UPDATE: Day 2 question has been posted!

We just turned 2 last week and we thought this would be a great opportunity to celebrate our birthday whilst giving something back to the community.

One of music’s most popular bands, Linkin Park will be heading out on the road this October/November for shows scheduled in Germany, Austria and the UK with more dates to follow. In conjunction with the release of their imminent fourth studio album and the tour, MTGH is offering you, the fan, a chance to win a free one month membership to the band’s official fanclub – Linkin Park Underground.

Rules are simple, here’s what is up for grabs!

The indie rock trio from Florida had released their sophomore effort titled Spain last August which peaked at #138 of the US Top 200 Billboard Albums chart, a rather impressive feat. Being fans of the band, we figured we would provide them with some exposure in this region and featured them as our band of the month in October 2009 on the website.

Recently, we had the opportunity to have the band answer a few questions in a brief interview:

Where does the inspiration behind the music mostly come from?
The inspiration comes from everyday life. Living day to day, going through the same struggles everyone else goes through. That’s where it mostly comes from. Read more…

UPDATE (10/01): Congratulations to the winners! You will be contacted shortly.

As we usher in the New Year, the MTGH crew is feeling generous! Five prize packs are up for grabs which contain stickers, fliers, CDs, a t-shirt and various promo material we have lying around that only you music fans and avid memorabilia collectors would appreciate. Best of all, there is no catch and winning them is simple!

Want to catch the punk rock legends No Use For A Name live in Malaysia this 18th October? Well then here’s your chance to snag a pair of tickets to see them next Sunday in Kuala Lumpur!

Here’s the lowdown. Answer these three questions correctly and automatically be in the running to score those NUFAN tickets:

1. Which member (of the current line up) of Foo Fighters used to play lead guitar for No Use For A Name?
2. Which record label is the band on?
3. Name us all 3 promoters responsible for organizing the NUFAN concert live in Malaysia.

E-mail your answers with your full name, IC and contact number to us at morethangoodhooks@gmail.com. Contest ends Monday, 12th October 2009 at 11.59PM.

Good luck!

Back in August we had the opportunity to interview one of Singapore’s heavy metal bands, Suicide Solution. With their third album released recently and a slot at Baybeats Festival, we managed to speak to the band about their music, the industry and songwriting amongst others.

Could you give us a brief introduction to the band for those who are unfamiliar with Suicide Solution?
Joe Suicide: We’re one of the longest running hard rock-heavy metal bands from Singapore.
Evigan X.: We are a four-piece hard rock/heavy metal band whose sole aim is share with the masses the honesty and freedom that is rock n’ roll. Read more…

In case you missed the memo, the Ratatat gig at Zouk Club KL happening on the 28th is organized by none other than our friends at Junk. Thanks to them, we have two pairs of tickets to give away and it’s incredibly easy to win them.

UPDATE: Congratulations to the winners, kindly e-mail us at morethangoodhooks@gmail.com with the details requested no later than Monday, 25th May. Thanks to all who participated!

We have a new feature in the form of band chats and the very first installment is set to take place in the next week and a half featuring none other than our Band Of The Month, Russian Winters. The Perth quartet comprising Kris ‘Dima’ Dimitroff (vocals/guitar/synth), Rob Stephens (bass/backing vocals), Sam Sterrett (guitar/backing vocals/synth) and Ben Crooke (drums/keyboards) who were recently here in KL for the Sunburst Music Festival will be signing on to chat with you, the fans LIVE in the MTGH forum and this is your chance to ask questions, talk about their music, tours or simply say hi.

The details of the chat are as follows:

UPDATE: Please note the time change, thanks!

UPDATE (02/05): We’d like to thank Dima, Rob and Ben for stopping by to chat, we appreciate it! To those who were present, we hope you had fun and this certainly won’t be the last chat. Thanks to all who came, hung around and participated!

You are now looking at Version Two of More Than Good Hooks [dot] com! As you can see from the layout, this is quite an overhaul from our previous one which was very simple and a tad all over the place. We’re excited for the change and hope you are, too.

Firstly, we would like to give a massive shoutout to Julia Zave for allowing us to use the awesome photo she took which now serves as our sidebar header image. The original image had the exact vibe we were after for the site, so we thank you for that!

Secondly, the announcement will be postponed until further notice due to circumstances beyond our control but we will inform you of it eventually.

The new MTGH also sees some new features being added to the site, find out more and read all about it in this blog entry.

There have been several updates since you last heard from us and here’s what’s new on MTGH (bear in mind we still have more to add in time to come):