Cassini's Division, formed in 2001, is a Kolkata-based modern Indian rock band. It derives its name from Cassini division in the rings of Saturn. Rahul Guha Roy, Sukanti Roy, John Bose and Ludo are the band musicians. It specialises in fusing Indian music with punk and heavy metal. It aims to reduce the gap between the Indian music and the Western rock and to change the outlook of rock music in India. The band focuses on writing catchy and original music.

Eclipse was formed in 2000 by the students of Clarence High School in Bangalore. Roshan, Chintan, Sachin and Andrew are the band members. The band started by playing covers including 'Wasted years' by Iron Maiden, 'Winds of change' by Scorpions, 'Mama said' by Metallica and 'Patience' by 'Guns n' Roses at various school events. The band is all set to participate in different school-level music competitions in Bangalore.

It is the most famous Hindi rock band of India. Formed in 1989, the band started its journey by performing at different universities, colleges, schools and carnivals. The band comprises DJ, Benny, Hitesh, Ashwani, Gaurav, Rakesh, Prashant and Palash Sen. In 1992 the band recorded its four compositions at J K Studios in Delhi. The first album of the band named Dhoom was released in 1998, followed by Phir Dhoom, Mantra, Gulley and Mehfuz.

Fossils is one of the most popular hard-core Bangla rock bands in India. Its music is a blend of blues, hard rock and alternative music. The band members include Bubun, Partha, Rupam, Chandra and Deep. It is among the top three Bangla bands and recognised for unique music. It has about four albums under its name. It believes in presenting easily understandable lyrics and prefers to actually sing on the stage. It makes original compositions and has a large fan following.

Indian Ocean is a contemporary fusion music band of northern India. Formed in 1990 the band has four members namely, Susmit Sen, Asheem Chakravarthy, Amit Kilam and Rahul Ram. In the same year, with Shaleen Sharma on drums, they recorded their first demo. It took about two years for the HMV to record the first album of Indian Ocean. It got its major breakthrough in 1998, when Times Music signed it. Its famous albums include Desert Rain, Kandisa, Jhini and Black Friday. The band has also participated in international concerts in Australia, Germany, London, Indonesia, New Zealand and Japan.

Formed in 1992 the band derived its name from the fact that music scenario in the East in the 1990s was devoid of life, as in a desert. The band is inspired by bands like Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Iron Maiden. Its members include Siddhartha, Sanjay, Sandip, Kaniska, Sudipto and Sibaji. They made their professional debut on 6 March 1993 at Aban Mahal in Kolkata. And, in 1999, released their first album with the help of HMV. In 2003, they got associated with a Bengali movie titled Nil Nirjone and composed all the songs in the movie.

It is a Chennai-based band, which was formed in November 1995 in a coffee shop. The squad is made up of Allen, Mario, Leon, Christy, Timmy and Ranjith. The formation brought a drastic change in the otherwise dull and dreary rock scenario in the city. The first performance of the band was at a medical college and for next two years it spread its magical bedlam through every major college and semi-professional competition in sight. Moksha was featured on a tribute album to Iron Maiden. The band draws its influences from Iron Maiden, Metallica, Extreme and Van Helen.

The band started in 1995 in New Delhi, when singer Anirban Chakraborty teamed up with guitarist Saibal Basu. In the same year, the Great Indian Rock project was organised by the music magazine Rock Street Journal that brought the much-needed attention for the band. The band plays a combination of heavy rap-rock, Indian classical and traditional dhol music through an electronica bed. By 2002 the band had already had two albums under its belt and travelled throughout the country and Sri Lanka. The actor and filmmaker Rahul Bose used the songs from the band’s album Candywalk in the film Everybody Says I’m Fine. The band has some talented musicians namely Anirban, Donny, Ashwin, Dara, Imran and Parveen. The band travelled to Europe and Scandinavia in 2004 and has played at rock festivals like the Peace and Love, the Slottsfjell, the Sundance Music Festival and the Little Chili across Sweden, Norway, Estonia and the UK. It seems to be breaking new ground defying many stereotypes of Indian musicians.

