Member Since: 16/05/2007
Band Members: Name: Tom Age: 19 Sign: Virgo Date of Birth: September 1, 1989 Job: Play guitar in the band, Tokio Hotel Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany What’s the first thing I do every morning? Ask myself: oh, who’s that nice girl next to me ;) Favorite dish: Pasta, Pasta & Pasta! Must-Visit Website: There is none in particular for me – I just randomly surf the web. Must-Watch TV Show: Scrubs – most hilarious show ever! About my tattoos: Don’t have any – it’s up to Bill & Gustav to deal with that! Junk food I love: Pizza When I try to eat healthy: I go for vegetable sushi and sliced fruit….water melon and pineapple are awesome! My childhood celebrity crush was: I used to watch Baywatch and had an eye on Pamela in her red swimsuit! Recently I was surprised by: When Georg said: “No we can’t go to the airport directly, we have to stop at the hotel first since I want to take a shower ;-)†The cereals in my cupboard are: Cornpops! Heaven on earth is: A day off. For dinner I like to make: Depends on who is with me. If it’s a date I prefer a fancy candlelight dinner but if I’m hanging out with Bill I would order some Pizza and say “look what I just made for youâ€! My coolest article of clothing: My caps. When friends come over we: Have tons of stuff to talk about! We also like going clubbing or just hanging out like everyone else! Before I die I want to: Have an intense and intelligent conversation with Jessica Alba! When I’m on tour I have to have: Our fans in front of the stage. People would be surprised that I: Love to take care of my family! If someone gave me a million bucks tomorrow I'd: Probably not be a more happy person than I am right now! Money isn’t everything in life!! Name: Bill Age: 19 Sign: Virgo Date of Birth: September 1, 1989 Job: Singer in the band, Tokio Hotel Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany What’s the first thing I do every morning? Take a shower. Favorite dish: Pasta! Must-Visit Website: I don’t have one in particular but check out www.Tokiohotel-US.com ;-) Favorite TV Show these days: Scrubs. About my tattoos: I have three. The first one is on the back of my neck and it shows the Tokio Hotel logo. The next one is a star which I designed myself and I have it tattooed in my lower stomach area. The last one is on my left arm and it says “Freiheit 89â€. The word “Freiheit†is German and in English it means “Freedomâ€. I basically got this tattoo because freedom has always been the most important thing to me. The number 89 is included because that’s the year I was born. This last tattoo I got on my 18th birthday which is a very special one in Germany – when you turn 18 you are officially an adult so you can do whatever you like…..you’re finally free! Junk food I love: Pizza. When I try to eat healthy I pick: Salad. My childhood celebrity crush was: Nena (German singer). Recently I was surprised by: Our performance in New Jersey. The cereal in my cupboard: Corn Flakes. Heaven on earth is: A deserted island. For dinner I like to make: Noodles with ketchup, cream & mustard. My coolest article of clothing: The jacket I designed for our European tour. When friends come over we: Watch DVDs. Before I die I want to: Play the biggest show ever! When I’m on tour I have to have: My 10 suitcases! People would be surprised that I am: Such a family guy. If someone gave me a million bucks tomorrow I'd: Go on a REALLY long vacation! Name: Gustav Age: 20 Sign: Virgo Date of Birth: September8, 1988 Job: Drummer in the band, Tokio Hotel Birthplace: Magdeburg, Germany What’s the first thing I do every morning? Have breakfast! Favorite dish: Ribs with boiled potatoes plus carrots & peas on the side! About my tattoos: I’ve have tattoos in two spots - first one is on my upper back. It shows two wings and in between them there is a sword and a laurel twig that cross. My second tattoo is a shooting star, which I have on my right arm. Junk food I love: Cheeseburgers. When I try to eat healthy: Bananas. My childhood celebrity crush was: Carmen Electra. Recently I was surprised by: The way my destiny worked out! The cereals in my cupboard are: I don't eat cereal at all. Heaven on earth is: My family. For dinner I like to make: Potato casserole. My coolest article of clothing: My Air Max Nikes. When friends come over we: Watch movies. Before I die I want to: Have climbed Mt. Everest. When I’m on tour I have to have: My laptop and mobile phones with me. If someone gave me a million bucks tomorrow I'd: Buy a beautiful house for my family and myself! Name: Georg Age: 21 Sign: Aries Date of Birth: March 31, 1987 Job: Bass player in the band, Tokio Hotel Birthplace: Halle, Germany What’s the first thing I do every morning? Brush my teeth. Favorite dish: Anything that includes chicken! Must-Visit Website: I love our YouTube channel – www.YouTube.com/TokioHotel About my tattoos: I don’t have one yet but I have been thinking about getting one for ages… Junk food I love: Hot Dogs When I try to eat healthy I pick: Rice My childhood celebrity crush was: I always had a crush on Tom…okay, you know I’m kidding ;-) Recently I was surprised by: Our nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards 2008 – totally wicked!!! The cereals in my cupboard are: Fruit Cereal Heaven on earth is: Just being at home. For dinner I like to make: Pasta – pretty much all the time :-) My coolest article of clothing: My brown leather jacket. When friends come over we: …go out for dinner. Before I die I want to: …say “Goodbye†to my family & friends. When I’m on tour I have to have: …my Scrubs DVD collection with me. People would be surprised that I am: …actually a pretty nice guy ;-) If someone gave me a million bucks tomorrow I'd: …take my friends and family on vacation until we blew all the money!
