Portrait Magazine Article

LadyVamp of Portrait Magazine has written an article all about Tokio Hotel for their August issue.

You’ve heard the screams and witnessed the hysteria that comes in their wake, but just who are Tokio Hotel? It’s no doubt that this little German band has taken the world by storm, covering the music scene in an intoxicating monsoon of giant hair and moving lyrics. You’ve seen the videos and heard the songs, but just who is this quartet of youth and how did this hysteria come about?

Tokio Hotel is comprised of the Kaultiz twins; lead vocalist Bill and Guitarist Tom. The Band also contains drummer Gustav Schafer and Bass player Georg Listing. The Boys musical interests began when they were around seven years of age. Bill and Tom‘s musical interest was sparked by their step father who was a musician himself. The twins started out by playing local pubs in their hometown of Magdeburg, Germany. Bill would do vocals while attempting to play the keyboards and Tom would accompany on the guitar. Bill composed his first song at the age of nine. One night while playing a local club called Gröninger Bad, the twins caught the attention of two young musicians in the crowd. Georg Listing and Gustav Schafer, who knew each other from school, witnessed the twin’s musical abilities and knew they needed their help. “It was obvious that these two guys needed some help, so we talked to them after their gig” Laughs Georg in an interview with PopCultureMadness.com. Tom goes on to joke “Yeah, they actually begged us to join the band - that’s how we got together”.

The band began their early career under the name Devilish. The first gigs they undertook were for no more than five or six people. “Yeah, sometime we have ten or twelve people.“ Bill laughed in an early Devilish interview for a German TV program. Despite their lack luster start the boys soon caught the attention of the record labels in 2001 and began their marathon to fame. After securing their first record deal the boys felt a need for a name change and opted for Tokio Hotel. “After we signed our record deal we thought it was time for a new beginning - we were called Devilish before that. All of us really like big and modern cities. We all think Tokyo is one of the coolest places on earth - and we hope to get there someday soon, hopefully to perform” Tom explains to PopCultureMadness.com. Bill goes on to add, “Yes, and we were also looking for a symbol that would represent our lives from that point on. And because we were living in hotels a lot of the time, the name really seemed to fit”.

In 2003 Bill was a candidate in the first season of “Star Search” (category “Junior”). Bill performed The Whether Girl’s “It’s Raining Men.” But in the quarter-final he was defeated by Oliver Bruton. Bill did not let his “Star Search” experience get him down and in 2005 the band released their first German-language album, Schrei, as Tokio Hotel on Island Records. Schrei sold more than half a million copies worldwide. The album also provided them with four top five singles in Germany and Austria. Their fist album produced their first widely popular single “Monsoon” that has now become a staple in their line of success.
The release of their first album catapulted the boys into the hearts of every German girl who witnessed their image. This overnight success made it difficult for the boys to continue a normal routine, such as going to the store and attending school. The twins for example, where constantly causing massive hysteria at their high school. Very soon the boys were forced to give up on regular classes and finish their degrees online. Bill has been noted as saying that he hated everything to do with school. Don’t we all?

In 2007, the band released their second German album Zimmer 483. The new German album produced three top five singles in Germany. Also in 2007 the guys released their first English album Scream. Together both albums sold over one million copies world wide. Scream produced two singles that reached the top twenty in new territories such as Portugal, Spain and Italy. The new albums also helped the boys land their very first MTV European Music Award for Best InterAct. They also performed their newly translated version of “Monsoon” at the EMA’s. The performance was made especially memorable because of the monsoon produced upon the stage. During the last chorus of the song the stage was engulfed in a downpour drenching our German rockers. The song never waned a minute and resulted in one of the most spectacular performances of the entire night. Their first live album, Zimmer 483 - Live In Europe, was released near the end of 2007.

After their various European tours and domination of their home country, Tokio Hotel was read y to tackle North America. In 2008 the boys played several shows in Toronto, New York and L.A. Each gig turned up a multitude of new fans, surprising the band because their CD hadn’t even been released there yet. Before they could bask in their US debut and return for some more the band suffered a serious set back. Vocalist Bill Kaulitz lost his vocal abilities before several prominent European and US tour dates. At first it was thought his loss of voice was a simple matter of laryngitis. Upon further examination it was discovered Bill’s vocal chords contained a cyst that had been formed through over exertion of his voice. The cyst was removed successfully and after 10 days of silence and weeks of rehab Bill was back on tour once again. The band looks back on the ordeal as a scary time in their career but are glad Bill came through unaltered.

The dates were rescheduled and the band returned to the States for the second time. The guys were especially nervous about coming to the US. While there the boys would be undergoing their first ever completely English tour. They marked their first ever US live television debut on MTV’s TRL. They conducted the entire show in English periodically apologizing for their bad language skills. The boys did a wonderful job conversing with everyone, proving their English is definitely on par. While on the show they performed “Ready, Set, Go” to a hysterical audience and presented a lucky fan with a costume from the actual video shoot. The Boys will be returning to TRL for a whole week as guest hosts August 4th-9th 2008.

