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Among the winners were Dream Out Loud’s Prayer in your Heart that won the best song of the year, Pentagram won the best album for It’s OK It’s all Good. Menwhopause is the lucky group that gets to perform in Tennessee, and the JD Hall Of Fame Award was won by Indian Ocean.
With musicians Sandeep Chowta and Rabbi Shergill along with fashion designer JJ Valaya and model Joey Mathews among those presenting the awards, the evening was high on its glam quotient as well. And yet the rock and roll kept flowing as the 5-member act of Frequency electrified guests with their special brand of rock, and Joint Family too, strummed magic.
The jury, comprising the likes of Rahul Ram of Indian Ocean, Paresh Kamath and Naresh Kamath of Kailasa (with Kailash Kher) and drummer Gino Banks, found this years’ entries somewhat different from before. “The number of death metal bands this time is much lesser. I personally like bands which experiment with the sound and that has been my criteria of choosing the winners,” says Verhnon Ibrahim, jury, who also re-united with his heavy metal outfit Millenium after seven years, which also won the Lifetime Achievement Award and also performed at the do.
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