Founding: Tokio Hotel was founded by vocalist Bill Kaulitz and guitarist Tom Kaulitz, who are identical twin brothers, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bass-guitarist Georg Listing. The four met in 2001 after a live show in a Magdeburg club, where Listing and Schäfer, who knew each other from music school, watched from the audience while Bill and Tom Kaulitz played on the stage. Under the name Devilish, the band soon began playing in talent shows and small concerts. After Bill Kaulitz's participation in a children's Star Search in 2003 at age thirteen (which he lost in the quarter-final), he was discovered by music producer Peter Hoffmann. Devilish changed their name to Tokio Hotel: "Tokio", the German spelling of the Japanese city Tokyo, due to a love of the city, and "Hotel" due to their constant touring and living in hotels. Soon after Sony BMG took them under contract, Hoffmann hired David Jost and Pat Benzner into the team of creators and authors, and had them give the teens instruction on songwriting and instrument playing; most of the songs of the first album were written by Hoffmann, Jost and Benzer (including the singles "Scream" and "Rescue me" which were completely written by them), only the single "Unendlichkeit" was written completely by Tokio Hotel themselves. However, shortly before release of their first album, Sony terminated their contract. In 2005, Universal Music Group took Tokio Hotel under contract and developed a marketing plan. The band has now become one of the biggest acts from Germany. Schrei: Their first single, "Durch den Monsun" ("Through the Monsoon"), quickly rose in the charts, appearing on the German official Media Control single chart at 15 on 20 August 2005 and eventually reaching 1 on 26 August 2005; it also reached 1 on the Austrian singles chart. Their second single, "Schrei" ("Scream"), climbed to the 5 position in the German charts. These two songs were written by singer Bill Kaulitz together with their group of producers Peter Hoffmann, David Jost, Pat Benzer and Dave Roth. Their debut album, Schrei, was released on 19 September 2005, which the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry – Germany later awarded a platinum certification for selling over 200,000 copies.In 2006, a third and fourth single, "Rette mich" ("Rescue Me") and "Der letzte Tag" ("The Final Day"), were released; both reached 1 as well. "Der letzte Tag" contained a B-side called "Wir schließen uns ein", which was also accompanied by a music video. Zimmer 483 : The first single off their second album Zimmer 483 (Room 483), called "Übers Ende der Welt" (later re-released in English under the name "Ready, Set, Go!"), was released on 26 January 2007 and quickly reached 1. Zimmer 483 was released in Germany on 23 February 2007, along with a deluxe edition of the album containing a DVD. The album's second single, "Spring nicht" ("Don't Jump") was released on 7 April. The tour accompanying the release of the album, The Zimmer 483 Tour, was scheduled to start in March 2007, but was delayed by two weeks because the band members wished to have a different stage design. A third single, "An deiner Seite (Ich bin da)" ("By Your Side"), was released on the 16 November. The single contains the B-side "1000 Meere" ("1000 Oceans"), for which a music video was also produced. Scream: While their German albums never received official releases outside the German-speaking world, Tokio Hotel's first English language album, Scream, was released on 4 June 2007 throughout Europe. In Germany, the album was released as Room 483 in order to emphasize the continuity with their last German album Zimmer 483. Scream contains English versions of a selection of songs from their German-language albums Schrei and Zimmer 483. "Monsoon", the English-language version of "Durch den Monsun", was the first single from the album. "Ready, Set, Go!" (the translation of "Übers ende der Welt") was released as the album's second single, with "By Your Side" (the translation of "An deiner Seite") as the third, and "Don't Jump" (the translation of "Spring nicht") as the fourth. A video for "Scream", the English-language version of their 2005 hit "Schrei", was also recorded, and was released to the iTunes Store in early March 2008. Tokio Hotel gave their first concert in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2007. "Ready, Set, Go!" was