Most recently Tokio Hotel attended the 2008 Comet Awards in Germany where they picked up four Awards including the Super Comet Award. More exciting than the new awards was Bill’s unveiling of his brand new hair style. He temporarily ditched the famous Sonic the Hedge Hog main for a darker sleeker look. Don’t worry his hair may be darker but it still has the ability to defy all gravity.

So what’s next for Tokio Hotel? Only time can tell. The band is currently touring the European festival scene and will begin their US invasion in August. With the support of their many eager fans throughout the world there’s nothing these boys can’t do. Now it’s our turn to help them stay on top. Are you ready to “Scream” for Tokio Hotel?
Fun Facts about the Band Members:

Tom Kaulitz:
# Has around 70 caps
# He hates dr. pepper
# Owns a Black Cadillac
# Was born 10 minutes before his twin brother, Bill.
# Hated Subjects in School: Math & Physics
# Favorite music: Hip-hop, especially German.

Bill Kaulitz:
# Was voted “most annoying German in 2006″ by the viewers of TV network ProSieben (27 December 2006).
# Favorite musicians are Nena, Green Day, Coldplay, Keane and Placebo.
# He and his brother, Tom, do not have middle names.
# Pets: A black Labrador named Scotty that he got from a shelter a few years ago, and reportedly a cat named Casimir. (The cat hates Tom)
# Enjoys peppermint tea.

Georg Listing:
# His Idol: Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers
# Favorite Music: Fall out boy, Billy Talent and Yellowcard.
# Favorite songs: “Glamorous” von Fergie und “Golden” von Fall out Boy
# First album he ever bought: “Definitely maybe” from Oasis
# First concert he’s ever been to: Die Ärzte

Gustav Schafer:
# Favorite Subject in School: Sports and Economics.
# Hated Subjects in School: Math and Physics.
# Hobbies: Riding his bike and music.
# His Idol: Lars Ulrich of Metallica.
# Favorite Music/Artists: Metallica

Hitkrank Magazine

Tokio Hotel is quitting…...for the rest of the year

Exclusive: The last show of the year

After two awesome concert in Holland this year it is becoming quiet around Bill, Tom, Georg and Gustav. What will the boys be doing?

The photos you see here are made on 13 July in Belgium. There Tokio Hotel performed at the festival Werchter Boutique. We didn’t want to keep these from you, because it was Tokio Hotel’s last show from there European open air tour en with that also the last show they did this year in Europe.

Off course the boys won’t be twisting there thumbs the rest of 2008 either, they keep being busy. Bill and his boys are leaving in the beginning of Augustus to the United States to give live shows there the rest of the month and with that build a name for themselves in America. Because also America is becoming more and more TH-“minded”.
In May Time Square was already decorated with huge images of Bill, Tom, Georg and Gustav that were hanging in the outside of the MTV-studio’s there. There single and album Scream are released there and the fans response is very enthusiastic.

Gone forever?
You can’t off course blame Tokio Hotel for trying to break through in the States; that’s the biggest dream from about any artist. But that doesn’t mean that they are gone forever now. Are you crazy! There are already plans for a new album that will be released in Germany, our little Netherlands and other parts of Europe. That will be the third Tokio Hotel album. Rumours say it will be a German record again. When it will be released isn’t clear yet, but it will probably be somewhere in 2009.

Bill has already started with writing new songs. Everywhere he goes he is writing lyrics. He prefers his laptop but if he doesn’t have it with him he quickly writes something on a coaster or saves it in his phone. Earlier this year the singer has been through some rough times, with problems with his voice and even surgery on his vocal cords. Bill is getting a lot of inspiration out of this difficult time.

Are you Tokio Hotel fan, then you will have to be patient until something new from your german heroes is released. But the good news is: they are working on it!

Tokio Hotel - Fashion Rocks!

Tokio Hotel made it this time into the Fall 2008 issue of Fashion Rocks (supplement to Teen Vogue Fall 2008).

America meet Tokio Hotel.
The gender-bending emo-pop rockers are headed up by eighteen-year-old German twins Bill and Tom Kaulitz, whose looks are identical but whose styles couldn’t be more different. “We hate people telling us to wear this and that,” says guitarist Tom, who favors dreads, baggy jeans, and a carefully skewed baseball cap. “Sometimes at a photo shoot they try to style this hair,” singer Bill says, pointing to his hedgehog-like coiffure, “but no one knows how.” His secret? “Hair spray. A lot.” Between the hair and emotive vocals–not to mention the piercings, tattoos, and rock-chic clothes–it’s easy to see how Bill has become the object of many a teenage crush. And despite their varied senses of style, the Kaulitzes say their twin telepathy provides a shared vision of their goals for the future. “Be successful in America!” Tom says. Adds Bill, with a grin: “And play in Tokyo.”


Wonder Twins
Having already sold more than 5 million albums worldwide, Tokio Hotel is poised to conquer America with their grunge-inflected emo rock (and a whole lot of extra-hold product).

