Bangalore rocked to some great performances after a long hiatus imposed by the city police's restrictions on live music, at the Independence Rock semifinals held on Saturday.

The other bands that made the cut were Bangalore's Inner Sanctum, Rainbow Bridge, White Noise and Cochin's Heretic. The four went into the semis, performing in front of a crowd of around 5000 people at Bangalore's Palace grounds. However, Chennai's Rainbow Bridges won this southern zone competition and will be storming into the finals of I Rock, Mumbai on August 30 and 31.

From the other sectors, where I Rock semi finals have already been held, the winners are - AVR from Delhi, The Scavenger Project from Kolkata and Silver from Pune. All eyes are now set on the finale at the Chitrakoot grounds in Mumbai this weekend.