released in the UK as the band's first single on 27 August 2007. The song reached 77 in the UK Singles Chart. MceTokio Hotel won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best InterAct on 1 November 2007 and were also nominated for Best Band. They performed "Monsoon" at the event. Tokio Hotel released their first US single, simply called "Tokio Hotel", in late 2007. The single contains the tracks "Scream" and "Ready, Set, Go!", and was available exclusively at Hot Topic stores. Their second US single, "Scream America", was released on 11 December 2007. The single contains the track "Scream" and a remix of "Ready, Set, Go!" by AFI's Jade Puget. In February 2008, the band toured North America for five dates starting in Canada and finishing up in New York. After appearing and performing live on MuchMusic, while touring in Canada, "Ready, Set, Go!" entered the MuchOnDemand Daily 10, a countdown of videos chosen by viewers. It remained there for over a week, then returned to the top of the MOD Daily 10 chart on April 8. "Scream" was released in Canada on 25 March and in the US on 6 May. 1000 Hotels Tour: The "1000 Hotels" European Tour began on 3 March 2008 in Brussels and continued to locations including The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Scandinavia, and was scheduled to finish on 9 April; however, during the concert in Marseille, France on 14 March, Bill started to experience vocal problems. He let the audience sing more frequently than normal and instead of the original 21 songs that were on the set list, they only played 16 songs. Bill apologized, in German, for his bad singing and explained that he was sick. Two days later, the band canceled Lisbon, Portugal concert minutes before it was supposed to commence. The rest of the "1000 Hotels" Tour and a scheduled North American Tour were cancelled following an announcement in Bild by the band's manager that Bill Kaulitz had to undergo surgery to remove a cyst on his vocal cords. Bill Kaulitz had been putting strain on his voice after playing 43 concerts in the 1000 Hotels tour without vacation. He had to undergo Larynx surgery on March 30th to remove a cyst that had formed on his vocal cords. The cyst was the result of a throat infection that went untreated. Following his surgery, Bill was unable to speak for twelve days, and had four weeks of vocal rehabilitation. If Bill had continued singing the rest of the tour, his voice would have eventually been permanently damaged. Tokio Hotel started performing again in May 2008 and after that they embarked on a 2nd part of their 1000 Hotels European Tour adding tons of Open Air concerts and wrapping up the tour on July 13th in Werchter, Belgium. United States tours and 3rd studio album: Tokio Hotel embarked on a second tour of North America in August 2008. The band's music video for "Ready Set Go!" was nominated for Best Pop Video at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, where they also won the award for Best New Artist. They returned to North America again in October 2008 for a month long tour of concerts and record store signings. In between the North American tours, the band have been returning to their record studio in Hamburg to record their third studio album which, according to their manager David Jost, is set for release in March or April 2009. The album will be recorded in both German and English with both versions being released simultanously worldwide. In December 2008, a behind-the scenes DVD called Tokio Hotel TV - Caught on Camera was released. It contains footage from Tokio Hotel TV and backstage feature stories of the previous year on disc one entitled "History - The very best of Tokio Hotel TV!". A deluxe edition contains a second disc entitled "Future - The road to the new Album!" which features footage of the band on promotion tours and preparing for their third studio album. Some Awards: They've been awarded over 40 awards with in 3 years. in the year 08' they've won "best new artist" at the VMA's. won all 4 awards they've been nominated for in the latin vma's for "song of the year"."best new artist"."best fanclub" and "best ring tone". when they went back to europe after the october 08' they won the EMA's for "headliner. they deserve to win everything they've won because they surprised america and they still do.
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