Tu Magazine, Voting, and More

Tu Magazine - Mexico
from www.tokiohotelamerica.com

Tokio Hotel on the cover of Tu Magazine - Tokio Hotel, from Magdeburg for the world. Here is the info from Neelyo on the forum. There is also an interview that does not have a lot of important information but I think it’s awesome that they are on the cover and that they have a 3-page article (with some nice pics). It’s the July issue (July 25, 2008). Right now all I have is the cover but I promise that tomorrow, first thing in the morning, I will have the rest of the scans and the translation of the interview I won’t make you guys wait long. This is really exciting.

Here's the cover of the magazine

We Are VERY Much Liking/Loving Georg's New Hair!!

Pic of the Day

Saki. And some [pretty hot] kid behind him.
LOL.

Voting:

Vote for Monsoon with Best Pop Video at the Video Music Awards in North America here.

And Dont forget to vote on Jetix!....We shall post the link again and talk you through the voting process!
Vote for Tokio Hotel at the Jetix Awards HERE.
Click on: WEITER ZUR ABSTIMMUNG, and then COOLSTER LIVE-ACT, then TOKIO HOTEL and finally VOTE MICH!

[We, of course are winning!...=)]

Popcorn Article!

Boy of the year!

Not so long time ago we came with idea "Boy of the year“ where you had to vote for your most favorite stars and we promised special material about the winner. Popcorn keep their promise. On first place was Bill from Tokio Hotel and here is some actual special about him and all news around Tokio Hotel. And what will be next time? On the second place is actor Wentworth Miller and you will read something about him in next issue. Beautiful third place has Zac Efron from High School Musical and you will find something about him in other issue.

Tokio Hotel triumph in America!

New York, Chicago, Los Angeles – american teenagers are crushed into Bill and co.! But in their homeland are turning their fans to them by back…

"Ladies and gentleman, please welcome Tokio Hotel from Germany!“ You can’t hear anything in the studio because of crazy scream. Girls are screaming, keeping their posters, some of them have tears in the eyes. Conan O’Brien in his Late-Night-Show had never so big happiness for german band. "Unbeliavable,“ mumble for himself and turn his head. Already three days before this show were there fans. There were crowd of fans in front of studio for more than two blocks. But only 120 fans had luck and get inside. America has real Tokio Hotel fever! It can be performance, autogramme session or radio interview – all pictures are the same: everywhere are hysterical fans, closed streets! Bill, Tom, Georg and Gustav really made it. Nobody believed it – Tokio Hotel made absolutely storm in America! They are already on titles of some magazines, they have special fans (Jay-Z or Nicole Scherzinger from Pussycat Dolls) and they should have tour with Jonas Brothers on autumn – unbeliavable start in country of all possibilities. Such popularity didn’t singer of band even seen in his dreams. Bill: "A long time ago I sat at home in front of posters of famous stars and I told to myself how it would be if person would be such superstar. But that I could get so far, I even didn’t dream about this!“ But international success has also black sides: in their homeland Germany are loosing Tokio Hotel their popularity and their favor go down. Critics are bigger, many people who supported them showed already to band their backs in anger and first fanclubs are closing. And Tokio Hotel unfortunately are doing nothing to get their fans back. New single or album are not in plan for the soonest future. Instead of that they are playing concerts in abroad like America. New album of TH should be born in the beginning of 2009 – for many fans unfortunately too late!

Bill’s statements!

In german magazine "Vanity Fair“ was really big interview with Bill Kaulitz. Popcorn brings you the most important statements…

"The most hurt me divorce of my parents in my life. I was seven and I really couldn’t understand it. It influenced me really a lot. My biological father is truck driver and live in Hannover.“

"School is too less individual. For what I have to learn math when I know that I will never in my entire life need it? I had always horrible marks from musical lessions because I had to sing horrible folk music. It was horror!“

"Nobody can explain how close we are with Tom. We have the same ideas and we have also many time the same dreams!“

"Bill without make-up is for my like different person. If I wouldn’t so famous I would be also with make-up. It is simply part of me!“

"It is for me really hard to trust somebody and let him be close to me. I didn’t find any new friend in last three years and I even didn’t fall in love!“

"My funeral: I am all in black and I have leather jacket. My last wish would be to let them make me some pretty hair-style. Well, I hope I will have some hair in that time. If not so somebody will have to give me wig!“

"I never dance. I always sit in the corner – only in case I am drunk.“

Bill Lies!....*gasp*...Yes, we all know that last one is not true! Bill never stops dancing!..and we have TH TV proof!

*Sorry guys there was scans to go along with this, but blogger wont let me upload pictures from some reason?, ill put them up as soon as I can

Tokio Hotel - Princes Of The Parc! [Rock One]

There is an article about the Parc des Princes concert in the most recent issue of Rock One, a French magazine. The article describes the concert from beginning to end and asks some fans their opinions on the band!

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Tokio Hotel - Princes of the Parc!

