Rock & Metal World English Edition 44 | Page 4

THIRD EDITION OF THE GENERAROCK PRIZES’ GALA The Prizes’ Ceremony Generarock, an annual contest that gives recognition to the best Peruvian Rock Bands. The press and radio and TV producers specialized in national rock are convened to select the pre-nominees to the Third Edition of the Generarock Prized, which is taking place in the central auditorium of the French Alliance of Lima, in Miraflores headquarters, on February 14th, 2014. Who are the Pre-Nominees? The Pre-Nominees are musicians, solo singers or national bands, proposed by the specialized media to participate in the voting to the third edition of the Generarock Prizes, in which the Peruvian audience will have the chance to choose the five nominees that will participate in the next categories: • • • • • • • • • • • Alternative Rock Category Punk Category Metal Category Experimental Rock Category Fusion Category New Artist Category Best Female Vocalist Category Best Live Category Disc of the year Category Video of the year Category Song of the year Category Knowing more about the Generarock Prizes ceremony Generarock is the first and most important Prizes Ceremony of National Rock that search the promotion of the cultural musical memory, articulating important social actors of Peruvian Rock as specialized media, audience, and bands from the different musical circuits in the country, as well as renowned musical critics. In the previous edition, the Second Edition of the Generarock Prizes, more than fifteen thousand votes for the selection of the nominees were reported. Among the winners of this second edition, called Generarock 2012, were artists as La Sarita, Gaia, Veronik, Cesar N, Cecimonster vs Donka, Kennedy Cats, Elemento X and Psicorragia. Besides them, the “prize for the trajectory” was given to Mr. Gerardo Manuel, prize that is given to artists who through their work have contributed decisively to the development of the national rock.