Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Sunday, March 6, 2011

[PHOTOSHOOT] L’Uomo VOGUE (Catania, Italy 17.07.2010) HQ


Tokio Hotel could be back to Tokyo this summer

In the interview that the band did in FM Yokohama Radio Bill said that it isn’t sure but they could be back to Tokyo in middle June to visit the city, ’cause the times they have been there they didn’t have time to see so much things.

The band with Shinji Kagawa (Japan, 10.02.2011)



Gustav one of the best drummers in “Drums & Hardware)


Hey ! nº4.2011 (Germany)







Tokio Hotel: A tribute to the legends of rock

Tokio Hotel – It was 1989 when “Personal Jesus” by Depeche Mode world and ruled the charts with its infectious beat and provocative lyrics.
Twenty years later, almost seem to feel the consequences of that time listening to “Human to human connect” of Tokio Hotel, German band who knew how to conquer markets and most of the demanding public, but didn’t disclose to anyone the secret of this success.
They have decided to pay homage to some of its legendary predecessors, while they sought a new sound on the album “Humanoid”?
This is probably just a coincidence, and another demonstration of the interaction between words, melody and feelings have no memory, you’re looking for human contact or want to be the “Jesus” from someone.
The tracklist of time continues.
We are in Milan in 2010, when during a live performance of “Hey You!” Fans clapped their hands simultaneously to the rhythm that has made some parents smile on their sites sit, reminding Freddie Mercury when he was mad public at Wembley Stadium, passed in 1986.
The choir then amounted to a “We Will Rock You,” repeated more than twenty years after the Forum Mediolanum by some fans carried by a particular fascination with music that wants to rebel against all the space and time barriers.
The winners were Queen yesterday to win a stage in the history of Rock, and the winners are Tokio Hotel now to get it back to life.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

MTV European Music Awards 2011

The MTV European Music Awards 2011 will be held in Belfast, the capital of north-ireland. It will be a great opportunity for the UK fans to see the band, that’s why all fans are saying to @MTVUK by Twitter that we want Tokio hotel to attend. Also you can sign this petition.

Pre-nominations for Comet Awards 2011


Today were announced the pre-nominations as “Best Live Act” for the Comet Awards 2011. Tokio Hotel isn’t nominated for this category, and it isn’t announced yet the other categories. Tokio Hotel has been touring during the last year playing in Europe, Asia and Sout-america, so fans think they should be nominated, that’s why some
 fan actions are being organized (watch the video)

