Great Indian Rock 2009 call for entries
UPDATE : GREAT INDIAN ROCK XIII – BANDS / VENUE .
E-Mail Excerpts from Mr Amit Saigal of Rock Street Journal.
Hello Hello y’all!!
FUEL GREAT INDIAN ROCK FESTIVAL 2009
The festival dates and venues are as follows:
PUNE – fri, 23rd Oct – OASIS
DELHI – Sat 24th and sun 25th Oct – Hamsadwhani, Pragati Maidan
KOLKATA – Sat 24th – NAZRUL MANCH
BANGALORE – Sun 25th Oct, Palace GroundsCLUB DATES: Manipal, Hyderabad, Mumbai – TBA
INTERNATIONAL HEADLINERS:
INTRONAUT (USA)
www.myspace.com/intronaut
The band has been opening for MASTADON for their US tour recentlyBENEA REACH (NORWAY)
www.myspace.com/beneareach
Winners of the Spellman Award (Norwegian Grammy) in Metal categoryOTHER HEADLINERS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON.
Bands in India interested in being a part of this years Great Indian Rock Festival should mail their entries to RSJ at 86/1, 1st Floor, 3rd Building, Shahpurjat, New Delhi | phone 011 26497944
or mail greatindianrock@gmail.com
Last date for receiving entries is 30th sept, 2009We need at least one orginal song, band bio, photograph, and contact details of all band members including phone, email and snail-mail address
GREAT INDIAN ROCK MUSIC CONFERENCE & SHOWCASES
There is going to be a music conference during GIR, a special delegation from Norway comprising of Festival heads, labels and booking agents will be interacting with counterparts in India, with a view of selecting and taking bands from India on tour and promotion to Norway.WOOOHOOO!
Amit Saigal
I dont understand why do GIR committee hate Mumbai. I think the last we had it was in 2005 or 2006. And wats with thing with bringing international headliners when Pro Indian bands are doing so well. That reminds me of the last GIR held in Mumbai where Prestorika was soooo much better that some sweden band named Freak kitten or Freah chicken.
fck………..i cant wait…….i hope more ppl turn up this tym…….
ya the international acts suck man….
the level is going down anually…
its actually gud they r caling international bands…………ppl can see it nd compare that indian bands r bettr………main act shud be by kryptos or sumthin ……..then it will be sxy/……..
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is any1 knowing dat which international band wud be coming?
Does da same international band comes 2 every city?
after enslaved and satyricon , this time its BENEA REACH???
damn man the level’s actually decreasing!!! going by the trend i expected dimmu borgir this time… i mean c’mon gimme some black satanic metal!
and btw there is not even ONE single good black metal band in india…( or atleast any of which i know of…)
@Nikhil
If you think Freak Kitchen sucks, then you are quite out of your mind buddy!
you have not heard them carefully, or it might be a case of different perspectives.
It’s all good, It’s all for good.
Atleast some International acts are coming to India, thanks to RSJ. though I too expected Dimmu to be apart to this year’s Festival. Disappointing.
fuck man wat da fuck benea reach ll do….ll dis year gir be lik 08 where satyricon gav a chilling effect on ur spinal cord????? no fuckin i dont think so…….we do hop international acts lik dimmu borgir, cradle of filth……we want mor black satanic metal…..erghhhhhh…….
thanks to RSJ…..
“Benea Reach got nominated in the 35th Annual Spellemannsprisen for the metal category against Enslaved, Gorgoroth, and Keep of Kalessin” –wikipedia…
omg this is such bullcrap!…. EVEN the IIT madras guys are almost done with the COB negotiations!
and the GIR guys even after having a “cultural exchange pact” with Norway can just manage BN????
btw dimmu cant be a part… it fired two members :’(
wtf!!!! :O ….COB???? r they rlly performin @ IIT Chennai????
is COB really fuckin to IITMadras…..oh shit last tym evn dey got Opeth…..n wat da fuck r gir metal heads doing??????? bringing fucking benea reach?????? hop the crowd dont destry da festival…….
are u guys crazy…hvnt u heard of benea reach..tha band is makin waves now…all metal core melodic stuff guys ll love thm…they ll be so much bttr thn satyricon..jus cant wait for 25 th october…go watch movie dead snow….whre i first heard of ths band.
sob…….sob……benea reach…..:( amit ma man satyricon enslaved and benea reach/…
iv waited an entrire yr to hear smthin new abt gir n nt this man really…….seriously man im disappointed……
wat abt shillong man?? why thy leavin it out ya…why?!
u guys r fuckin noobs man go listen to some bolly wood music ….this is about rock baby not some freakin strip show…..learn to respect rock i t might not be ur religion but is for millions of people woldwide…..\m/
yuks….wat da fuck ws intronaut n rsj doing ystrdy….intronaut wen dey play der shit fucking music 4gt abt headbanging…cnt evn mov my ass……scribe ws much bttr dan dem….see da crowd ystrdy it ws pin drop silence…no mosh pit no head banging…..yuks dude benea reach n idian metal bands saved rsj…..n kept us alive out der….
Intronaut was fucking awesome btu the way they ended their set was quite abrupt.
BM nailed the show, and so did Scribe.
Overall, a good gig!
GIR rocks…It gives much opportunities 2 local bands..And in 2008 aND 2009 it rocked palace ground…Hope 2 c mome good bands in 2010.GIR totally Rocks….
u guys just rock yar but y no mp3 or video (official video)in youtube.
duh……all bands r same in every city
its given which bands r finalised u can read the name nd google it………
U didn’t like freak kitchen? U fucking noob.. wannabee cunt… u suck.. go listen to some noob bollywood cunt..