Neidilhoutuo Neibu Sechü
KOHIMA, DECEMBER 6
Reverse Tragedy from Mizoram emerged as the ultimate winner of this year’s Hornbill International Rock Contest. The band from Mizoram bagged the title from among nine bands which competed at the grand finale this evening at Hockey Ground, IG Stadium, Kohima.
The winner of this year’s edition walked home richer with a cash award of Rs. 10 lakh. The winning band will also be offered a free band exam by Trinity College of London, the resource partner for Hornbill International Rock Contest 2015.
The 1st runners-up was bagged by October from Delhi, while Grey Shack from Chennai bagged the 3rd place. They both received a cash award of Rs. 5 lakh and Rs 2.5 lakh respectively.
The band with the ‘best song’ was given to Run Pussy Run from Pune, while Fame the Band from Meghalaya was declared as the band with the ‘best potential’. The best Nagaland band was bagged by Tune Up Channels.
The results were declared by Gugs Chishi, project director, Music Task Force, Nagaland, while the chief minister of Nagaland, TR Zeliang along with the sponsors’ representatives gave away the prizes.
The judges for the grand finale were legendary guitarist Kee Marcello (Europe), George Tylor Smith, vice president of Trinity College of Music, London, Asutosh from True School of Music, Akshay, guitarist of Hardcore, Mumbai and our very own veteran guitarist Andrew Ngullie.
The bands which performed at the grand finale were Crystal and the Witches (Sikkim), October (Delhi),
Reverse Tragedy (Mizoram), Grey Shack (Chennai), Tune Up Channels (Nagaland), Run Pussy Run (Pune),
Rune Legacy (Nagaland), Ron & Me (Kolkata) and Avancer (Nagaland).
Altogether, 24 bands including one international, 17 national (Seven from Northeast) and six local bands competed at this year’s HIRC 2015.
The individual awards:
Best guitarist – Bishal Gurung (Reserve Tragedy, Mizoram)
Best vocalist – Sherry Mathews (October, Delhi)
Best bassist – Sayar Mitra (The Buddha Therapy (Kolkata)
Best drummer – Thupen Bhutia (Crystal and the Witches, Sikkim)
Best Keyboardist – Pritam Boro (2 Square, Assam)
The prize money for the winners was sponsored by Gionee (Title sponsor), while the 1st and 2nd runners-up were sponsored by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd and Vodafone.
All the prizes for the individual awards were sponsored by Dharashree Electronics Ltd & Harman. The best guitarist, best vocalist and best bassist were presented with gifts from Digitech by Harman, while the best drummer and best keyboardist received gifts from Istanbul Cymbals and Peavy respectively.