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

HIS interview with Tokio Hotel



February 10, 2011 is a memorable day for the fans of TOKIO HOTEL. Yes, the long-awaited TOKIO HOTEL finally come to Japan. Thus, HIS has a special interview with the four guys from TOKIO HOTEL who as the Goodwill Ambassador for the 150th anniversary of Germany. Here are the answers we got from them about visiting Germany.
HIS: Your four guys were born in Magdeburg, what do you think of there?
Georg:
Of course, it’s a great city!! (laugh)
–laugh together–
Bill: In fact, there is nothing to visit .
Gustav: Yeah, it’s just a common village, nothing special.
HIS: Well, are there any places that you’d like to introduce?
Tom
: Well…
Georg: There is a cathedral and some other historic churches, and we often went to the shopping mall.
Tom: And, yes, the Hundertwasser !
Together: Oh, yeah…the Hundertwasser !!!
HIS: What is that?
The agent:
It’s a building built by an Austrian architect, and this architect was a little bit like Gaudi. (A Spainish architect)
Gustav: Most of the buildings in Magdeburg have a colourful outside.
Bill: That’s all the stuffs that deserve to see.
Georg: And you can finish your trip in 30 minutes.
HIS: It seems that’s really a small city…(laugh). Then, what if a Japanese want to visit Germany, to the other cities like Munich or Berlin, Do you have anything to recommend?
Bill:
Berlin and Hamburg are good choices if you want to visite Germany.
Gustav: Talking about Munich, there is a OctoberFest!
Tom: Yeah, the OctoberFest is awesome.
Georg: That’s a grand festival and was very alive.
HIS: Oh, I really want to be there for once. By the way, I heared that Georg was born in Halle but not in Magdeburg, is that true?
Georg:
Yes, I was born in Halle, but I only lived there for 2 or 3 years.
Bill: And Halle is also a very small city. (laugh)
Georg: Yeah, even when comparing with Magdeburg, it’s nothing special to say. (laugh)
–laugh together–
HIS: Oh, I see. Then the next question, what’s your favourite city in Germany?
Bill:
It’s definitely Hamburg. Why do I say that ? It’s because I have lived there for a period of time. and I miss there. Moreover, there are great natural sceneries near the countrysides. Although, sometimes the weather is not that pleasure and it rains and blows a lot, but it’s still a very pretty city. In fact, it might also be the most beautiful city in Germany.
HIS: Then, as a tourist city, is Hamburg also worthy of a stroll?
Bill:
Hum…yeah, I once lived there and I really like that place, but I was not going there for tourism. Whatever, I think that’s a good place.
HIS: Thank you so much, then Tom, what do you think of there?
Tom
: In fact,I prefer Cologne. You can see people there are jolly and lively. Though I never lived in Cologne, hum, I guess I’ll live there some day. It’s a good place with so many bright and open-minded people and I love there. But it’s more of travelling than living. (laugh)
HIS: Oh, I see, thank you. Georg, how do you think?
Georg:
I think Berlin is the best place for now. It’s an attractive and exciting city where contains varied cultures from all over the world. What’s more, there are many nightclubs. And you can devote youself into them for the whole night long.
HIS: Except the nightclubs, is there any other place to go?
Georg:
Of course, indeed,there are so many sightseeings.
Bill: Yes, there are several tour routes in Berlin.
Georg: Both history and culture are the highlights and it’s a perfect tourist city.
HIS: Awesome, no wonder Berlin is the capital ! then, Gustav , have you got a favourite spot?
Gustav:
Honestly, I like Magdeburg.
Together (laugh): Really?
Gustav: Yeah, everything you guys mentioned just now can be found in Magdeburg. And of course, including the Octoberfest, it’s totally a city for travelling.
Bill: But if you go to there for sightseeing, it’s terrible without a bicyle… (laugh)
–laugh together–
HIS: Aren’t there any vehicles in Magdeburg !?
Tom
: No, there aren’t.
Gustav: Indeed, we have taxis and double-deck buses which is the same with London’s. But we have only one is use for going sightseeing. After that you have to take a boat, which is along the Elbe River but it’s absolutely comfortable and amazing !
Bill: Yeah, it’s said that the most interesting place in Magdeburg are Georg’s and Gustav’s houses.
–laugh together–
HIS: Okay, let’s put aside the idea of going whose home first , HIS is planing to make a tour route about TOKIO HOTEL.
Together:
Really ?
Tom: Is it a tour to Magdeburg ?
HIS: It includes Magdeburg and other places you recommend or concern you, or some memorable places. And What other good places except Magdeburg are worth playing ?
Everybody
: It sounds good ! Wow, marvelous! (Everyone looks excited)
Tom: And what about LA ? (laugh)
Gustav: Hmmm…
Bill: Don’t miss Gröninger Bad if you want to know the history of Tokio Hotel.
HIS: What’s that?
Bill
: It’s the club we first met!
HIS: So the fans might visit there at least once!
Everybody:
And something more, it must be fun to visit our old schools.
HIS: That’s cool ! And don’t forget telling us the names of the schools.
Each of them says the names of the schools.
For the best tour route
HIS: Thank you. The next question. Bill and Tom are living in LA now. Have you got the plan about giving concerts in LA ?
Bill
: No. We are focusing on Japan now, so we aren’t going to promote in other countries, and our new album has just released. Now we are recording songs and looking for new inspiration. So…hmmm, I don’t know when to give concerts. We all pool our ideas to compose new songs now.
HIS: So when will the next album to be completed and released ?
Tom:
It’s hard to say. Maybe half a year later, or maybe 5 years later.We can’t decide the specific date and now we are looking for inspiration. We are exercising so to speak.
HIS: We are expecting the next concert and CD ! At last, for improving Germany’s tourism, can you say something to Japanese fans ?
Bill:
Sure. Hmm, Germany is a very good country, though the weather is not that good. Don’t forget your umbrella !
Tom: And the bars ! Night bars and German beer are the best !
Georg: And also the Autobahn ! It will be very interesting.
Gustav: There seems to be speed limit when driving in Japan, but there’s no limit in Germany so you can drive freely.
Bill: All we said are the most interesting things in Germany.
HIS: Thank you very much, Tokio Hotel!

BRAVO nº212 (2011, Serbia)





Totally elegant in Tokyo!
He is never out of ideas! Here’s the kind of style that Bill had in store for Japan!
What a crazy situation! The band Tokio Hotel – or more precisely, Bill Kaulitz (21) came up with something special for their Japanese fans. The singer took only crazy outfits for their trip to Tokyo. When landing at the airport, he was wearing a panda hat (Spirithood). Of course, as David Jost confirmed, it was not made with real fur. In a photo session, Bill surprised everyone present with a red cape like Little Red Riding Hood, and in another photo session he appeared dressed as a sea captain. Their efforts were successful – the day they arrived, Tokio Hotel was the most searched term on Google Japan, and their video and album were at # 1 on all charts! Congratulations!
Text of the twins: Twins Kaulitz, Bill (left) and Tom (right) from Loitsche near Magdeburg, are world famous stars.
Bravo lists: Hurricanes And Suns at # 2!
Bravo Lyrics: Hurricanes And Suns.
Bravo Poster: Tom Kaulitz

Big nº3.2011 preview (Italy)

If you take a look to the cover of the “Girl” magazine March issue you can see that it says: 
 “Tokio Hotel – a metal future”. We will wait for more scans to know more about it !

