nDelhi-based Rock Street Journal (RSJ) has infused life into a small and struggling rock community in the country.

nStarted by editor Amit Saigal and executive editor Sam Eric Lal in 1993, it has been promoting a hardcore and ?purely desi? strain of rock.

nAmit and Sam performed in a band called Impact. While they were at it, they realised that there were no support systems for rock bands during the 90s. College fests were the sole platforms.

nSam says: ?The community was large and strong but very fragmented at the same time. When we thought about this, we decided to come up with RSJ which would provide news about rock music anywhere in the country?

RSJ?s annual Great Indian Rock Festival promotes Indian bands abroad. It started off in 1997 with its Calcutta show.