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==History==
==History==
Bill Kaulitz was 12 when he met his twin brother and the others. They had erotic gay vesions and would act on those vesions. Their parents were scared yet not surprised. Their parents would see gay magazines in their child's beds and lotion. That was a sign of excessive gay masterbation. The parents had an idea, they would make their sons make a band. That is the gay story of the band and how they came to be.

===Founding===
===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.<ref name="Pop%20Culture%20Madness">{{cite web |title=Tokio Hotel Interview
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.<ref name="Pop%20Culture%20Madness">{{cite web |title=Tokio Hotel Interview

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Tokio Hotel

Tokio Hotel is a pop rock band from Germany, founded in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bassist Georg Listing.[4] The quartet have scored four number one singles and have released three number one albums in their native country, selling nearly 5 million CDs and DVDs there.[5] After recording an unreleased demo-CD under the name "Devilish" and having their contract with Sony BMG Germany terminated, the band released their first German-language album, Schrei, as Tokio Hotel on Universal Music Germany in 2005. Schrei sold more than half a million copies worldwide[6] and spawned four top five singles in both Germany and Austria. In 2007, the band released their second German album Zimmer 483 and their first English album Scream which have combined album sales of over one million copies worldwide and helped win the band their first MTV Europe Music Award for Best InterAct. The former, Zimmer 483, spawned three top five singles in Germany while the latter, Scream, spawned two singles that reached the top twenty in new territories such as France, Portugal, Spain and Italy. In September 2008, they won in the US their first MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. In October 2008, they won four awards including Best International Artist and Song of the year at Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica held in Mexico. Tokio Hotel became the first German band ever to win an award at the MTV VMAs and also at the MTV Latin America Awards. They also picked up the Headliner award at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 held in Liverpool on November 6, 2008 and the Award for Best Group on November 5, 2009 at the MTV Europe Music Award held in Berlin. They won an Award for Best World Stage Performance on November 7, 2010 at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid.

History

Bill Kaulitz was 12 when he met his twin brother and the others. They had erotic gay vesions and would act on those vesions. Their parents were scared yet not surprised. Their parents would see gay magazines in their child's beds and lotion. That was a sign of excessive gay masterbation. The parents had an idea, they would make their sons make a band. That is the gay story of the band and how they came to be.

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.[7][8] Under the name Devilish, the band soon began playing in talent shows and small concerts.[9] 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.[7] 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. 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 is now one of the biggest modern acts from Germany and the biggest in 20 years.

Schrei

Bill Kaulitz performing in Hessisch-Lichtenau, Germany in 2006.

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 August 20, 2005 and eventually reaching #1 on August 26, 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 September 19, 2005, and was certified triple gold by the BVMI in 2006 for selling over 300,000 copies in Germany.[10] 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 January 26, 2007 and quickly reached #1 in Germany and Austria, and #2 in France. Zimmer 483 was released in Germany on February 23, 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 April 7. 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 November 16. The single contains the B-side "1000 Meere" ("1000 Oceans"), for which a music video was also produced. On April 28, 2008 Tokio Hotel released their single "Heilig" but no music video for the single was released, because of the tight schedule they had.

Scream

Tokio Hotel's first English language album, Scream, was released on June 4, 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 Scream 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 and "Don't Jump" (the translation of "Spring nicht") as the third single. 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 June 19, 2007. "Ready, Set, Go!" was released in the UK as the band's first single on August 27, 2007. The song reached #77 in the UK Singles Chart.

Tokio Hotel won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best InterAct on November 1, 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 December 11, 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.[11] 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 March 25 and in the US on May. 6

1000 Hotels Tour

The "1000 Hotels" European Tour began on March 3, 2008 in Brussels and continued to locations including The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Scandinavia, and was scheduled to finish on April 9; during the concert in Marseille, France on March 14, Bill started to experience vocal problems.[12] 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.[13][14]

Bill Kaulitz had been putting strain on his voice after playing 43 concerts in the 1000 Hotels tour without vacation.[15] He had to undergo Larynx surgery on March 30 to remove a cyst that had formed on his vocal cords.[16] The cyst was the result of a throat infection that went untreated.[17] Following his surgery, Bill was unable to speak for twelve days, and had four weeks of vocal rehabilitation.[18] If Bill had continued singing the rest of the tour, his voice would have eventually been permanently damaged.[12][19] Tokio Hotel started performing again in May 2008[20] and after that they embarked on a 2nd part of their 1000 Hotels European Tour adding many Open Air concerts and wrapping up the tour on July 13 in Werchter, Belgium.

North American Tours and Humanoid

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,[21] where they also won the award for Best New Artist.[22] They returned to North America again in October 2008 for a month long tour of concerts and record store signings. 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.[23]

In between the North American tours, the band returned to their record studio in Hamburg to record their third studio album, Humanoid, which, according to their producer David Jost, is currently set for release on October 2 in Germany & October 6, 2009 in the U.S.[24][25][26] This is despite earlier statements predicting a March/April 2009 release or a May/June 2009 release.[27][28][29] The album was recorded in both German and English with both versions were released simultaneously worldwide.[28][29]

On August 10, it was announced on MTV news that the first German single would be "Automatisch" and its English counterpart, "Automatic", would also be released as a first single in the United States. On August 20, MTV Buzzworthy released a video which previewed "Automatic" and Cherrytree Records announced that the English version of the song would be released in the US on September 22.[30][31] Nevertheless, the video for the single was released on September 3.