IN Rock vol. 327 – “Interview to Tokio Hotel” (Japan)

 
“I want to try something new except music with Tom.” Bill
This month, Adimission free (page 84-85) published the articles written by readers who were interviewed with Tokio Hotel, coz it’s initial to look into from fans’ view. Overwhelmed by Bill, among those German all the people were so high. Beyond that, Bill and Tom kept talking. It was very cheerful.
Everyone was looking forward to your arrival.
Tokio Hotel
: So were we.
Bill: The trip to Japan has been our dream for a long time. We are really grateful for coming to Japan finally and extremely excited. It was quite good to come here.
I guess you guys had the same answers when you were asked by South American reporters. (Laugh)
Bill:
Yeah! We have told people that some day we would go to Japan for many times. What is more, our band name is “Tokio Hotel”, so we want to go to Japan as soon as possible.
Tom: But when the day came, it was beyond imagines, because Tokyo was certainly too far away.
Georg: When we gave a name to our band, we wanted to figure something spectacular out. It seems that it should be a place that we can not even see and reach in the dream. And finally we decided to name it “Tokio Hotel”. But we finally got to Tokyo. (Laugh)
Well, all the fans want to know more about you guys in limited times. Firstly, Tom, you said making an album was a time-consuming job when you received our interviews last time. So the next album in 2011 must be not easy. Do you think the same way right now?
Tom:
Sure.
Why is it?
Tom:
Actually we should have made the new song in the recoding studio at this moment, but we decided to come to Japan, actually it is not in our plan. Next time we hope we can prepare well.
Seriously? We can believe you, can’t we? (Laugh)
Tom:
Of course! But we have other plans in 2011 to look forward to. After all these, we can finally come back to the studio to continue writing songs. So we don’t know when the next album will be released, either. It’s not that we don’t like traveling, but it seems that we don’t have enough time to compose in 2011.
Bill: That’s because we want to make some albums of high quality. We really want to show everyone the best part of what we create in daily time, so it is necessary to stay at the studio for a long time. As we compose, we have to discuss which way is better, which sound is better and so on.
Tom: Yeah, we have been on tours this year. Once we get back to the studio, we will think about what to do next, accumulating our thoughts and collecting all kinds of inspiration. All of these are very time-consuming.
Bill: So we are not sure when we can release the next album. May be next year or the year after next. But we will immediately inform you if there is any sign. (Laugh)
How long do you spend in making a new album usually?
Tom:
It all depends. It always depends on how many songs we record. It’s not the problem we need to think about. Sometimes we thing it’s okay after we record 18 songs, while we may not be satisfied and add something else even after we record 50 songs. Therefore it lies on our mood of that moment. If we gave you a deadline, it would be an assumption.
Oh, I see. I went to Germany and Paris the other day. I know how popular you are in Europe. You are definitely most popular.
Tokio Hotel:
Yeah, it is the same in Paris.
In the first time when we interviewed Bill and Tom by phone, both of them were very friendly and easy to talk. I was so shocked. So no matter how popular you are, you are still natural and low profile. Is it your principle?
Bill: Yes, it’s most important for us. We founded this band naturally and we are also good friends. We have been together for almost 10 years. During this period of time, we have performed in front of only 5 audiences. Initially we never thought about success when we sung in a small club. But now our dreams came true and I was so proud.
Tom: So we know the two sides of the business work, because we know not only the success but the feeling when we stood in front of 5 people as well. In that small club, no one listened to us, not mentioning an interview. We also know how hard to be the top one. And it is hard to perform facing 500,000 people under the Eiffel Tower, too. Because we have experienced success and failure, we are so grateful today. Maybe we are blessed.
Is it because you are Christian?
Bill:
It could be one reason.
We are going to change the topic. After you came here, what do you think of Tokyo? Is it the same as what you imagined or not?
Bill:
I can’t imagine there are so many fans here waiting for us.
Tokio Hotel: Yeah, yeah!
Bill: I thought no one would be there and no one knew us. But after we got off the plane, many fans were waiting and sent us lots of presents. I was so happy. Everyone welcomed us friendly and zealously.
You have been used to this scene, right?
Tom:
Other countries are the same, but it was the first time in Japan. So I thought maybe no one knew us at all and we had to introduce ourselves as first. I was very glad to see so many fans in Japan.
Fan in Europe must be much more than Japanese fans, but everyone here is passionate to you guys. Oh, by the way, Bill and Tom, you said you are both perfectionist. Then you cause troubles to others sometime, right? (Laugh) when did you start to pursue for perfection?
Bill:
I guess it started long time ago.
Tom: Something in my body began to control me long time ago, I think.
Bill: I say to myself: “relax, relax the shoulders.” But I can not. No matter what I do, I want it to be perfect. I want to make everything perfect. If there was something imperfect, it would hang around me. It’s like a disease. I know sometime I cause some troubles to someone else, but I just think of it. I guess others can not be happy. (Laugh)
See? Gustav and Georg are sneering. (Laugh)
Bill:
Yes, Tom and I are exactly the same on this point. So when we are together, it’s too troublesome for others. I don’t even know when it began. Anyway I have been like this long before.
Do you inherit this from your parents?
Bill:
Maybe. We are close to our mother and never get any pressure from her. We have grown up freely since childhood. Mum relies on us very much. She does everything according to our likes and dislikes, so we talk closely and she has supported us all the time. Mum has never forced us to do anything including study. She trusts us and says to us: “you do things according to your own ideas. I believe you.” Our relationship is very good, so it’s hard to say if it is genetic.
I hear of that you don’t hire any stylist because of perfectionism. Is that true?
