Guwahati based band Silver Tears has won the second annual Yamaha Music India- Asian Beat 2011 contest which was held at Kyra Bangalore on 27th of August. The band will head to South Korea to represent India at the international level next year. This 6 piece progressive metal outfit had its fortunes turned around after Gangtok based Girish Pradhan (Girish & The Chronicles) replaced founding member/Vocalist Johny Karan Marak If you remember, Silver Tears were the runners up at the Wacken Metal Battle 2011 which Eccentric Pendulum won after a very closely fought contest.
Here’s the list of winners from Asian Beat India 2011
Girish Pradhan – Silver tears – Best Vocalist
Ishan Das – Silver Tears – Best Guitarist
Ashish Joy – Route 714 – Best bassist
Chandra Bhushan – Purple Asparagus – Best Drummer
Vivan Lawrence – Route 714 – Best Keyboard Player
Khalid Ahmed – Parvaaz- Sharpest Band Member (Yeah Even we don’t know what that means!)
Best Band – Silver Tears
“Asian Beat” is one of the biggest amateur band contests held throughout many regions in Asia. It starts out from Area Heat in participating countries and regions. Each winner at Area Heat finals can proceed onto the Grand Final, where they will perform together on the same stage and compete to be the top of amateur bands in Asia.
Yamaha Corporation started this event as “Band Alert” in 1998, renamed to “Asian Beat” in 2001. In the past years, worldwide famous players were the judges such as Nathan East, Wes Borland, Tommy Aldridge, Sonny Emory, Billy Sheehan and James LoMenzo.
