Band History
Largely popular pop band from Magdeburg, Germany. Their debut single "Durch den Monsun" (Through the monsoon) became #1 of the German Single Charts in August 2005, which made them the youngest band reaching the top of the charts ever.
The band members are Bill Kaulitz(vocals), his twin brother Tom Kaulitz (guitar), Georg Listing (bass) and Gustav Schäfer (drums).
Tokio Hotel Won the prize for "Best Newcomer national" at the 2006 Echo Awards.
Following the group's success in other European countries such as France, Poland and Russia, Tokio Hotel will release some English language songs in 2007.
Accompaning the band's rise exclusively since its beginnings, the circulation of German teenage magazine "Bravo" has rose by 22%.
After first appearing as "Devilish" in 2001, the band signed a record deal with Universal Music Domestic Division and changed its name to Tokio Hotel(2003).
Founding
Tokio Hotel was founded by twin brothers ; guitarist Tom Kaulitz and singer Bill Kaulitz, 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 Tom and Bill 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 (he performed with "It's Raining Men") (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 language spelling of the city Tokyo, Japan 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. 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.
Cool stuff you might not know about Tokio Hotel!!
The whole band's favorite food is fast food.♥
They name their band 'Tokio Hotel', because they like big cities and they are always on the road and mainly stay in many hotels.♥
Joss Stone presented their award to them when they won the "Inter Act" award in November 2007 during the MTV European Music Awards.♥
The whole band can speak German, English and a bit of French.♥
The band did the closing act at the European Music Awards 2007, by performing "Monsoon".♥
Their current home is where their band studio is at, in Magdeburg, Germany.♥