Tom and Bill:
Yes.
Bill: I cannot believe him. The stylist may ask us to wear some clotheses we don’t like. I always feel uneasy. I prefer to choose and buy clotheses by myself.
Tom: I don’t believe others, either. I want to control everything including PV, CD, total effect, stages, shows and of course music. It can be regarded as freak. But about all of this, we have own thoughts and we believe that we can do much better that anyone else.
Tokio Hotel: (laugh)
Tom: I think we will cause troubles to others. In a word, we hope to handle this by ourselves. I want to be engaged in CD with the text of lyrics or the “Darkside of the Sun” Japanese edition.
And what do you do indeed? Do you guys go shopping?
Bill
: It’s hard. Especially in Europe it’s not okay. But there are several stores that we are familiar with. And in some particular time they are open for us specially. At that time, we can go there and take our time. Besides this, we always buy things online.
(Tom told us that Bill often went to a store called Melrose Avenue in LA.)
Shopping online? Did you buy all of these accessories you wear today online?
Bill
: Sure! There are some websites where you can buy such kind of things. Sometimes in certain countries we can go out for shopping with caps and sun glasses without worrying. And sometimes designers give me some clotheses.
It sounds good. In our previous interviews, you said your apartment was not like a retail shop but a clothing shop.
Georg
: They have more various clothes than stores. It’s more like a warehouse.
Tom: I have lots of clothes, but Bill has more than mine. The amount of our clothes is big.
Bill: I’m used to put all my clothes away instead of throwing them. Talking about clothes, I am…
Georg: Sluttery.
Bill: Yes, I’m like this for clothes. I like every one very much, even though the old clothes are still one part of my history and they have different kinds of memories. This coat is about this and that jacket is about that, something like this.
Tom: The clothes we wore when we were in the first PV shooting are still in the cabinet.
Isn’t good to donate them to charity organization?
Tom
: We have done this before. But just like what we said, every one has its meaning and memory. We don’t want to give them up.
I heard of that you dragged 10 or 12 suitcases on tours. Is it true? (7 suitcases for Japan)
Bill:
Yeah, it seems like we carried more. (Laugh) Tours are so long time ago that I can not remember clearly.
Tom: The people who are responsible for carrying the luggage are very tired, I think. It’s really good to let others help. (Laugh)
Bill: We took everything we need, because we went on a 3-month tour.
Your band was founded 10 years ago. It has been 10 years. Comparing to the very beginning, did you change your attitude to music?
Bill:
I think we grew up actually. All of us grew up and became adults gradually. Surely everyone changed. We got to adapt ourselves on long time tours, so as a musician we grew up as well, which has been natural. We don’t have any thought that we begin to do like this from now on! Just let it be.
How about the subject you composed? Do you change the subject as you grow up?
Bill:
The subjects are changed. I get inspiration from many materials such as fashion, people around, movies and so on. Especially my favorite movies, so the last album was inspired by a science fiction movie.
Specifically speaking, which movie is it?
Tom & Bill:
It’s hard to say.
Tom: Because there are so many movies.
Bill: We like too many good movies.
Please pick some among these movies.
Bill: For example, “2012″ is good. And another one, what is the name? Sorry, I forget.
Tokio Hotel: “District 9″.
Bill: Yeah, that one is very good. And the new one named “Tron:Legacy” is very commercial. I really want to watch. And there are some other movies that we just know the German name, but English name. I like “The Notebook” and “Labyrinth” acted by David Bowie. They are old movies, but I like them very much. “Inception” is really wonderful.
That one is hard to understand, right? By the way, the show held several weeks ago in South America was full of future sense, especially the clotheses. When you set the stage, was the idea based on your own thoughts?
Tom:
Yeah! For the 3-month tour in Europe, we prepared for half a year. All the members thought over together in the rehearsal room, like the stage, the clotheses and the whole stage. It took us lots of time and energy for the preparation. We preformed a part of the whole. After all it’s impossible to finish all. On the European tour, we used 15 trucks to carry all the stuff, but only plane was available in South America. And the plane had its weight limit. So we couldn’t take all the stuff. Although it couldn’t be the exactly same, we tried our best.
I see. The last question is sort of a joke. Tom and Bill, do you sleep in one bed?
Tom:
Nope.
In the previous interview, you said you two did everything together and sometimes you sleep together.
Bill:
We were seeing a movie together,but tired at the same time, so…
Tom: It’s true. We are together everyday, almost 365 days and 24 hours. We may separate from each other only when we sleep in own beds. (Laugh) Except sleep, we are together.
Oh, I know. (Laugh) well, what is your goal for 2011?
Bill:
Go back to our studio and create new songs.
Are you going back to Hamburg or LA?
Bill:
We should go back to both of them. Sometimes we want to stay in US, and sometimes we want to stay in Germany. There are many specific plans that are proceeding secretly. But we can not tell you. Tom and I also want to try something else but music. We have not decided, but we will tell you if we decide. The next year should be mainly based on composition.
Did Bill do something relating to fashion? I heard of that you voiced a character in a movie.
Bill
: Yeah, I voiced the character of Arthur on “Arthur et les Minimoys” German version.
How about others? What do you do except music?
Bill:
They don’t have this talent. (Laugh)
Oh! Bill! Come on!
Gustav:
I might be the next Stallone in 10 years. And I might voice a character on “Arthur rimbaud 20″. (Laugh)
Tom: Although I have never done this before, it’s a hard job. (Laugh) Not easy, right?
Bill: It took a long time. That is the achievement I got after I had stayed in studio for several hours.
Tom: Bill is also painstaking as a singer. We are not good at voiceing and making music at the same time, because I think we are not suitable.
How about Georg?
Georg:
I haven’t got any good proposal. I don’t know what is it going to be?
OK! Thank you very much!