Formed on 17 June 1991, the genres of this band include rock n roll, IndiRock, blues and alternative rock. The band consists of Nitin Malik, Sonam Sherpa, Saurabh Choudhary, Subir Malik, Chintan Kalra, Dilip Gururaj Ramchandran, Shambu Nath, Imran Khan and Rajat Kakkar. Parikrama has a distinguished ability to merge music of Indian classical instruments, like tabla and flute, with other instruments like guitar, keyboards and drums. The band has about 200 concerts to their name. After performing in almost every city of India, the band is yet to come out with its own complete album. The famous single hits of the band include ‘Xerox’, ‘Till I’m No One Again’, ‘Open Skies’ and ‘Rhythm and Blues’.

A Mumbai-based rock group, the band squad consists Pradeep, Vispy, Mithun, Rohit and Jai Rowkavi. With one of the very few Indian metal acts in 2000, the band earned a reputation of being one of the most hard-hitting live acts. It won the first ever reality television rock band competition in India, Channel V’s Launchpad. Their live music video for ‘In Dependence’ was shot by Channel V. The band released its debut album in 2004 named Compose…Oppose…Dispose, which was recorded and distributed by Sony Music India. The band has also featured in a documentary on the Indian music titled Bombay Plush by BBC London.

Prayag is a band which mainly sings Hindi and Sufi rock music. Its music aims to be spiritual, sensual, rocking as well as thought provoking. Like the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati, Prayag is about influences from different shores intermingling to create a new sound that experiments freely with soundscapes, defies genre barriers, and yet is as uniquely Indian as it is rooted in rock. Pranab and a huge fan of Pink Floyd, Swapnil met online and found that they have similar passion and interest in music. So, in the beginning of 2003 they came together to form this band called Prayag, which was later replete with the joining of Veeru, Sumeet and Naveen. NMIMS, SWAT and IITG are some of the places they have rocked with their kind of music. They have also been a part of the well-known competitions like Channel [V] Launch Pad, and Go 92.5 FM’s Music Talent Hunt.

It is an Indian hard rock band formed in August 2004 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The band currently comprises Arjun Kaul, Bhim Kaul, Sahil Mehta and Akshat Bhardwaj. The band members very easily fuse disco and dance with hard rock and metal. The band with its traditional but grittier style brought a drastic change in the then rock scene in India. The band achieved nationwide success in the last few years. Its performances at various events, carnivals, colleges and pubs and shopping malls have earned loads of fans around the country.

The band comprises of five talented musicians - Jayashree Singh, Amit Datta, Gyan Singh, Jeffrey Menezes and Jeffrey Rikh. It was formed with a twofold objective to write and perform original music, drawing from its members’ considerable experiences. And also to recreate well known and not-so-well-known tunes ranging from the rock and pop of the 1960s right down to the mainstream rock and alternative rock of the present day. Virgin Records India Private Limited released an album of original songs Escape The Roar of the band in 2003. Each member of the band has performed with other bands all over the country and outside.

VAYU was formed in 1997 by Ravi Iyer. It is strongly influenced by Deep Purple, Rainbow, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Rush amongst other legendary bands of yesteryears.VAYU believes in varied forms of musical expression: fusion, rock, jazz, blues, and even a bit of grunge / alternative to name a few. Manned by 4 dexterous musicians, the band offers musical virtuosity and soulful artistry that explores the spectrum of human emotions. Regular performances in the Bombay / Pune club circuit has earned VAYU a huge fan following. And performances with luminaries from the local and occasional international music scene — musicians of the likes of Gino Banks, Sheldon Pereira, Clifford Pereira, Jules Fuller, Gary Lawyer, Mattias ‘IA’ Eklund, and Jonas Hellborg — has catapulted the pieces of the band to their much deserved critical acclaim.

Formed in 2000-01, the Bangalore-based band has about 100 shows under its belt and has shared stage with big players, like Shanker Mahadevan, Shaan, Parikrama, Euphoria, etc. The band comprises of Vivian, Natraj, Prasad, Pradeep and Manoj George. The band prides itself on being the only rock band from the south of India to write songs in the national language, Hindi. It has featured in a music compilation, titled Asha Wali Dhoop, which has been made in aid of the tsunami that hit the South Asia in 2004. The compilation features some of the biggest names in Indian music.

It is another rock band that started at Clarence High School in Bangalore, in the year 2001. The band has talents in the form of Anand Varghese, Hari Adivarekar, Arfaaz Kaagalwala, Anindita Gupta, Avijit Arthur Michael and Gurudarshan Somyyaji. The ease with which the band blends various musical influences is the core of the sound of the band. The style of the band varies from song to song, cruising between classic rock and psychedelia. The band recognises itself with The Beatles, the Black and others but with a taste of originality.