More than thirty thousand people came to see TH in the PdP. More than just an event, it’s the first time that such a young band fills on its own a stadium that is usually reserved for bigger ones.

June 21, 17:00. The opening of doors to the public finally permits many fans to enter/stamp down the lawn of the Parc. A dream comes true!

19:10. A young band from the region of Lille (59), goes up on the main stage: "Good evening, we are called BP Zoom!", says Lionel, the blond singer all intimidated by the huge crowd in front of his eyes. From the first song, the crowd quickly joins and everyone on the lawn lifts his arms in the air. The quartet asks: "For you to make the walls of the stadium shake!" The pop-rock quartet takes the opportunity to play its hits ("Appel aux Plastiscines") and those of others (" If You Want Blood "AD / DC), while thanking TH for their invitation. The ovation is general and the mission to heat up the stadium is fulfilled to 100%!

19:55. The sun still shines on the walls of the PSG, the excitement mounts by one level. The stadium wave creeps over the bleachers, across the lawn to restart with a vengeance. The feast of music with your preferred band in the Parc, that does not happen every day!

What fireworks!
20:50. The sirens are screaming in the sound system. The giant plateau opens on the scene. Gustav, the drummer, begins the famous "Ich brech aus" under the first explosions and other effects of blowing pyrotechnics. The Parc screams of joy! The concert kicks off. Bill, dressed in black leather, red tee-shirt and silver belt, is visibly in great shape. Whew, his voice is strong. He shows a confident smile. "Hello everyone!" Impressed by the immensity of the stadium, he profits from an advanced stage (catwalk) of more than fifty metres to make the crowd scream on "Der letzte Tag". The boys have decided to put substantial resources. The first fireworks announce the famous "Leb’ die Sekunde", the opportunity for Gustav to enjoy the heat of the flamethrowers that are stirring around his drums. The sirens sound again on the hymn "Schrei", introduced megaphone in hand by Bill’s … voice. The fans are especially happy to hear him sing in German, as the entire repertoire tonight.

Gustav deserves his stadium wave
21:30. We are entitled to classical interludes videos (Devilish period, then corridors of the Room 483), the time for Bill to change his clothes (leather and red belt, blue jean with red stripes), and retain all his emotion on the powerful "Stich ins Glück". Then it takes off with a vengeance with the furious "Übers Ende der Welt" and "Reden"! The singer addressed the public several times in his native language. The central plateau then closes around Gustav. It's time for "Spring nicht" and "Wo sind eure Hände". The screens turn red and hearts are breaking. The night falls on the Parc as thirty thousand voices raise on the famous "Durch den Monsun" and acoustic versions of "In die Nacht" and "Rette mich." On "Vergessene Kinder”, the public created a giant German flag with balloons. The four heroes fly away on the giant plateau on the sublime "An deiner Seite (Ich bin da)" in conclusion. Fireworks and explosions of joy guaranteed. Gustav deserves his stadium wave, raise your hand!
Setlist (Parc des Princes, Paris, 06/21/2008):
"Ich brech aus", "Der letzte Tag", "1000 Meere", "Leb 'die Sekunde", "Totgeliebt", "Wir sterben niemals aus", "Schrei", "Schwarz“, "Stich ins Glück", "Übers Ende der Welt", "Reden“, "Heilig", "Geh", "Spring nicht", "Wo sind eure Hände" and "Durch den Monsun". First encore: "In die Nacht" and "Rette mich". Second encore: "Vergessene Kinder" and "An deiner Seite (ich bin da)".

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TH at the Parc, it’s the fans who can discuss it better.
Who’s better to talk about TH than the fans? A few hours before the show, ROCK ONE asked the fans around the Parc des Princes.

LISA, 14 years old
I’ve known TH for two years, because of the internet. I love their look, their music, and since I learned German for three years, I can understand their lyrics. Ma favourite song is Totgeliebt. I’ve already seen them on 10/16, 03/16 and 03/10.

CAMILLE, 15 years old
A friend told me about TH. I don’t know any German, but Lisa translates the lyrics for me or I go on fan sites. I’ve already seen them at the Zénith and in Bercy, so I know that the show is going to be awesome.

ADÈLE, 12 years old
A friend made me discover TH two years ago, and I already liked their music and the way they dress.

LAURA, 12.5 years old
I love TH, even though I don’t understand the lyrics. But, for me, it’s not the most important thing, I prefer their looks and their songs. Ma favourite song is Durch Den Monsun. For tonight, I hope that Bill is healthy and that his throat is going to be better.

MÉLINA, 12 years old
I’ve known TH because of my friends, the TV, the radio… But it’s the first time I see them in concert, it’s going to be awesome!

JULIA, 13 years old
I’ve known TH for a while because of my friends, but I’ve only been a fan for a year. Their looks and their music are really nice, and what they sing about touches us. It’s the second time I see them and I feel it’s going to be big!