On November 2, it was announced on Tom's Blog that the second English single would be "World Behind My Wall" and its German counterpart, "Lass uns laufen", would be the second German single.[32] The music videos for both versions were released on December 14 and December 15.

On June 24, the live music video for their single, "Dark Side of the Sun" was released on the band website.

On July 20, 2010 they released their second live album Humanoid City Live from Milan, Italy On November 22, 2010, their new song "Hurricanes and Suns," premiered on the Greek radio station Mad Radio. It is to be included as a bonus track on all versions of "Tokio Hotel: Best Of," a compilation album of their most successful songs. As well as the single for the 'Best of' release. The album will also include "Mädchen aus dem All", the first song the band recorded in a studio.

On December 14, 2010 their 'Best of' was released. December 2 was the World Premiere of the video for "Hurricanes and Suns" on their Official Website.

Asian performances

Tokio Hotel performed their first concert in Asia (excluding their concert in Israel) at the Audi Showcase in Singapore, followed shortly by the TM Connects With Tokio Hotel event in Malaysia, promoting the sales of their album Humanoid. They concluded the series of mini-concerts with Taiwan. They returned to Malaysia a couple of months later to perform at MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2010. They performed in Tokyo on December 15, 2010, after their South American Tour concluded in Distrito Federal, Mexico on December 2, 2010. They are currently in Japan again for television promotion.

Modeling and commercials

On January 19, 2010, lead singer Bill Kaulitz teamed up with twins Dean and Dan Caten of DSquared to walk the runway at a fashion event in Milan.[33] Kaulitz made two appearances, as he opened and closed DSquared's Menswear Autumn/Winter 2010 show to Tokio Hotel song "Screamin".[34]

Car maker Audi hired the two frontmen to star in their new advertising campaign to attract the younger generation. They were featured in an episode of Tokio Hotel TV (on Tokio Hotel's website) and also in a commercial.[35]

On August 4, 2010, Tom Kaulitz got his own Reebok shoe commercial.[36] Reebok signed the 20-year-old Tokio Hotel guitarist/sneakerhead to model shoes for the company. "At home, I created a little room like a little storage room," he said of his sneakers. He also said that he gets 10 new pairs a week. That's 520 sneakers a year.[36]

Bill teamed up with Alice Cooper in the 2010 Christmas advertisements for German electronic store, Saturn.[37][37][38]

Band members

Bill Kaulitz

Tom Kaulitz

Tom Kaulitz was born on September 1, 1989 in Leipzig ten minutes before his identical twin brother, Bill. Since September 2007, Tom uses Gibson guitars and Mesa/Boogie Rectifier Heads with Mesa Boogie Rectifier 4x12 cabinets.[39] He has stated his musical influences to be Aerosmith[40] and German hip-hop such as Samy Deluxe.[7] He modeled for Reebok in Germany. Kaulitz, alongside his identical twin brother, Bill, is an advocate for PETA in Germany. They participated in a photo shoot discouraging the use of animals for entertainment. He is currently with his brother, Bill Kaulitz, in Los Angeles, where they are working on producing another album.

Georg Listing

Georg (Moritz Hagen) Listing was born on March 31, 1987. His hometown is Halle. He began playing bass when he was thirteen-years-old,[7] and, as of September 2007, uses a Sandberg bass.[39] He has said that his playing style was heavily influenced by Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers,[41] and other musical influences include Die Ärzte and Oasis.[7]

Gustav Schäfer

Gustav (Klaus Wolfgang) Schäfer was born on September 8, 1988 in his hometown of Magdeburg. He currently lives in Magdeburg and in the temporary home in Hamburg where the studio is. Gustav has been playing the drums since he was five. His musical influences include Metallica, Joe Cocker, and Rod Stewart.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Awards

