VulgarGrad bring you the old songs of the Russian thieves (blatnie pesny or blatnyak), along with punk classics of the Perestroika era. VulgarGrad arose in Melbourne in late 2004 out of a collaboration between some of Australia’s best musicians in underground ethnic styles and the incredible vocal talents of one of Australia’s most formidable actors, Jacek Koman (Children of Men, Moulin rouge). Since their formation VulgarGrad have caused a sensation on Australia’s music and festival scene, as well as an appearance on ABC’s ‘Spicks and Specks’, proving that what Australian audiences really seem to need is a wild night of old-fashioned Russian criminality. After all, if Russia and Australia have anything in common, it’s convicts.