DAA “The First Decade” book featuring Tokio Hotel poster info

Since a few days ago you can find the Designers Against AIDS book called “The First Decade” book with the poster of the band and the personal photos that Bill and Tom gave to the organization in Amazon. Get one for you !

[VIDEO-MESSAGE] Fan Event ID

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Elle Girl Japan

You all started the band when you were really young, but from that moment, what kind of music were willing to do or was there a special image ?
Bill: Hmmm, no, there was none. Only then began to write music for us, we made our own music. So far, we haven’t copied anyone’s songs.

This is amazing !

Bill: (laughs) But each of our musical interests are different. And so far, it hasn’t had a band like ours, we could only do original music soon. Because all members didn’t have any favorite artist in common.

Now ?
Bill: Now, everyone likes rock stars Aerosmith. But of course, the music that each private listening is different. Always ask us, about our vision, we want to do from now on, as do music, but is really simple. Only hope “something” that comes to us all.

So, it’s easy to find music that you guys want to do ?
Bill: Of course ! Since the beginning of the band was really early, I always think of the lyrics, and Tom plays the guitar …
Tom: Writing music is easy. It is always easy to find what we do, then just do it.

How you ever find it ?
Tom: Just started to act in rehearsing rooms. Bill begins writing the emotional lyrics, and we play our instruments. The lyrics and music are produced all at once.
Georg: We don’t prepare anything in advance.
Bill: Speaking some expressions, when writing, there are people who write a story or writes poetry to express themselves. But whenever, we express ourselves in making music.


When you write the lyrics, where inspiration comes from ?
Bill: From everywhere. Pick up ideas from many sites. Tom and I will arrange it together while we’re recording in our home studio. We are inspired by films, through cities, myself and different people, and also in life. We are going to study and collect these things, and from there some new ideas are born and others are changed. It is well put together.

Bill, you create the lyrics as if you wrote a diary ?
Bill: Yes. They are completely different. We got the inspiration from various aspects, and the content is mainly about our feelings and experiences.

The songs are not only about reality and fantasy, but also about the connection between them.
Tom: I think both worlds awaken my true feeling. The fictional world affects us, especially reflected in our new album “Humanoid. “

What emotion can easily be impressed by the music of Tokio Hotel ?
Bill: We always create the letters with our emotions of the moment. We probably are aggressive or sad, grief, broken-hearted, happy, or sometimes just want to have a party that night. We have different feelings every day. Whenever we take some points and put them in our lyrics, just like a diary. There must be some people who write diaries every night ! And our music is the product of a mixture of daily and fantasy.

In the official Tokio Hotel, we know a lot about your own views in the world in the web design concepts. When you had this idea ?
Bill: HAHAHA (laughing happily). It’s like doing a jigsaw puzzle. We didn’t have even an idea at first. Only continue to build our songs, and make electronic music and made them more attractive. When we did this, we gradually had some ideas as visual effects that may come to us, or how to transport the human emotions. We achieve this purpose by the photos or funds, and are just as the costumes of the tour. All the songs make them more lively.