2005
Category Award Date
Best Newcomer Comet Awards (Germany) October 6
Super Comet Comet Awards (Germany) October 6
Best Newcomer Eins Live Krone November 24
Best Pop National Act Bambi Awards December 1
Best Single Golden Penguin (Austria) ...2005
Best Pop Golden Penguin (Austria) ...2005
Rock Band 2005 Golden Penguin (Austria) ...2005
2006
Category Award Date
Album of the year Golden Penguin (Austria) February 8
Band of the year Golden Penguin (Austria) February 8
Song of the year – ‘Der Letzte Tag’ Golden Penguin (Austria) February 8
Best Newcomer Golden Penguin (Austria) February 8
Ausverkaufte Tourhalle Sold-out-Award of Königpilsener Arena March 11
Best Newcomer ECHO Awards (Germany) March 12
Best Newcomer Steiger Awards March 25
Pop National Radio Regenbogen (Germany) March 31
SuperBand Rock – Golden Otto Bravo Otto May 6
Music Award Bild OSGAR May 22
Best Newcomer International Popcorn Awards (Hungary) May 26
Best Newcomer Bravo Otto (Hungary) June 24
Best International Band Bravo Otto (Hungary) June 24
Best Newcomer Band Popkomm Bavarian Music Lion September 21
Best German Pop Band Goldene Stimmgabel September 24
Best Selling German Artist World Music Awards November 15
Best Pop National Act Bambi Awards November 30
Best Live Act Eins Live Krone December 7
Best Rock band MTV France
2007
Category Award Date
Single of the Year – Durch Den Monsun Golden Penguin
Best Selling German Act – Album Schrei European Border Breakers Award January 21
European Border Breakers Award NRJ Awards January 21
Rock Award BZ-Kulturpreis January 23
Best Video National ECHO Awards (Germany) March 25
SuperBand Rock – Golden otto Bravo Otto April 28
Best Video Comet Awards (Germany) May 3
Best Band Comet Awards (Germany) May 3
Supercomet Comet Awards (Germany) May 3
Best Band Jabra Music July 2007
Digital prize Festivalbar (Italy) September 7
Most Successful Group Rock International Goldene Stimmgabel September 22
Most Successful Popgroup International Goldene Stimmgabel Awards October 3
Best Album TMF Awards (Belgium) October 14
Best Video TMF Awards (Belgium) October 14
Best New Artist TMF Awards (Belgium) October 14
Best Pop TMF Awards (Belgium) October 14
Best International Act MTV Europe Music Awards (Germany) November 1
Best band of the Year MTV Italy Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award December 1
2008
Category Award Date
Band of the Year 2007 Golden Penguin (Austria) January
Best International Band Rockbjörnen Award (Sweden) January 24
Best International Band NRJ Music Awards (France) January 26
Best Music National Goldene Kamera (Germany) February 6
Best Music Video Echo Awards (Germany) February 15
Best International Artist Emma Gala Awards (Finland) March 8
Best International Group Disney Channel Kids Award (Italy) March 28
Best Concert Hitkrant (Netherlands) May 2008
Best Mood Song – Monsoon Hitkrant (Netherlands) May 2008
Song that Satys in your Head – Monsoon Hitkrant (Netherlands) May 2008
Superband Rock – Silver Otto Bravo Otto May 3
Best Band MTV TRL Awards (Italy) May 17
Best Number 1 of the Year with Monsoon MTV TRL Awards (Italy) May 17
Best Band Comet Awards (Germany) May 23
Best Video – An Deiner Seite Comet Awards (Germany) May 23
Best Live Act Comet Awards (Germany) May 23
Super Comet Comet Awards (Germany) May 23
Best New Artist MTV VMA Music Awards (USA) September 7
Fan Choice Best Entrance MTV VMA Music Awards (USA) September 7
Best Male Artist International (Bill Kaulitz) TMF Awards[44] (Belgium) October 11
Best Video International – Don't Jump TMF Awards[44] (Belgium) October 11
Song of the Year MTV Latin America Awards (Mexico) October 16
Best Fanclub-Venezuela MTV Latin America Awards (Mexico) October 16
Best New Artist-International MTV Latin America Awards (Mexico) October 16
Best Ringtone MTV Latin America Awards (Mexico) October 16
Headliner MTV Europe Music Awards (England) November 6
Best Selling DVD: ZImmer 483 – Live in Europe Rekord (Russia) December 2
2009
Category Award Date
SuperBand – Golden Otto Bravo Otto (Germany) May 12
Best TRL Artist of the Year MTV TRL Awards (Italy) May 16
Best Online Star Comet Awards (Germany) May 29
Export Hit of Germany Bavarian Music Lion September 17
International Award (2009) Audi Generation Award (Germany) October 18
Best Group[45] MTV Europe Music Awards (Germany) November 5
Best International Rock Band Telehit Awards (Mexico) November 12
2010
Category Award Date
Best International Band NRJ Music Awards (France) January 23
Band of the Year Golden Penguin (Austria) January 29
Album of the Year Golden Penguin (Austria) January 29
Band of the Year Bravoora Awards (Poland) February 1
Best International Artist Emma Gala Awards (Finland) February 4
Walk of Fame König-Pilsener Arena (Germany) February 26
Best International Band Radio Regenbogen Awards (Germany) March 19
Favorite Music Star Kids Choice Awards 2010 (Germany) April 10
Best Live Act Comet Awards (Germany) May 21
Foreign Song of the Year - World Behind My Wall Rockbjörnen Award (Sweden) September 1
Concert of the Year Rockbjörnen Award (Sweden) September 1
Best World Stage Performance MTV Europe Music Awards (Spain) November 7
Best Band National[46] CMA Awards (Germany) December 12
Best Single National - World Behind My Wall[47] CMA Awards (Germany) December 12


2011
Category Award Date
Band of the Year Bravoora Awards (Poland) [48] March
Star of the 20th Anniversary Bravoora Awards (Poland) [48] March

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