Shankar Ehsaan Loy Launch Rock Comp

Hot on the heels of Channel V’s band hunt Launchpad comes a new, ‘rock only’ competition from Sennheiser courtesy of Bollywood music trio Shankar Ehsaan Loy. While G3Rocks may sound like a Joe Satriani-Steve Vai reunion gig, it is in fact another band hunt.

Why do we need another band hunt? Ehsaan Noorani told IBNLive

Currently the rock music scene in India is very impressive in terms of talent there is a lot of talent but not very good in terms of promotion and the kind of support because Bollywood has taken over the entire music industry.

Enter G3Rocks. And when they say ‘Rocks’ they mean rock. Here’s a sample of the FAQs and rules

The genre of the track should be Rock

Q. We do electronic music, you know, on computers and stuff.
A. If it’s still rock, bring it on.

Q. We are the fusion-types!
A. As long as you are fusing rock, we got no problem.

Essentially, if you’re a rock band head here, and you could win Rs 200,000  worth of Sennheiser G3 audio gear.