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The second gig at the Blue Frog for Channel V Launchpad III saw five bands battle it out playing two original songs each in front of a jury that consisted of Vishal Dadlani, Bobby Talwar and Raghu Dixit. The gig was held on the morning of Feb 5, which meant that very few people showed up to audience.

The aftermath of the first Launchpad Blue Frog gig was the elimination of Blank Noize from Delhi and Prachir from Kolkata. One band would get the boot on the basis of this second gig.

Head downstairs for the full review, pics and the Indiecision.

We missed Faridkot’s set but, given that they were the sole remaining non-English band in the competition, it was unlikely they were going to be eliminated.

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Cassini’s Division is looking like the band that will take the final fight to Faridkot. The quartet from Kolkata played two songs, ‘Satyr9′ and ‘Voivoid’, the latter an ode to the Jessica Lal murder that bowled over the judges with lyrics like “I am the life and the death of the party.”

The wonder of Reverse Polarity is wearing off. They’re tight, but their originals were, dare we say it, not as original as their cover of ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ a few days earlier.

Workshop looked terribly out of sorts. They played two Hindi songs, the first being their ‘famous’ single ‘Bunty Aur Mallika Sherwath’. This is their most out-and-out-funny song and though there were a few errors, the performance itself was reasonably consistent. Their second song however, titled ‘Chhati Pe Hamla’ (about “rural breasts”), was nowhere near as entertaining as the first and was largely unremarkable. Vishal Dadlani went as far as to say “You need more research on rural breasts.” Or something to that effect. If one band was being eliminated on the basis of this gig’s performance, it would be Workshop.

The Circus’ brand of Incubus-meets-Nirvana alternative is, understandably, very derivative but is fun to watch live, largely because of their ‘elastic’ bassist. The short second song they performed, ‘JP Rebellion’, was one of the highlights of the show.

The final Blue Frog gig happened on Monday, Feb 9. Review up in a bit.