Despite controversies and being a major subject of debate, the Jack Daniel’s Annual Rock Awards seems to be going strong, with its list of 2011 nominees being announced.
Honestly, there seems to be no sense in pitching a band like Pentagram against a band like Eccentric Pendulum, so the whole reason it’s considered “controversial” seems justified, and it is most likely that the debate will continue. Anyway, here’s the list:


Jack Daniel’s Annual Rock Awards 2011 Nominees:


Best Band

1. Indian Ocean
2. Menwhopause
3. Pentagram
4. Peter Cat Recording Co
5. Undying Inc

Best Album

1. Dischordian – The Feni Farm Riot
2. Indian Ocean – 16/330 Khajoor Road
3. Menwhopause – Easy
4. Pentagram – Bloodywood
5. Undying Inc – Aggressive World Dynasty

Best Song

1. Eccentric Pendulum – Mathematicians Of Ambient Waters
2. Indian Ocean – Darte Ho
3. Menwhopause – Easy
4. Pentagram – Tomorrow’s Decided
5. Peter Cat Recording Co – Clown on the 22nd Floor
6. Sky Rabbit – I Become I
7. The Circus – F.O.P.S
8. Undying Inc – Xenophobe

Best Vocalist [Male]

1. Kishore Krishna – Adam & The Fish Eyed Poets
2. Garreth D’Mello – Dischordian
3. Siddharth Basrur – Goddess Gagged
4. Vishal Dadlani – Pentagram
5. Raxit Tewari – Sky Rabbit
6. Shashank Bhatnagar – Undying Inc

Best Vocalist [Female]

1. Subhadra Kamath – Fire Exit
2. Pragnya Wakhlu
3. Suchitra Pillai
4. Samara C – The Ska Vengers

Best Guitarist

1. Arjun Mulky & Faheemul Hasan – Eccentric Pendulum
2. Prashant Shah – Exhumation
3. Anup Kutty – Menwhopause
4. Randolph Correia – Pentagram
5. Biswarup Gupta – Undying Inc

Best Bassist

1. Ruell Barretto – Bombay Bassment
2. Randeep Singh – Menwhopause
3. Makarand Mane – Pentagram
4. Siddharth Shah – Sky Rabbit
5. Abhinav Chaudhary – The Circus

Best Drummer

1. Vibhas Venkatram – Eccentric Pendulum
2. Hemendra Nath- Menwhopause
3. Shiraz Bhattacharya – Pentagram
4. Harsh Karangale – Sky Rabbit
5. Yuvraj Sen Gupta – Undying Inc

Best Keyboardist

1. Jason Zachariah – Allegro Fudge
2. Akshat Taneja – Arcane Deception
3. Vikram Ashok – Franks Got the Funk
4. Jonathan Wesley – Slain
5. Stefan Kaye – The Ska Vengers

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