MARIE, 13 years old
Julia told me about TH. I like the style and the band members, even though I like Bill more! The show tonight is going to be crazy. And there are rumours that say that the Jonas Brothers are the opening act…

ANNAELE, 15 years old
I heard TH for the first time on a sampler of ROCK ONE, and I wanted to hear more. I love their universe. I even went to Nice to see their show. Tonight, I hope they play a lots of songs from their first album.

ALICIA, 15 years old
A friend told me about TH on MSN and when they started to be a little more known here, I had interest for them. And since, I love everything about them! Tonight is going to be my second concert. We woke up at 5am to go to their hotel. But nobody was excited there so we went somewhere else in hope to see them. We went back at the hotel at 10:30, we saw them get out but they left quickly.

MARIELLE, 13, PIERRICK and FLORENCE, 14 years old
We are from Liège, Belgium, and it’s the first time we’re going to see TH in show. It’s going to be beautiful and big.

PAULINE, 16.5 years old
I’ve known TH for more than two years, from the internet. It’s their name that intrigued me at first. I listened to them straight away, without even seeing pictures of them. I love the fact that they are young rockers, and German. It’s going to be the fourth time I’ll see them, so I hope for some surprise, like a different stage or set list.

Cosmo Girl Article!

Formerly the group Devilish, Bill, Tom, Gustav, and Georg now make up Tokio Hotel — and the uber-cuties from Germany are taking the U.S. by storm! I caught up with them at their recent New York City show at The Fillmore at Irving Plaza (a venue where most rock legends have performed), where the line to get in was hundreds deep and, according to one fan, people were waiting for hours to get a spot in front of the stage.

Hey, guys! It must be really exciting to perform in New York. Do you love the city?

Bill and Georg:
Very! Yeah, we like it, but we love L.A. too, with the warm weather, sunshine, and big houses.

What’s the difference between your European fan base and your U.S. one?

Bill:
We were really surprised when we came to North America because we expected it to be different than in Germany. We expected people to be calm, laid-back, and checking us out from a distance. But as soon as we got onstage here, everyone got really excited and started to yell and scream the way we were used to from home. We were really surprised. Having fans like that gives us a lot of power and energy when we’re onstage. We love it! It was such a shock that our shows here are selling out. It’s more than we ever expected.

That’s pretty amazing to be selling out shows here in the U.S. on your first North American tour.

Bill:
Yeah. We’re so excited.

So tell me, who were your musical influences?

Bill:
We couldn’t find a single common influence.

Tom:
I influenced them all.

Bill, Gustav, Georg:
Ha!

Bill:
We listen to so many different kinds of music. Tom only listens to German hip-hop, but I listen to a lot of rock, so we couldn’t really agree on one band that influenced us. Everyone brought his own style to the group, even if Georg doesn’t have any style [rest of band laughs]. What we created with Tokio Hotel was just our common ground of liking a variety of bands. We wanted that to influence our music.

How’d you get the name?

Bill:
[Band laughs simultaneously]
The reason everyone laughed is because now you’re getting into the dark past. We used to go by a different name – Devilish, but that was all Bill’s idea. To tell you the truth, Devilish didn’t have any meaning. We tried to remember why we chose that name, but couldn’t. When we started to get deals with record companies, we thought it was time to find a name that fits and one we all liked. We love New York and L.A. because they’re really big cities, and we chose Tokio [the German spelling of Tokyo] because it’s a wicked place. Then we wanted to find a symbol that represented our lives, and we came up with Hotel because we’re living out of hotels these days. Our lives are packed in our suitcases and we always carry them behind us.

How would you describe your personal style?

Gustav:
Well, we’ve got a womanizer, a comedian, a bodyguard… [the whole band starts to laugh]. Actually, no, we’re not about rules – we didn’t want to create one image.

Bill:
Yeah, if we had to do that, Georg wouldn’t even be here today [band laughs]. We’re not about playing any characters — we’re just us, just being ourselves. What you see is what you get. If you look at old pictures of us from when we were called Devilish, you will see how everyone started to find his own style. That’s what we’re about.

What would your advice be to anyone who wanted to get a start in music?

Bill:
We hate to be in the position of telling people what to do because when we started, people who were older and had been in the business a while would tell us how we should act and what we should do, and we didn’t like that. Everyone has to make their own decisions and go through their own experience – find out for yourself. Everyone has to find their way. The only thing I would say is that it’s important to play live, go onstage, and have fun because that’s what it’s all about. And it’s important to make mistakes. That’s what we did and still do. Georg is still making 10 to 15 mistakes every day [band laughs]. Just do your thing!

What’s your favorite thing to do online?

Tom:
[laughing] I’m not sure you want to know! Actually, I basically check e-mail and watch videos.

Georg:
Yeah, I watch videos. I just watched Scream.

Gustav:
I just watch a video where the filmmakers raced an Audi against a BMW. The BMW won.

Tom: Ready, Set, Go video. Check it out!

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Begium’s Ciné Téle Revue Interview!

Tokio Hotel

"We Are Not Puppets!"

