Mikhail "Gorshok" Gorsheniov (Russian: Михаил "Горшок" Горшенёв, full name given at birth – Михаил Юрьевич Горшенёв; 7 August 1973 – 19 July 2013) was a lead singer and composer of Russian horror punk/hard rock band Korol i Shut (The King and the Jester).

Early years Due to his father's profession, the family had to move frequently, mostly living in the Far East.

As a child, he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father, he was going to enter a military school, however, when he was 18 years old, during the medical commission at the military registration and enlistment office, he was diagnosed with scoliosis and Mikhail was marked unfit for the service, by the time Mikhail had to go to first grade, the family lived near Khabarovsk.

In 2005, Mikhail Gorshenyov's debut solo album, "I'm an Alcoholic Anarchist" was released, a tribute to the group Brigade, the songs "Life" and "Nightingales" got into the final hundred of the "Chart Dozen" hit parade for 2005.

The reason for recording the solo album was a tribute to the "Contract", as well as its then leader Nikolai Mikhailov, whose concerts Mikhail attended in his youth.

The group participated in the St. Petersburg musical project "Rock Group" together with Andrey Knyazev, Yuri Shevchuk (DDT), Ilya Chert ("Pilot"), Alexander Chernetsky ("Different People") and his younger brother Alexei Gorshenev ("Kukryniksy").

In 2006, together with Alexander "Chachya" Ivanov, he took part in the recording of a new version of the song "Punk Rock Lessons" by the Brigade Row group.

In 2008, together with Alexander Balunov (a former member of the group), he took part in the recording of the album "Drinking with Jesus" by the Red Elvises - the song "Don't Crucify Me" (written with Igor Yuzov).

[2] His unsuccessful struggle with his addiction caused his death on 19 July 2013 of heart failure due to alcoholic cardiomyopathy, as one source attributed it to a drug relapse.

A civil memorial service for Mikhail Gorshenyov took place on Monday, July 22, at the Yubileiny sports complex in St.