Korol i Shut, a Russian horror punk band from Saint Petersburg, was formed in
1988 by school friends Mikhail "Gorshok" Gorsheniov, Aleksandr "Balu" Balunov,
and Aleksandr "Lieutenant" Shchigoliev. The band's name, which translates to
"The King and the Jester," was adopted in 1992 after initially being known as
Kontora. Korol i Shut began recording music in 1991 and released their first
official album, Камнем по голове, in 1996 through Melodiya. Their unique blend
of horror punk, folk punk, and art punk, along with lyrics inspired by Slavic
mythology and horror stories, quickly ga...