For those who don’t know you again, how have you four met?
Tom: Bill and I, we started making music when we were 7. We have always prefered that to video games! We have devote it all our free time, the evenings, the weekends. Bill played the keyboard, because we didn’t have anyone else to be in charge of the drum and bass. I met Gustav when we were at the Academy, we’ve become friends then.
Gustav: And then, one day, I attended one of their performances. When I saw Bill on stage playing the keyboard, I said to myself that we should really change that. (laughs.) We have therefore began to discuss it and I proposed to play with them. It was at this time that we became a group.

What would you want to reply to the people that say that you are a marketing product?
Bill: Oh my God! To say such nonsense, they must be frustated people! Still, it’s the classic bullshit that we hear in the music business. Specially in Germany, because these last years, as in England in the 90’s, there are many castings to form a boys bands and a girls bands. There are even TV shows whose aim is to find THE next band. Suddenly, it’s very difficult for a real formation that didn’t pass by the reality-tv circuit to impose themselves and to make a break out. Nowadays it’s very difficult to convince people that we are a real band, that nobody told us to be friends with Gustav or Georg. In any case people don’t believe us. Consequently, we do our thing without worrying with these rumours. Music, it’s an emotion; if you’re just a puppet, how can you put your soul in what you do? For my part, I believe that I put my soul to it, so I get angry when people think that what I do is plastic. But at one point you have to put some distance between those rumours and you otherwise you are “eaten”.

What relation do you have with your fans?
Tom: If we can, we talk to them, sign autographs…it’s the least we can do, because where you go, they are there! Sometimes they wait for hours or they even spend the night there, on the street. Whether it’s cold, raining, snowing, they are there. And then, they offer us gifts that they made with their hearts and souls. So, give them a little of our time, it’s the least we can do to show them how what they do counts to our eyes. We’d like to measure up to their love.

What’s the most remarkable gift that a fan has offered you?
Bill: It’s a difficult question, because we receive tons and tons of gifts. We are very touched by the letters of our fans. Some are very long. There is one that has 14 Km! It’s almost a book of 1000 A4 sheets.
Georg: If not, we’ve received a car, a Mini Cooper equiped with our photos and names. But it’s really impossible to choose a particular gift, because they all mean something to us.

Do you take the time to go to forums or your MySpace?
Bill: You have to be careful because in the forums, there are many people that pretend to be us, that chat with our fans and fool them. If we are on the Internet, is always as a group and is announced officially. Apart from that, we spend many time on the blogs dedicated to us or in our MySpace, because their opinions matters a lot to us.

The girls are crazy for you, but, you, what’s your type of girl?
Tom: It’s a difficult question, because I don’t have a certain type of girl in mind. It must just be a good feeling from the start, a connection that starts the relation naturally. She can be blond, brunette, red-haired, it doesn’t matter. But with the life we have, we don’t have the time for a love relationship. At least, I mean a real love relationship. At the same time, that doesn’t interest me to be faithful, commit myself…I mainly want to enjoy myself. I was mad for a lot of girls. Too many girls. (laughs). I really think we can fall in love several times in a lifetime and that, luckily, several people are made for us.
Georg: As far as I’m concerned, I’d love to find a girl that looks like Angelina Jolie, the Olsen twins and Eva Langoria.
Gustav: So, we will fight for the same girl Georg. (laughs)
Bill: I love that the girl has a great look, nice nails and a beautiful skin. And then, especially, that they are positive and playful. I don’t like one night stands. I truly believe in true love, a love that you only find once in a lifetime…if you have the chance. Because I think that many people never find it, which is very sad… I’ve already met girls, I’ve already fall in love. I know what it is to have a flash for someone and the butterflies on your belly, but I still haven’t found love with a big L.

Bill you have a unique look. Did you always like to wear make up, you do your nails?
Bill: I do that since a long time ago. Gustav and Georg didn’t even ever known me with a different look. I started to like to wear make up when I participated in a Halloween evening some years ago. I’ve disguise myself as a vampire. And then I kept that look. It’s part of my personality.

How many time in the morning do you spend to make you beautiful?
Bill: Not much. About forty minutes.

Do you have any ritual before going on stage?
Bill: It’s not really a ritual. Gustav likes to stay alone, concentrate himself, listen to music. As for Georg, Tom and me we like to meet together backstage before the show starts and stress the three.(laughs) We close ourselves in the green room for half an hour and nobody can came in. Even our manager! We imagine the worst things that can happen, we laugh about it and that relaxes us.

And when you’re not on stage how do you spend your free time?
Georg: We play ping-pong and kicker!
Tom: And when we’re not on tour, we like to sleep very late! Expect Gustav, who is an early bird. But Bill, Georg and me we like to eat, watch tv and sleep. And when we can really make a break, we like to go on vacations.

And what’s your favourite destination?
Tom: All I can tell you is that we love the little isolated islands very, very, very far from here.(laughs)

By force of circumstance, you spend many time together. Do you maintain friendships outside the band?
Tom: Yes, of course! Because it’s important for us to be able to talk about other things besides Tokio Hotel. But because we share the same friends, we are always the four. And then, we go on vacations together.(laughs) Thus, yes, Tokio Hotel, is our most beautiful friendship story.