How profound ! Cool ! Bill, when you knew you wanted to be a star ?
Bill: Very early. My mother always said that Tom and I were very noisy children.
Georg: And you are still being noisy children. (they laugh together)
Bill: (still say with a little anger) are naturally artists. My mother often brought us to parties and we took the microphones with us, so we talked and danced. We were aggressive at any time.
Tom: (in German) But sometimes there is bad language.

Everyone laughed when Tom said “bad language”, Georg the most.

Although I’m quite interested in the history of the puzzle. So what kind of film influences the world view of Bill ?
Bill: It’s hard to say. I like various kinds of film. The first movie I saw was the David Bowie Labyrinth (1986). This is my favorite movie.

When did you see this movie ?
Bill: Um … about 6 years ago. He saw it again and again because I really liked. I also like “Dangerous Liaisons” (1988), although it’s a very old movie. I watch different kinds of movies, like science fiction movies. When I was young, I liked a lot ET (1982), and vampire movies. I like the Fifth Element (1997). And I also like to watch romantic movies like The Notebook (2004). It’s really touching. Yes, I see many kinds of films, rather as a particular type.

Tom: It’s really crazy. We have thousands of DVDs, too many good films.

And the other three ? You have a favorite band or movie, or something that influences you ? Could you talk about this ?
Gustav: My favorite album is “Darkside of the Sun. ” And my favorite is DVD Tokio Hotel. (Everyone laughs)
Georg: Speaking of actors I like Leonardo Dicaprio. (Gustav and Tom are laughing very hard)
Georg (says seriously): His films are really good.
Bill (according to him): Um, this is a fact. His films are quite good. Films made when he was young are good too.
Georg: He could be the actor of the century.
Bill: True !

And music ? What is your favorite album ?
Georg: I listen to many kinds of music. And I hear more than one album every day. The last album I bought was that of Mike Posners. (Mike Posners
Bill: He is an American newcomer. And there are influences from pop and R & B into their music.
Tom: R & B, Dance and Hip-Hop, these three mixtures sit together.

And what about you Tom ?
Tom: My favorite movie is Training Day (2001) starring Denzel Washington. He is cool and …
Bill (interrupting): Tom likes all the movies played by Denzel Washington. And the Fire of Vengeance (2004).
Tom: Ah ! The Fire of Vengeance is really good. Dakota Fanning is also a good actress. (He also appeared in The Fire of Vengeance, his full name is Hannah Dakota Fanning, best known film I Am Sam (2001).)

The interview suddenly began to heat.

Turning to music, from your first album, you guys have been working with producers such as Dave Roth, Patrick Benzner and David Jost. What kind of effect has been brought to work with them ?
Bill: We have been working together for a long time.
Tom: Yes, we have been working together for 7 or 8 years since we started our band.
Bill: We know each other well, and all albums are recorded with producers. Our last album “Humanoid” was slightly different in that we work with different people, but us had put many new ideas on the album, we still work with them.
Tom: I think the most important is that we know each other well, each in the studio knows the direction of production and sound.
Bill: It is important for us to have the same taste. If producers have different musical tastes with us, it would be difficult for us to produce a single song. But we’ve been working on for a long time, know what to do, then it is quite easy.

Which song from the album “Humanoid”, contains the newest element? I think ‘Dogs Unleashed “is a unique song that mixes electronic rock.
Bill: Yes, this is the song that we work with our new sound better. The effect of electronics, drum machine, keyboard and synthesizer, we had the challenge to a different sound.

Yes

Bill: But when we put this matter in our music, we had some bare in mind. The songs were ours, but us to write our songs in our hearts, we may be affected by the outside world in the recording. Some people have different ideas, but his ideas could not be better. If we used the wrong way, the sound seems cheap. So, to not make that sound that becomes cheap, we had to mix it with rock inpresionante. In the last album, the electronic rock is the part I like best. I think we’re on stage and we want to have the change to new matter.
Tom: It is a tool for us to do larger scale music. Introducing electronic rock, we pointed us to make an album sound more sense to scale.
Bill: Actually, musical instruments were played more music we play, here.

Bill and Tom looked serious talking about his music. There is still a chat with the 4 boys.

Geki Rock nº2.2011 (Japan)


Saturday, February 26, 2011

Tokio Hotel. Back to the origins?

Last December, Tokio Hotel released their latest album called “Best Of “.

A CD containing all the successes of the German band, from “Monsoon”, the single that launched upward in 2007, to “Automatic “, of the latest album “Humanoid. “

A “Best Of”, but has raised some doubts and controversies.

