Tokio Hotel WW139 (Reviews)

These four young guys from Germany have taken two ridiculously successful German language albums and put together what is sure to be a hot-selling English debut. Right now Tokio Hotel is doing the rock/emo vibe better than anyone else, and they’ve become incredibly popular world-wide as a result, with legions of loyal fans attending every show or autograph signing. On Scream, Tokio Hotel shows how polished they are for being young musicians. They pump up the crowd with energetic, rhythm heavy songs like “Ready, Set, Go!”, get a little darker in Scream, and the rock ballads Monsoon and Rescue Me, and put the emo into emotion with “Sacred” and “Forgotten Children”. Cheers to the boys and especially Bill who worked very hard to pull off singing his strong vocals in English. Though they’ve received a lot of hype world-wide, the boys of Tokio Hotel proved that they rock, no matter what country you might live in. Fun Facts • Scream contains English versions of songs from previous albums Schrei and Zimmer 483 • The US version of Scream has two bonus tracks, “Black” and “Raise Your Hands”, plus the world premiere of “1000 Oceans”. • In Germany, Tokio Hotel have released four number one singles and two number one albums. • “By Your Side” appears in the 2008 thriller Prom Night Tokio Hotel @ MSN Concerts One of the most successful German acts of their generation, the emo quartet comes to MSN Music June 12, 2008, at 11 a.m. PT Channel 4 Music Blog. We went to Germany the other day. It was alright, but we couldn't help but notice the most popular band over there is a bunch of very pretty boys in makeup who make epic, sweeping pop music of the kind we tend to get quite excited about. We sent David Ryder Prangley to have a closer look. So there we were, moaning about how bland and dull our beloved pop music had become in the hands of Simon Cowell and TV talent shows. If we wanted the boy-next-door, we'd GO next door. We were longing for the days when pop stars looked like aliens and sang like angels and caused arguments in the playground about whether they were boys or girls, when suddenly a UFO landed and out came Tokio Hotel. As we stand in the middle of the Islington Academy for the German four-piece's first ever UK show, we cannot believe just how loud the screaming from the teenage girls (who make up 99 percent of the audience) is. The air is aflame with glo-sticks and mobiles. There are flowers and trinkets being hurled at the stage. There is a girl to the left of us with 'I Love TOM' painted on her face. The entire crowd are singing every single word to every single song. It's bona fide hysteria. Okay, let's just state what everyone in the room is thinking. Singer Bill Kaulitz is freaking beautiful. A full blown androgynous pop messiah. The bastard offspring of David Bowie's Goblin King and Cher , the 18-year-old frontman is a Manga cartoon come to life - jet-black hair spiked high and eyes kohled darker than sin. He leads the rest of the band (that's twin brother Tom on a different guitar for every song, Gustav Schafer on green glitter drum kit and Georg Listing on grunge hairdo and bass) through English language versions of songs from their massive selling German albums 'Schrei' and 'Zimmer 483'. The music is epic; the lyrics are pure teenage alienation poetry. Tonight's show is sold out, the audience having queued around the block for a whole day before the doors opened (and TH have barely released a note in this country). It's testament to the fact that people have been craving something better than the glorified karaoke and identikit-indie currently on offer. Tokio Hotel are the rebirth of POP. Vital, romantic and EXHILARATING.