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The evolution of Tokio Hotel From the 2001 to 2010.
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Tokio Hotel is a German band established in Magdeburg, Germany in 2001 and consists of Bill Kaulitz (song), Tom Kaulitz (guitar), Gustav Schäfer (drums) and Georg Listing (bass).
The quartet has released four singles and two albums that went to the top of lists successes (charts) in the country, having sold nearly 5 million DVD and CD there. Once released, called Devilish, a demo-CD and having lost their contract with Sony BMG, the band (as Tokio Hotel, now) released his first German album, Schrei on Island Records, 2005.
The Schrei sold more than half a million copies worldwide while the four singles entered the top-5 in Germany and Austria. In 2007, the band released their second German album, Zimmer 483,and the first English-language album, Scream, sales of which helped the band to win the first prize at the European Music Awards MTV, in the category Best Interact. In September 2008, they won their first award at the MTV Video Music Awards, the category Best New Artist. It also won the Headliner Award at the European MTV Music Awards in Liverpool on November 6, 2008.
How they started:
Tokio Hotel created by Bill Kaulitz (vocals) and Tom Kaulitz (guitar), who are twin brothers, Gustav Schäfer (drums) and Georg Listing (bass). The four met at a concert in a Magdeburg club, where Listing and Schäfer, who knew from music school to go, watched as Bill and Tom Kaulitz played on the stage.
Under the name Devilish, the band soon began to do small gigs. After Bill Kaulitz's participation in a children's TV talent search program (Star Search) in 2003 at age 13 (where he lost in the semifinals), was discovered by music producer Peter Hoffmann.The Devilish changed their name to Tokio Hotel: "Tokio", so written in the German city of Tokyo in Japan, because he loves the city and "Hotel" because, due to constant touring their live almost permanently in hotels.
Shortly after the Sony BMG ended contract with them, Hoffmann hired David Jost and Pat Bezner the production team and writing, and suggested the young to learn how to write songs and play music.Most of the songs of their first album written by Hoffmann, the Jost and Benzer (along with their singles Schrei Rette Mich and had written entirely by the three of them), only single Unendlichkeit was written only by Tokio Hotel. Nevertheless, shortly before the release of their first album, Sony terminated their contract.
In 2005, Tokio Hotel signed a contract at Universal, which launched the project to promote the band. The children now have acquired many fans and was unable to continue school normally. Continue their education online and took his school leaving certificate with an excellent grade.
Schrei:
Their first single, "Durch Den Monsun" (Through the Monsoon) quickly climbed the charts, reaching position 15 on 20 August 2005 and eventually reaching # 1 on August 26, 2005, and reached # 1 on the charts and Austria . The second single, "Schrei" (Scream), climbed to fifth position in the German charts. These two songs were written by Bill Kaulitz together with their group of producers Peter Hoffmann, David Jost, Pat Benzer and Dave Roth.The first album, Schrei, was released on September 19, 2005. According to the German IFPI, has been certified platinum, having sold more than 200,000 antitoipa. [4] [5] In 2006, they released two more singles, the Rette Mich (Rescue Me) and Der Letzte Tag (The last day). Both reached # 1 in the charts. The Der Letzte Tag containing and B-side Wir schließen uns ein, along with the video.
Zimmer 483:
The first single from their second album, Zimmer 483 (Room 483), entitled Übers Ende der Welt (later re-released in English, entitled Ready, Set, Go!), released on January 26, 2007 and arrived very quickly in the first place . The Zimmer 483 album was released in Germany on February 23, 2007, and a deluxe edition that followed contained a DVD.The second single from the album called "Spring Nicht" (Don't Jump) was released on April 7. The tour followed the release of the album, the Zimmer 483 tour, was set to begin in March 2007 but was delayed for two weeks because the band members wanted the scene to build otherwise.A third single, the An Deiner Seite (Ich Bin Da) (your side), was released on November 16. The single also contained the B-side 1000 Meere (1000 Oceans) which had video clips.
Scream:
While the German-disks never officially released outside of German-speaking countries, the first anglophone album of Tokio Hotel, Scream, was released on 4 June 2007 across Europe. In Germany, the album was named Room 483 ca to emphasize the continuity of the last German-speaking album Zimmer 483.
Scream includes a selection of German songs and discs Schrei Zimmer 483, the English language. Monsoon, the english version of Durch Den Monsun, was the first single from the album.Ready, Set, Go! (English translation of Übers ende der Welt) was released as the second single of the album, while By Your Side (English translation of An Deiner Seite) and Don't Jump (English version of Spring Nicht) released as the third and single fourth respectively. Also shot a video for Scream, the English version of the band's success in 2005, Schrei, was released in early March 2008.Tokio Hotel played their first concert in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2007. The Ready, Set, Go! released there as the band's first single on August 27, 2007. The song reached the position 77 of the UK Singles Chart.
