You don't know what Tokio Hotel is is? If you've been living under a rock, then you don't have any excuses! Tokio Hotel is a amazing rock band from Magdeburg, Germany. The band was formally called 'Devilish' but when they got signed by Universal Music Group they changed the band name to 'Tokio Hotel', the band has released 5 albums (2 in german, 2 in English and 1 live-album). Durch den Monsun, their single, quickly climbed the charts and skyrocketed to #1 on 2005. The once unknown band became a overnight sensation and is now called the biggest act to come out of Germany in twenty years.
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June 24th, 2010: - Darkside Of The Sun Release July 16th, 2010: - Release of DVD/CD Humanoid City-Live July 20th, 2010: - MTV TRL on Tour (MTV Italy) July 31th, 2010: - MTV World Stage, Malaysia August 8th, 2010: - SINGFEST 2010, Singapore
Name: Darby Zukas. Age: 16 years old. Country: Berlin, MD United States. Why are you a fan of TH?: why am i not a fan?! their music is beautiful, their lyrics are true and deep, they're all so beautiful themselves ;-) my friend and i are trying to save up money to go see them in concert; THEY'RE WORTH IT!
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First of all, I’d like to say sorry for suddenly closing the site. I needed some time to make sure I still want to own a Tokio Hotel site. And guess what? I still want to! (:
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[sueddeutsche.de] Tokio Hotel for the first time in Tokyo
The young japanese girls yearned for this moment for so long: When the Band, Tokio Hotel, entered the Hall of residence of the German ambassador in Tokyo smiling, a dozen young japanese girls and pupils of the german school in Yokohama started to scream in delight.
Ambassador Volker Stanzel didn’t keep them in suspense for long, now they have the chance to ask the band what they’ve always wanted to ask them: A girl wants to know what impression they had of japanese girls. Actually she wanted to have her question answered by Bill Kaulitz, but he prefers to pass the mic to his twin brother Tom: «There are also some pretty girls here», he says smiling and the girls melt away.
Tokio Hotel in Tokyo for the first time ever. But this visit won’t be the last. «We are amazed that we have so many fans here. We didn’t expect that.», says Bill. Already at the airport the brothers and their two other band members, Georg Listing (Bass) and Gustav Schäfer (Drums), were welcomed with self-made christmas presents like Origami Christmas Cards.
The reactions of their female fans might be similar to the ones of their female fans in Germany…«But, I have to say that the girls here are a bit reserved, a little shy, which I find totally cute», says Bill, his black rimmed eyes twinkling. With his stylish Outfit – a military jacket, a black shirt underneath and an amunition belt strapped diagonally across his chest – he fits perfectly into Tokyo and the youth scene of the capital, according to his japanese Fans.
And despite having the word “Tokio” in their Band name, they know almost nothing about Japan. They chose “Tokio” because it would have been a target which they would always have dreamed about reaching, but «never could have imagined to visit it as a Band», says Tom. «When we started, I didn’t know a thing about Mangas or anything else from Japan», Bill admits. They said that they heard about the japanese Pop-Music, J-Pop, but…«We don’t really have a clue». But this will change. For the start, only a few days in Japan – a performance at the german embassy, followed by a little showcase for advertising purposes in front of invited guests – are planned.
But that’s not all: In the next few months more visits to Japan are planned. «We are currently retreating into our creative time in the studio», says Tom. «The Japan-Trips are the only thing which we’ll be doing besides being in the studio.» A japanese tour will probably take place after the release of a new album. Tokio Hotel just recently released their «Best Of»-Album.
In any case, they already conquered the hearts of their female fans. «Ich liebe Dich», a young japanese girl stutters in german. Another girl, which travelled to Japan from a far away Province in a black Tokio-Hotel-T-Shirt, practices her german before the signing session in the embassy: «Ich möchte Dich heiraten» ["I want to marry you"]. And a married 30-year old japanese women asks a german reporter to teach her a sentence she wants to say to Bill and Tom: «Ich wollte, ich hätte Euch zur Welt gebracht». ["I wish I had given birth to you"].
Amazing Leader’s lover recruitment Bill Kaulitz (singer)
Full Name: Bill Kaulitz Trümper
Birthday: 1st September 1989
Age: 21
Hometown: Leipzig, Germany
Height: 188cm
Weight: 52kg
Color of hair: Black (The color of his real hair is dark brown)
Color of eyes: Brown
Favorite food: Pizza, pasta, in the past I like fast food but now I’m a vegetarian.
Favorite drink: Cola, strawberry milk, peppermint tea.
Family member: Mum – Simone works in a free tailor’s shop.
Biological Dad – Jörg Kaulitz is a truck driver.
Stepfather – Gordon Trümper is a musician.
Identical twin brother – Tom Kaulitz.
