The Hornbill International Rock Contest 2017 started off this evening at Agri Expo, Dimapur, with seven out of the twenty three competing bands sharing the stage on the first day of the preliminary rounds. The panel of judges for the competition are Artist Aloud, Hungama Media Pvt. Ltd. Vice president-Soumini Sridhara Paul, Indus Creed frontman-Uday Benegal and guitarist of Tetseo Sisters, Rattle & Hum band and Gear Men Dudes-Mhaseve Tetseo.
Nine bands out of the twenty three bands will be selected to vie for top honours at the grand finale of this year’s HIRC , scheduled to be held on the 8th of December. The line-up for the first day of the preliminary rounds was: Perfect Stick Figure Illustrations (Gangtok), Radio City (Kohima), Seed of Changes (Bengaluru), Radical Change (Mirik, Darjeeling), Avora Records (Aizawl), Trivial (Guwahati) and The Great Decade (Mokokchung). The show was hosted by Moanungsang Jamir.