: “Invasion” and “Wings”.

In the spring of the year, the group celebrated the flying at the peak of popularity. To the anniversary “King and the Jester” released a collection of their best songs - “Meeting”, and also held a tour with concerts in all major cities in the European part of Russia, Siberia and Belarus. In the year in the capital's Luzhniki, the presentation of the album “Like in an old fairy tale” took place.

The song “Damned Old House” from this album for six months ranked first in the Chart Dyuzhin Chart Chart. The show presented the Gothic torch marriage, a gigantic decoration depicting the “old house”, and flying black crows.

In October, the album “Sorry, there is no gun” came out, the singles from which-“The Dead Anarchist” and “Bear”-for a long time occupied the upper positions of the television and radio-hut parades. In the year, the King and the Jester released their most stringent in sound, designed in the style of the hardcore-pans album “Riot on the ship”. At the end of the year, he announced his final care.

Mikhail Gorshenyov’s debut solo album, “I am an anarchist alcoholic”, tribut with the Brigadier Contracts, the song “Life” and “Nightingale” from which came into the final hundred and night parade “Chartova Dozen” came out in the year. The reason for the recording of the album was a tribute to “contract”, as well as its then leader Nikolai Mikhailov, at the concerts of which Mikhail visited the young years.In the year, together with Alexander Ivanov, Chacha Mikhail took part in the recording of the new version of the song “Lessons of Punk Rok” of the Brigade Contact group.

In the year, Mikhail became interested in theatrical and set-up activities. In the process, the idea of ​​creating a theater and musical project about the maniac-scanner Suini Todd was born. The death of Michael the “pot” of Gorshenev’s misfortune happened suddenly. The cause of death was toxic cardiomyopathy with the development of acute heart failure against the background of alcohol and morphine.

The musician repeatedly spoke about his own funerals long before his death. He wanted his ashes to be dispelled in the wind, and was categorically against the rite of burial, because he did not hide what was an atheist. He hoped that people would stop investing in weapons and began to spend it on science. In his opinion, otherwise humanity on earth does not live for a long time.

In an interview, his friend Andrei Knyazev said that one day Mikhail came to a rehearsal and told everyone about the recently read story by Edgar Allan on “alive buried”, where the hero woke up in the coffin. He was very impressed and said that he did not want him to work out with him. Only close and relatives came to say goodbye to the singer - the artist's family wanted this.

At that time, the musician’s daughter was 4 years old. His body was cremated, but the ashes were not dispelled, but buried on the main alley of the St. Petersburg Theological Cemetery. A monument with a mosaic image based on the Gorshenyov photo was erected on the grave. On the day after the death of his son, the father of Michael died, unable to withstand the loss.

The main goal of the organization is to preserve the creative heritage of the leader of the King and the Jester group. The fund arranges memorable concerts, and also promotes the release of rare materials. Colleagues in the team after the death of Mikhail went on a farewell tour of the cities of Russia. They gave 47 concerts, and then they informed fans that they now stop creative activities called “King and the Jester”.

All their subsequent albums were recorded under the name "Northern Fleet". In August, a book was published about the group’s creative path called “King and the Jester. Between Kupchino and Rzhevka. " The author was Alexander Balunov, in July the second part of the dilogy was released - “King and the Jester. Endless story. " On the basis of bookdodology in the year, a compilation of the King and the Jester was published.

Like in an old fairy tale. " Old book ”and“ King and the Jester. Old book II. Inappropriate stories ”in the year the game series“ King and the Jester ”was released, which is a mixture from the biography of the group and the film adaptations of the plots of her songs. The series started with record indicators, again proving that the popularity of the pot and the King and the Jester group and does not think to come to naught.

The personal life of Mikhail’s “pot” Gorshevyov first married the musician for the first time unsuccessfully. Together with his wife Anfisa, Mikhail added to drugs. They lived together for 7 years, more than once the parents of Michael sent a couple for treatment. But upon returning from hospitals, it all started first. After the divorce, the artist’s ex-wife left for Cyprus, where she worked as a dancer, then lived somewhere around the Urals.

Mikhail’s brother randomly learned about her death when he was with touring in Siberia. She died of an overdose. With his second wife Olga Mikhail Gorshenyov met in the restaurant of the Old House club, where the King and Jester group performed. Olga came up to ask for an autograph for her brother. Young people spoke and did not notice how communication grew into genuine interest in each other.

The girl had a 4-year-old daughter Nastya from her first marriage. Michael treated her like his own child, they immediately found a common language. Gorshenev took her to kindergarten, read her books, taught her to ride a bicycle. But when she suddenly began to call him a dad, he considered it wrong, since Nastya's father was still alive and well. Then he told Nastya to call him a till.

Gorshenev later admitted that he grabbed Olga as for the last straw. She really helped him abandon drugs for some period. He underwent treatment, rehabilitation. Soon Mikhail spoke about what he wanted to leave behind a continuation. In May, Olga and Olga had a daughter, Alexander Gorshenyov, whom he loved more than anything else.