And you never fight?
Tom: Oh, we’d want to sometimes. Especially when Georg decides to remove his shoes. (laughs) But our friendship is stonger than the disputes!

Even if you are loved by your fans, is there always something about yourselves that you don’t like?
Bill: (laughs) We didn’t change, we are the same. We have the same flaws than before. And we have the same relation with each other than before we’ve known success. So, even if it’s crazy to be 18 years old and see so many girls mad about yourself, there are always things I don’t like about myself. I don’t walk in the streets telling myself that I’m the greatest guy in the world. Tom does, always.(laughs)
Tom: There’s always something that we don’t like about ourselves. But it’s normal; we are 18, we seek. And for our age, we have a strong confidance in ourselves. When I say I’m the best, I don’t take the lead.

What souvenirs do you keep from your childhood? How you describe yourselves at that time?
Bill: We always had confidence in ourselves and in our future. We had a lot of character. We have started very early making music, because we have since young known what was good for us. That wasn’t always easy to live. At school, we didn’t want to go into a mold, that’s what created clashes between us and the teachers and the other students. But apart from the fact of hating highschool, we had truly great fun.
Tom: Me, I’m always crazy. I’ve always in me the child I was. Fourtunely, he isn’t in the people.(laughs) He guides me everyday.
Bill: But contrary to what our fans may think, we are far from being perfect. We recognize the success that we have, but we don’t want to be an example to people!

Tokio Hotel In Bravo [Issue 30]

Tokio Hotel are in Issue 30 or BRAVO. The magazine talks about there current European tour [now sadly over], their upcoming US tour and Tokio Hotel's new album that they will soon be recording!

Zwillinge --> Brillinge

Tokio Hotel - They really have the look out!
At an open-air-concert in Rome, the super-twins Bill and Tom Kaulitz (both 18) proved once again, that they’ve style-technically the fully perspective! The two Tokio-Hotel-Stars wearing at their gig in Italy’s capital not only extreme cool clothes, but also mega-phat sunglasses! That makes not just sense in matters fashion - also has a practical benefit. ‘Cause thanks to the dark glasses, the “Brillinge**” are perfectly protected by the spotlight and the glaring pyro-effects, so they could focus on the performance of their mega-hits “Monsoon”, “Scream” or “Ready, Set, Go!”.
Reaction of the Italian fans: scream-alarm!

**Brillinge is a mix between the German words Brille (glasses) and Zwillinge (twins)

Band Update!:

Georg, Bill, Tom and Gustav are on European-tour at the moment - in the next time they will play in Italy, Switzerland and Belgium. After this, the four are going into the studio to work on their third album. Bill (18) writes on the way all his song-ideas down, handles them with the team into new songs. Summer holiday is not in sight for the boys. ‘Cause they have to prepare themselves for the next US-trip. “MTV TRL USA” is planning a whole week with Tokio Hotel as from the 4th August. After this will follow an US-tour.

[Translations and Scans provided by th-online.4fans.net]

Official 1000 Oceans Video and More!

Remember the 1000 Meere clip? Well they have also made the same thing, but Bill's "singing" the English version.

Official 1000 Oceans clip!

Reportage TH in Geneva:

Click Here to vote for Monsoon on MOD

Apparently the PDP DVD will be coming out beginning of 2009...(it could always change of course)

SEE TOKIO HOTEL LIVE IN NYC - BE PART OF THE TRL STUDIO AUDIENCE!
[previously posted with link]

Tokio Hotel will be stopping by the MTV studios in Times Square to co-host TRL and we want to hook up their biggest fans with tickets to the shows! The shows tape on August 4th and 5th.

To request tickets, email: trlcasting@mtvstaff.com This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it with "Tokio Hotel" in the subject.

To be considered for tickets, you must be 16-24 years old and available for both dates. If you are honoured a ticket, you will receive an email confirmation 5 days prior to the taping.

If you are one of the chosen ones make sure to show up with a fan shirt, poster and whatever else you can think of to show your love for Tokio Hotel!


*Tokio Hotel is nominated in "The Chosen Children 2008" in Isreal as the best band of the year.

Tokio Hotel gigs, North America:
> Aug 07 2008 Sayreville, New Jersey @ Starland Ballroom
> Aug 08 2008 Saint-Jean-Sur-Richilieu, Quebec @ Int. Hot Air Ballon Festival
> Aug 11 2008 Cleveland, Ohio @ House of Blues
> Aug 12 2008 Detroit, Michigan @ The Fillmore
> Aug 15 2008 Chicago, Illinois @ House of Blues
> Aug 16 2008 St. Paul, Minnesota @ Myth
> Aug 19 2008 San Francisco, California @ The Fillmore
> Aug 20 2008 Anaheim, California @ House of Blues
> Aug 25 2008 Denver, Colorado @ Gothic Theatre
> Aug 27 2008 Dallas, Texas @ House of Blues
> Aug 28 2008 Houston, Texas @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Congratulations to Artgentina!!
BIENVENIDO ARGENTINA!
Bienvenidos a todos los fans de Tokio Hotel en Argentina a su sitio oficial. A partir de hoy, aquí podrás enterarte de todas la novedades del grupo, giras, lanzamientos y todo lo que te importa de el grupo alemán más exitoso del momento.