Those who think that this CD was all a publicity stunt to win back fans after the result of the last European Humanoid City Tour which was a success, but they eliminated dated in Russia because of unsigned agreements and due to bad time, someone think the album is only to vindicate and others who, after six years, success is too soon.

What is truth ?

Some questions came to me watching the last music videos of the boys: “Hurricanes and suns”, released as their latest single.

The video shows the boys in the opposite direction. The images sent back: Since the last hearing to their origins, when they were young German artists unknown to most of the world and were called Devilish.

After I asked myself why they want to return to the origins.

It was just a desire to remember their history buffs, or is there something else hidden that they meant ?
The desire to work and make music on the one hand, and the desire to return to start learning from others, perhaps, of the errors.

Is this the truth?

However, this band has entered the hearts of their fans around the world. A love that goes beyond the career choices of children, and will be with them until they show the word END. A word that seems to be far away.

Have success now in Asia, specifically Tokyo, and hopes to bring more emotion and less doubt to all the girls and they continue “the phenomenon Tokio Hotel.”

Back to the origins can wait !

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Privatu ! nº04.2011 (Lithuania)




Bill Kaulitz (21) – singer

Masculinity is hidden under gentle features.
The singer of the rock band “Tokio Hotel” is very similar to a woman, but Bill is able to give a male energy and that much sexuality so that none of his female fans notice their clothes, nor his brilliant makeup or his manicure. “

New info about “Dark side of the sun” album

In two weeks Tokio Hotel will be in Tokyo to promote their “Dark side of the sun” that is being released on 2th February. “Monzun Magazine” staff had the opportunity to check the CD and booklet and they said there are new band photos !

Popcorn nº2.2011 (Romania)



Tokio Hotel has waited eight years for this moment: In mid December, announced the launch of the “Best Of” CD for the first time in Tokyo, the city that gave the name of the band. The band were thrilled with the Japanese metropolis: “The city is great, terribly large areas, multiple colors and crazy. I really want to go there.” Bill said.

TH fans in Europe will have to continue to see them on TV: Tokio Hotel don’t plan any concerts here in 2011. Tom: “We are isolated in our studio in Los Angeles, working on new songs.” The new album will be released in September, a world tour is scheduled for November. Bill promises: “We will surprise even more the fans with a new style and special sounds!”

What do you expect of Tokio Hotel in 2011 ?


Which will surprise us with this German boy band?
The year 2010 was a year filled with travel, tours and promotions for this band. But why not this 2011, will be different, that children are already preparing a new album, and a possible tour. The conquest of South America, was a major milestone for their career, their visit to Chile was no different, they met face to face with about 200 fans waiting at the airport and the hotel, they were happy, love could only thank them for both.
This band has won many awards and are very important in their native country, hardly anyone is well known outside a part of the German singer “Nena.” They have managed to fight and that’s why they deserve a 2011 tour full of prizes and CD `s.

Interview for Nylon.JP


Bill : “Tokyo is a place that we have really dreamed of coming to see. Now that we have been able to come, I’m really happy.”

They said that they just thought a Japanese sounding name would be cool, thus Tokio Hotel. In 2001 in a city in Eastern Germany, 12-year-old brothers Bill and Tom Kaulitz formed the band. As soon as they debuted in 2005 they became very popular in Europe. Now they have won numerous awards and people go crazy for them all over the world. Now they are in Tokyo and check into the place that their band name originated from. They have become successful in Japan, and so they are releasing an album in Japan.

Tom : “The album is comprised of songs from our other albums. (After that he’s pretty much saying it’s like the “Scream” English album, it’s so that people that are first hearing about them can easily get to know the music.)”

Bill : “Because the album artwork also has Japanese characteristics, hopefully people that know our stuff can (also) enjoy the content.”

You can of course also hear the bands growth, and many different sounds (styles probably) in the album. Although metal and techno are popular beats in Germany, Tokio Hotel is a unique fascinating “groove”.

Bill : “We aren’t restricted by common sense, we always search for a new “groove”. So of course that’s why the songs feel like they have different moods.”

Tom : “I don’t know how the band will change next, however that’s the charm of this band. Therefore in the future perhaps we will make songs that don’t have metal and techno in them. It seems that the band has the freedom to do that (change their sound).”

The reason the freedom of the band is respected, they all have different visual “atmospheres”. (It’s just saying they all have different styles and that they respect that -I think-). Even among them, Bill has a sexy, mysterious appearance that is impressive. In fact in the past he was a model in a fashion show. By the way today he is wearing fake fur and pants by Dior (I think).

Bill : “The fur is fake because I’m a vegetarian. Regarding fashion I wear only what I want to. But my fashion is also a musical expression. I try to watch out for style that seems like it will give motivation to everybody.”

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

SIGNED TOKIO HOTEL POSTER ON EBAY!


Tokio Hotel supports the Austrian charity organization RollRinn (www.rollrinn.at) with a hand signed tour poster.