Favorite bands: Green Day, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, Bonaparte, Aerosmith, Kings Of Leon
After Bill’s parents divorced at his age of 7, Bill and Tom were raised by his mother. Gradually influenced by his mother-s new boyfriend who is a guitarist, Bill got interested in music (later on his mother married Gordon). When Bill was 10 years old, he founded a band with the help of his stepfather. He began to play the song that he wrote by himself in a club. During his teenage days, he was considered as a fancy dressing boy among his classmates in his hometown, because he wore the suits and clotheses that he made manually. In addition, he always argued with some one else. Soon after, Gustav and Georg joined in their band and they worked very hard under the name of Devilish. However, there were rarely good performances. Fortunately, Bill participated in a show program called Star Search. In the show, he sung the “It’s raining man” of Geri Halliwell, and he lost in the quarter-final, which drew the attention of a famous producer. He grasped the opportunity to be a super star and finally the band signed a contract with Universal Music Company in 2005. Then after they made their debuts, Tokio Hotel created a big sensation not only in Germany but also all over the world. Because of too many trips and shows, Bill had to quit his school at the age of 15 and continued studying through tutors and internet. In 2007 he graduated in Koln (notes: school, between junior high school and senior high school). By the way, Bill’s average score in 6 grades was 1.8, which was a very high score (opposite to Japanese score system, 1 is the highest).
Because of Bill’s fancy dressing, he was chose as the best dresser in German GQ magazine. Besides this he also established his fashion pioneer place. Tokio Hotel attended the Italian fashion brand “DSQUARED2″ FW fashion show, did a photo shoot with Karl Lagerfeld for VOGUE Germany 30th anniversary issue and dubbed an animated film named “Arthur und die Minimoys”. Talking about Bill’s girlfriend issue that his fans are interested in, now there is no certain answer, which seems like Bill is not that popular among girls. In the past 7 years, Bill didn’t have a girlfriend and till now he has been looking for.
Hip Hop culture obsessed popular boy Tom Kaulitz (guitarist)
Full Name: Tom Kaulitz Trümper
Birthday: 1st September 1989 Age: 21
Hometown: Leipzig, Germany
Height: 188cm
Weight: 52kg
Color of hair: Black (The color of his real hair is dark brown)
Color of eyes: Brown
Favorite food: Pizza, pasta with tomato sauce, in the past I like fast food but now I’m a vegetarian.
Favorite drink: Cola, strawberry milk.
Family member: Identical twin brother – Bill Kaulitz
Other family members are same with Bill’s.
Favorite bands: Aerosmith and all the HIP HOP bands like Sammy Deluxe
Tom was born 10 minutes before Bill. They are identical twin brothers. However, they look totally different if we judge from their appearances. Tom always wears a baseball cap, no makeup and wears a Cornrow hairstyle. Now he likes Hip Hop and Cornrow. Tom admitted this point as well that they look totally different on their outside look. But he believes that if they work together, they will become much stronger as one individual. They are like exactly two sides of one coin. About their views of love, they think differently. In Tom’s own phrase, he is more popular than Bill among girls. His view of love is quite flexible and he believes that he can have a romantic love even in one night stand. Although they look differently at first glance, they do have something in common which is study. Tom quit his school at age of 15 as Bill did and graduated in Koln (notes: school, between junior high school and senior high school). Coincidently Tom’s score was exactly the same with Bill’s, 1.8 in 6 grades.
Healing musical bassist with refreshing smile Georg Listing (bassist)
Full name: Georg Moritz Hagen Listing
Birthday: 31st March 1987 Age: 23
Hometown: Magdeburg, Germany
Height: 178cm
Weight: 72kg
Color of hair: Brown
Color of eyes: Green
Favorite food: Fotopoulos, Hot Pop
Favorite drink: Red Bull, Cola
Family members: Parents divorced and no brothers or sisters.
Favorite bands: G Green Day, Oasis, Red Hot Chilli Peppers?Die Ärzte
Georg’s parents were both doctors, so he grew up in a wealthy family. His parents could not play any instrument, but they all liked rock ‘n’ roll music, especially his father collected many classic rock ‘n’ roll music records of Eric Clapton, Beatles, The Rolling Stone and so on. His home was filled with music all the time. In Georg’s childhood, he was always brought to a live concert, therefore he fell in love with music naturally. He had ever planned to found a band with his friends in junior high school, but this plan came to naught. Soon after he made acquaintance with Gustav in music school and then they were obsessed with music. Like Bill and Tom, Georg’s parents divorced, but his mother had been telling him to follow his heart no matter what he wanted to do. He pursued everything including music freely. The first impression on Georg since his debut was a boy with refreshing straight hair, but he goes to beauty salon to straighten his hair. Actually his real hair is curl hair.
