MUMBAI: Indian Ocean, Pentagram, Menwhopause along with a host of hot young bands like Undying Inc and Sky Rabbit are among the major nominees for Jack Daniel's rock awards 2011.

The seventh edition of the annual awards in association with Rolling Stones will be held on 23 February at Mehboob Studio in Mumbai.

A total of 15 awards, based on original music created  in the year 2011 (1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011) will be presented at the ceremony.

Winners in the top three categories – Best Band, Best Album and Best Song will be determined by a combination of public voting and distinguished jury ballot. The voting will close on 12 February. The winner of the Best Band category will receive the cash prize of Rs 5 lakh along with the coveted title.

Brown-Forman Worldwide (the owners of Jack Daniel's family of brands) South Asia VP & area director Amrit Kiran Singh said, The Jack Daniel's Rock Awards is something of a cult event that the music fraternity looks forward to every year and Mehboob Studios provides an appropriate setting for the event....

Last year, Mumbai-based band Scribe was the big winner with five awards.

The Jack Daniel's Annual Rock Awards has also organized the series of build up show depicting the journey of the awards grand finale. The final leg of the show will be held on 12 January in Gurgaon. The build-up shows featured well-known artistes and young undiscovered talents performing in the Open Mic Nights hosted by Luke Kenny.

Jack Daniel's Annual Rock Awards 2011 Nominees

Best Band

1. Indian Ocean

2. Menwhopause

3. Pentagram

4. Peter Cat Recording Co

5. Undying Inc

Best Album

1. Dischordian – The Feni Farm Riot

2. Indian Ocean - 16/330 Khajoor Road

3. Menwhopause - Easy

4. Pentagram - Bloodywood

5. Undying Inc – Aggressive World Dynasty

Best Song

1. Eccentric Pendulum – Mathematicians of Ambient Waters

2. Indian Ocean – Darte Ho

3. Menwhopause - Easy

4. Pentagram – Tomorrow's Decided

5. Peter Cat Recording Co – Clown on the 22nd Floor

6. Sky Rabbit – I Become I

7. The Circus - F.O.P.S

8. Undying Inc - Xenophobe

Best Vocalist [Male]

1. Kishore Krishna - Adam & The Fish Eyed Poets

2. Garreth D'Mello - Dischordian

3. Siddharth Basrur - Goddess Gagged

4. Vishal Dadlani - Pentagram

5. Raxit Tewari - Sky Rabbit

6. Shashank Bhatnagar - Undying Inc

Best Vocalist [Female]

1. Subhadra Kamath - Fire Exit

2. Pragnya Wakhlu

3. Suchitra Pillai

4. Samara C - The Ska Vengers

Best Guitarist

1. Arjun Mulky & Faheemul Hasan - Eccentric Pendulum

2. Prashant Shah - Exhumation

3. Anup Kutty - Menwhopause

4. Randolph Correia - Pentagram

5. Biswarup Gupta - Undying Inc

Best Bassist

1. Ruell Barretto - Bombay Bassment

2. Randeep Singh - Menwhopause

3. Makarand Mane - Pentagram

4. Siddharth Shah - Sky Rabbit

5. Abhinav Chaudhary - The Circus

Best Drummer

1. Vibhas Venkatram - Eccentric Pendulum

2. Hemendra Nath- Menwhopause

3. Shiraz Bhattacharya - Pentagram

4. Harsh Karangale - Sky Rabbit

5. Yuvraj Sen Gupta - Undying Inc

Best Keyboardist

1. Jason Zachariah - Allegro Fudge

2. Akshat Taneja - Arcane Deception

3. Vikram Ashok - Franks Got the Funk

4. Jonathan Wesley - Slain

5. Stefan Kaye - The Ska Vengers