The money from the ebay auction in which the poster will be given away will be used to help athletes with a disability who often do have less chances to get financial support.

We – the Austrian Tokio Hotel Fanclub – know RollRinn and their fantastic work and can therefore assure you that the poster is straight from Tokio Hotel themselves and they hope that RollRinn will gain lots of support with this auction.

Returning to Tokyo


We got known that the band will return to Tokyo, to which they have much love for having inspired them the name of their band, next 10th February, where they promise to do many things super specials, such as shows, presentations on radio and TV, signings sessions, where 500 fans who purchase the album ‘Dark Side Of The Sun’, a special version of Best Of, especially for Japan to be released this month, lived with them !

If they come to contact someone, I hope that fans of Japan will take tons of photos, right?

TKM nº2.2011 (Argentina)



Greeting to Tokio Hotel worldwide fan action


For those who do not remember, this project is a video of thanks to the band from each country.

All languages should be involved in every video, except the language of your country.

Each fan has to make a short video (about 5 seconds), which thank Tokio Hotel in the language you have been assigned. Be original, the fact is that you are speaking in a language that is unfamiliar to you, and all countries will do likewise.

Try and greet to the band as many things as you can. When making the video, trying to show something that is connected to your country, because they are going to mix the languages we do not want to forget from which country you are.

When you translate your thanks, make sure you have the correct translation in English. We say this because the managers of each country will have to caption each video in English (international language), and surely it will be easier for them if you give them the translation done.

At the end of each video will be written this sentence: “Because We Are All a part of one big family, no matter from Where We Are. The fans from + the name of your country ”

When all countries end up and publish the video, we will edit all the videos together. Then all will be published and will hit the official website of Tokio Hotel with the link to the video.

This is the Languages’ List:

* Israel – Hebrew.
* America – English.
* Argentina, Spain, Guatemala, Peru, Colombia – Spanish.
* Brazil – Portuguese.
* Albania – Albanian.
* Belarus – Belarusian.
* Malaysia – Malay.
* Canada – English and French.
* Germany – German.
* Ukraine – Ukrainian.
* Greece – Greek.
* Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco – Arabic.

* If your country is not in the list of language-country is because during the registration period any fan club, street team or person from your country offered to be the responsable. If you want to be that contact with the Israel Fan Club (host of this Fan Action) to add you to the project. E-mail contact: me-i-think@hotmail.com

Example: The fans from Israel will greet to the ban in the languages listed but no in Hebrew.

As we do not want any misunderstanding, the managers / heads of each country will be in charge of organizing this fan action and assign a language to each fan, and we will ensure that each language involved like another.

Remembering the rules:

* Each video should be approximately 5 seconds.
* You can not say inappropriate things about the language or the band asking for things, etc. Video with silly phrases like “marry me?” or assigned to another language will not be accepted.
* You can be dressed with clothes of the band.
* Try shooting in HQ (High Definition) so we can hear you well.
* Be creative.
* At the end of the video, must have a photo of the Tokio Hotel symbol with the phrase “Because We Are All a part of one big family, no matter from Where We Are. The fans from + “the name of your country”. “This picture would look like the photo above this post Israel.

The deadline to submit your video to your country is responsible for the February 15, 2011.

Monday, January 24, 2011

The secrets of Bill Kaulitz of Tokio Hotel


Among other things he is allergic to apples, does not like chocolate and only takes 30 minutes to get ready in the morning.

Madrid .- A Bill Kaulitz fans have discovered the best kept secrets by the leader of Tokio Hotel. Among other things he is allergic to apples, does not like chocolate and only takes 30 minutes to get ready in the morning. He also hates sports, is not impossible love a fan and is bilingual, as it stands well with the English, but that’s not all. Here is a series of detailed trivia Bill Kaulitz:

His birth name is Bill Kaulitz-Trümper and its height is 1.90 meters. His parents divorced when he and his brother were 7 years old and his stepfather has a music school called “Rock’s cool.

Performers and favorite bands are: Nena, Green Day, Coldplay, Keane and Placebo, he likes gothic fashion and translated all the songs their english album.

His mother is autonomous, Bill is 10 minutes younger than Tom and neither he nor his brother have middle names.

He likes mint tea and his favorite food is pasta. The first concert he attended was one of Nena and had to undergo surgery to remove a cyst in his throat.

His brother is his best confidant and best friend is Andreas, who is also the president of the fan club Tokio Hotel.

One of his favorite TV shows is ‘Prison Break ‘. He was only 5 when he was part of a movie and 7 years old when he started writing his own songs.

Is allergic to mosquito bites, says he doesn’t smoke, even when he has been discovered doing it, has 4 dogs, and says it is a very sensitive person.

He was so good in school, earned an average of 1.9(1 is best, 6 is the worst) and impossible love is not a fan, because then she could understand him better, especially the fact that you have to spend time with the band.