ShowCause celebrates its 50th gig with the second annual Freedom Rock (or F-Rock, as some call it). F- Rock is Delhi's answer to Bombay's Independence Rock, and Bangalore's Freedom Jam. Not a very loud answer, yet, but give us another year and (to paraphrase Catwoman) hear us roar.

Free from the Brits, but not the Britneys
Freedom Rock does not currently espouse any cause but itself. That's right… just one earful of Freedom, and another of Rock. Freedom to Rock as much as we want to.

Our aims are humble… to get rock back into circulation. Bit by bit, to get eyes off gorgeous navels over blue thongs, and their ears onto what we think is a truer form of music. The way things used to be in the good old days of five-channel cable TV. When a Strings video was something you'd turn up, rather than turn off.

Last year saw India's punk flag bearers Messiah and high school stars Copperstoned at a sold-out show at Super Stars, NOIDA. This year will feature classic rockers Nakshatra and punk rockers The Superfuzz Bigmuff.

Nakshatra, billed to be the next Parikrama, featured at Levi's Great Indian Rock earlier this year. Over the years, they've risen from being just another band to the super-tight, ultra-talented act they are today. And along the way, winning several major competitions and headlining at numerous events. This is a band that, according to Indrajit Hazra of Hindustan times, "…could have put AC/DC, Deep Purple and Iron Maiden out of business…"

Nakshatra are:
Gregg Sharma - Vocals
Sumix - Guitars
Francis Gangmei - Guitars
Arpan Guha - Bass
Amit Kumar - Drums

The Superfuzz Bigmuff is Copperstoned in a new avatar, with a change in line-up, and a mature out-of-school performance, they have been known to upstage bands they've opened for. Drawing inspiration from The Who to The White Stripes, their music is best described as retro-punk or as they say, "rock and roll infused with the late 60's & early 70's kind of sound played with new wave intensity". For the curious, Superfuzz and Bigmuff were two guitar pedals used by Jimi Hendrix in the '60s.