Early bird in the band Gustav Schäfer (drummer)
Full name: Gustav Klaus Wolfgang Schäfer
Birthday: 8th September 1988 Age: 22
Hometown: Magdeburg, Germany
Height: 173cm
Weight: 68kg
Color of hair: Dark Brown
Color of eyes: Brown
Favorite food: Beef ribs boiled with potatoes, rabbits and beans, cheeseburger
Favorite drink: Red Bull, Cola
Family members: Parents, sister
Favorite bands: Metallic, Slipknot, Rod Stewart
Gustav’s father and sister played guitar all the time, so he grew up in a family full of music. His father always played some videos for him when he was at home. Gustav knocked at the table as he beat a drum when he watched the video. Gustav’s father found that Gustav was interested in drum and he sent Gustav to a music school. So Gustav began to beat drums at age of 5. In elementary school, Gustav became interested in other things, however, his father was pretty strict with him. Then his father and Gustav watched Genesis’s video again. Gustav was touched by such a big amount of Genesis’s fans and swore to himself that in the future he wants to be a big shot like Genesis. After all this, he kept practicing rain and shine. Father’s words were hunting in his mind. Gustav kept practicing as his father taught him, and then he encountered Georg in music school. Soon after, they founded the band with Bill and Tom together under name “Tokio Hotel”. However, in 2008, Gustav got into a big traffic accident. On 5th Nov. he was driving his BMW. He crossed over the lane and ran into a tram. Fortunately, he didn’t suffer injures in this accident while both his BMW and the tram were damaged seriously. Misfortune continued occurring. In July 2009, Gustav was badly injured by a beer bottle which two unknown men held in their fights in a club in Magdeburg. Because of this, he got 36 stitches from his forehead.
Bill’s identical twins brother – Tom Exclusive Interview
The Journal Extra List of the 60 Most Listened Musicans in November.
OMG! Today the day was though here at the redaction. In the early morning, we sent [our crew] to the centre of São Paulo, where there would be a press conference with Tokio Hotel. The band, who arrived at our country for an only presentation, received the journalists and photographers to talk about the show, the new DVD, the Humanoid City Live and the career.
The interview took a little bit to start. But, after staying face to face with the guys, we forgot about the delay. We tweeted during the whole conversation. If you didn’t saw it, check it now about the cool stuff they talked about:
Tokio Hotel around the world – Bill told that what he finds most impressive is the way the fans found their musics out around the planet, mostly when the subject is Internet.
Tokio Family – Again Bill, as speaker from the band, explained they have a special story in Germany. But still, all countries are important. This is the Tokio Hotel Family.
Show in Brazil – One of the band’s goals was to give shows in South America. And, thats why, they are really happy and excited to feel the energy of people in tonight’s presentation.
Tom + Bill at USA – We asked if the twins trip to the USA may cause some change in the next album. They, cute [as they are], told us that nothing will be different, once Humanoid was also produced in Los Angeles. Telling the truth, the trip was only made to make the producing work easily and make everything more comfortable.
Camping fans – Yes!Teen also asked if they knew fans were camping outside of Via Funchal. All of them saw the videos on the Internet and found that was really incredible. We told them that @naakaulitz tweeted to us that she traveled 25 hours fro Vitória da Conquista until São Paulo by bus just to see them. Do you know what did Bill said? “Oh my god! I traveled 30 hours by plain to get here and I almost didn’t stand it… That’s really incredible! Its cool to know stories about fans so much dedicated.”
Bill #seduction - The singer confessed that he doesn’t find himself so that beautiful as fans say he is, but he is happy about to know about that. At this time, Tom also added: “It’s all bullshit!” All of them laughed…
Composition process – Bill told that, when the inspiration comes, he records something on his cellphone or writes it. He revealed that he even sings on the shower. #lout-laugh To tell the truth, the creative process is never the same. The boys get together in the new studio and let the inspiration come, no rush. Sometimes, they don’t even play… Just keep eating pizza and playing table tennis.
Bill’s look – Tom, as soon as he listened to the question, answered before Bill: “He takes 2 minutes to get dressed, not 5 hours…”, joked him. Bill, to say the truth, explained that this look became natural in his life. He wakes up and just get dressed [this way] – doesn’t take hours picking his clotheses. But revealed that his new haistyle is much more easier [to take care of] than the other. To the interview, he said he took 5 minutes to get it ready. #I-laughed
We had a seat on the place and made a list of what we have seen. Do you want to know?
- Bill got into the room with a glass of Coke (ice + lemon) and shared with his brother. They both drink from the same glass!
- Tom wanted water but his bottle was made of glass and needed a corkscrew. Finding it hard when tried to open it, a photographer ofered him some help. #poor-him
- Georg and Tom stood there making little jokes with gestures that we can’t reproduce here.
- In the end of the press conference, Bill got stuck on his chair due to his suspenders. #loud-laugh
- To answer to our questions, Bill looked riiiight into our eyes and ended with a smile. #we-died
- As soon as the photoshooting ended, everyone left the room, but Bill stood there showing his tattoo on his arm – the one which says “Freiheit 89″ (Freedom 89, in German).