Local bands rocked the city

Hyderabad rocks", a 1,300 strong crowd of young rock fans said that loud and clear on Saturday night. Durgam Cheruvu saw head banging like never before during the Hero Honda Motorola Campus Rock Idols 2007. For the fourth successive year, young aspiring amateur bands in the city got a platform to perform and showcase their talent under a professional production umbrella.

Several local bands vied for the top two slots to go on and compete in the South Zone Finals to be held mid November at Manipal. The Hyderabad Regional Selections round had the bands Pash, Caution, Modus Vivendi, Delay 4,5,6, Cafe Dilemma, Skrypt, Wreckage and Ensigns battling it out on the moist Saturday evening. The crowds went berserk when the bands played favourites like ACDC, As I lay Dying and other popular numbers. But the highlights of the show were the performers themselves. What with artists like drummer Venkatesh Potluri of Modus Vivendi who is merely in Std X and the band Skrypt boasting of a female lead guitarist Ramya, the show had the crowds digging into their music.

God and Caution Link 182. The others belted out Hate Breed, Drowning Pool, Jal and other popular numbers. Vocalist Yamini. of Cafe Dilemma drove the crowds crazy while the flowing hair of other male band members rose quite a delirium.
The finals will be held at Delhi on December 2. Septa from Mumbai rounded up the show with a couple of Metallica and Nuclear covers and their anti smoking anthem, Charred.