Gorki
Luc de Vos of Gorki in 2006.
Background information
Origin	Ghent, Belgium
Genres	Pop-rock
Years active	1989–1993 (as Gorky) 1993–2014 (as Gorki)
Labels	Virgin Records (1993 – 1996 & 1999) Sony Music Entertainment (1996 – 2000) PIAS (2000 – 2014)
Members	Luc de Vos Erik van Biesen Luc Heyvaerts Bert Huysentruyt Thomas Vanelslander
Past members	Wout de Schutter Geert Bonne Wim Rogge Steven van Havere Eric Bosteels
Website	gorki.be

Gorki (originally Gorky) was a Belgian rock group, in its most recent line-up consisting of Luc de Vos (lead singer and guitarist), Luc Heyvaerts (keyboard and clarinet), Erik van Biesen (bass guitar), Thomas Vanelslander (guitarist) and Bert Huysentruyt (drums). Three songs by Gorki were number one hits in the Studio Brussel alternative hitlist De Afrekening in Belgium: 'Lieve kleine piranha' (Gorky, 1992), 'Schaduw in de schemering (from the CD 'Plan B') and 'Joerie' in 2006. Luc De Vos died on 29 November 2014.

The band was originally named Gorky, and the first members were Luc de Vos, Wout de Schutter and Geert Bonne. In 1990, the group finished 3rd in Humo's Rock Rally, a contest for upcoming Belgian talent organised by the popular magazine Humo. In 1991 the band rose through with the single "Anja", referring to a Dutch singer from the 1960s with that name.^[1][2]

After "Anja", several other singles were released from the debut album Gorky. Among them was "Soms vraagt een mens zich af" ("Sometimes a man wonders"), the B-side of which was "Mia", a song that finished as number one for three years in a row on the "best song of all time" chart by the music station Studio Brussel. Likewise, it reached number 1 in a similar chart of Radio 1 in Flanders, and was named best Belgian song on the chart by Radio Donna in 2005. ^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, it was elected the best song about girls on a TV-show on the public network één. In 2008, the early music consort Capilla Flamenca issued "Rosa (Mia)", a polyphonic adaptation of "Mia" sung in Latin. In 2008 a new award show was founded called "de MIA's" (the MIAs). It was named after the best Flemish song of all times and officially stands for the Music Industry Awards. ^{[citation needed]}

Luc de Vos died of acute organ failure on 29 November 2014, between 17:00 and 17:30 at the age of 52, leaving a wife and son.^[3][4] The band ceased to exist thereafter.^[5]

Official website

• Official MySpace