(Translation: Welcome, all Tokio Hotel fans, to the official Argentina site. Starting from today you will be able to find out all the latest news of the band, concerts, and everything about the most famous German band of our day.)

If you have watched Tokio Hotel TV this week, you know. If not… SCREAM WENT DOUBLE PLATINUM IN ITALY!!! And the guys received their platinum records when they were in Modena for the concert on July 11th! Congratulations to the band!!!
(tokiohotelamerica)

Malaysian Magazine talks of TH
“Can’t get enough of your pop stars? Grab the latest issue of Galaxie, featuring the freshest and the most happening faces on planet pop. Read about Leona Lewis, Duffy and David Cook’s meteoric rise to fame and how they command today’s pop charts. If that’s not enough to quench your thirst for the latest in pop idols, Tokio Hotel proves that punk-pop – even if it’s sung in German – can spell mega international success if you have the right package, attitude and marketing tools…”

“For those of you living in French-Canada, make sure to tune in to Musique Plus for EXPOSÉ on Monday, July 21st at 20h (8:00PM) because there is a one hour special on Tokio Hotel! That’s one whole hour of Tokio Hotel music and information!”
(THCanada)

Tokio Hotel Triumphs in the Whole World!

From Sugar Magazine in Portugal! Tokio Hotel has razed wherever they go! But we have no doubts Portugal was special! Tokio Hotel gave everything and you popgirls were awesome!!!

The world has completely surrender to the music of our four dream boys. Tokio Hotel has performed in concert all over the world and drag thousands of fans till they arrived to Portugal. We’ve waited this day for so long that even inside Atlantic Pavilion we still couldn’t believe the hour had came! While the lights didn’t went out they told us everything they felt till they got here!

The incredible four!
“We’ve had many important moments in our career and we had many luck but, sometimes, it’s still hard to believe it!” Our beautiful ones still don’t believe that we’re crazy about them, because it’s impossible not to be! Since Bill got better they don’t stop and we asked them if they don’t feel tired? “There’s moments in which we say “we can’t anymore”, but we love this life” they confessed to us.

A Special Concert!
Everything went dark and we realized: the time has come! As the big letters at the bottom of Atlantic Pavilion said: “True fans will always came back!” We went wild with excitement just on the first accords: «Break Away»! Bill came out as a God in the platform next to Gustav’s drums! They followed with «Final Day» and «1000 Oceans» and we could not stop enjoying! “Hello everyone! The last time we were here I found out I was sick and I felt very sad when the doctor told me I couldn’t perform. We are really sorry! So we just wish you enjoy to the maximum every second!” told Bill! The perfect phrase to begin «Live Every Second»! It was awesome!!!

We will never forget!
Bill didn’t stop dancing, singing next to Tom, who smiled like an angel, to Georg, that was perfect, and Gustav that was brilliant in the drums! He jumped and pulled so much for us! We had «Ready, Set, Go», «Monsoon» and «Raise your Hands»! We lived one of the best days of our lives! They returned twice on stage and ended with «By your Side»! Surprised by the portuguese fans that raised thousands of papers saying: «Wir sind Hier» (we are here)! Beautiful! And you were great! Unforgettable!!!

Unique in the Planet!!!
Bill has been perfect! At the Lisbon concert, he was always super fun and didn’t stop pushing for us! We went wild with excitement when he took the megaphone on «Scream», and we almost fainted when he sat next to the band to play an acoustic version of «Rescue Me»! Georg, that was great, came to the front of the stage at the end! It was super funny!!!

Great Musicians!!!
Besides gorgeous and full of energy our beautiful ones played as no one! We couldn’t believe how the musics came out even more perfect live! And Bill’s voice?! Our german God is completely healed! He sang as no one with his super cool micro full of sparkles! The lights and the screens were perfect! Brilliant!!!

So sweet!!!
Tokio disappeared and we… got scared! But we melted when on screen they began to show videos from when they were super young and were already a band! We were lost seeing such cuties and they came back powerfully with musics such as «Black», «On the Edge», «Reden», «Heiling» and «Geh»! It was awesome!!!

Unstoppable till the end!!!
Tom and Georg are been the greatest on this tour!!! In Atlantic they played very good, between runs along the stages and huge stops in front of the screens, that made us drool! And the Tom’s mysterious smile, while he played…

In the end, they both stayed thanking, playing with us, letting us crazy! They thrown towels, water and the reeds with which they played! Thanks for everything, beautifuls!!!

Translation by Stern at tokiohotelamerica's forum.

(Source: Super Pop nº 335, Portugal)