Tokio Hotel won the European MTV Music Award category Best Interact on November 1, 2007, while candidates were already in the category best band. Monsoon live played that night.The Tokio Hotel released their first single in America, simply called Tokio Hotel, at the end of 2007. The single includes the songs Scream and Ready, Set, Go!. In their second American single, Scream America, kykloforse on December 11, 2007. The single includes the Scream and a remix of Ready, Set, Go! by Jade Puget of AFI.In February 2008, the band toured North America for five concerts, starting in Canada and ending in New York. The Scream was released on March 25 in Canada and the U.S. on May 6.
"1000 Hotels" Tour:
The 1000 Hotels European tour started on March 3, 2008 in Brussels and went to places like the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Scandinavia, and was to end on April 9.
Nevertheless, during the concert in Marseille, France on March 14, Bill began to experience problems with his voice. Let the audience to sing more than usual, and instead of the 21 songs were originally played only 16 of them finally heard live. The Bill apologized, in German, for his voice, and explained that he was ill. Two days later, the band canceled the concert in Lisbon, Portugal, just minutes before it started.
The rest of the tour and another planned tour of North America canceled and followed an announcement of the band's manager in the newspaper Bild, that the Bill Kaulitz had to do surgery vocal cords. O Bill Kaulitz his voice tired after 43 consecutive concerts on tour 1000 Hotels, without any interruption. I had to do surgery in the throat on March 30 to remove a cyst that had been created in the vocal chords. The bladder infection resulted in the neck which is not followed any treatment. After surgery, the Bill should not talk about 12 days, 4 weeks and did voice rehabilitation. If the Bill was still singing on tour, his voice would suffer permanent damage.
The Tokio Hotel resume concerts in May 2008 and later corrected it for the second part of the 1000 Hotels tour and added several concerts and festivals to open on 13 July, Werchter, Belgium.
Tours in America and third album:
The Tokio Hotel began a second tour in North America in August 2008. The video of the band, Ready, Set, Go! was nominated in the MTV Video Music Awards 2008, in the category Best Pop Video, where he won the award for Best New Artist. Returned to North America again in October 2008 for a month, where he toured with concerts and appearances in record stores.
Between tours in North America, the band turned in Hamburg to record the third album which, according to their manager David Jost, will be released in March or April 2009. The album will be recorded in German and English, and 2 versions will be released in various places around the world. To December 2008, released Tokio Hotel TV - Caught On Camera, a DVD with footage from the scenes of the band. Contains material of Tokio Hotel TV and stories from the scenes of the past year, in an album titled History - The very best of Tokio Hotel TV!. A deluxe version includes a second disc, entitled Future - The road to the new Album!, Which contains material from the band on tours and interviews to promote his third studio album.
Tokio Hotel are willing to come to our country and sing in a first world exclusive tracks from Main their new album, along with their previous successes of previous years, on October 9, 2009 at Olympic Stadium stage for the MTV World Stage 2009. The complex was first found in the Greek scene was definitely the concert of the year, as featured From the very MTV. Their latest album "Humanoid" went gold in Greece on the third day one movement in the country. Gold disc award followed previous years. Soon followed the concert! The day that thousands of fans waited in Greece for over 3 years. The prevailing atmosphere was a rare phenomenon for the Greek area, and non-stop screaming and Tsirides kateklizan stage until the end of the show. Although the Tokio Hotel is a controversial group that has many admirers and opponents, managed to make all the bad language that day, to admit that the show was given to objective and full of amazing energy! The only sure thing is that it will remain as a very important day for all Greek fans of the band.
Before starting the event on August 10, 2009, was announced at the MTV news that the first cd single to be released in America would be "Automatisch / Automatic". The second single was "World Behind My Wall / Lass Uns Laufen" whose video clip released on 14 and 15 December.
On June 24, 2010 and is the third single called "Darkside Of The Sun". On July 20, 2010 they released their third live dvd "Iumanoid City Live from Milan, Italy.
For 2010 the group prepared the third major European tour called "Welcome to Humanoid City" and was first a very spectacular show. The boys worked hard to have a very strong result for the first time entirely on their own scene, reminiscent of something from deserted, ruined city. The tour lasted about 2.5 months with over 30 concerts in European countries. The last concert of this tour was on April 14 in France.
On November 22, 2010 their new song "Hurricanes and Suns," premiered at the Greek radio station Mad Radi. It is included as bonus tracks in all versions of "Tokio Hotel: Best Of", a collection of their best songs. Like the single version of the 'Best of'. The album will also include the "Mädchen Aus Dem All", the first song the band recorded in studio. In December 2010 the 'Best of' to be released. On December 2 was the World video transmission for the 'Hurricanes and Suns' to the Official website.
Views in Asia:
The Tokio Hotel played for the first time in Asia (highlighting their appearance in Israel) in the Audi Showcase in Singapore akoulouthoumeni from the TM Connects With Tokio Hotel event in Malaysia to promote sales of their album Humanoid. A series of short concerts in Taiwan. About to appear in Japan, the name synonymous with the city of Tokyo, on December 15, 2010, after the South American tour concluding in Distrito Federal in Mexico City on 2 December 2010.
Members of the Group:
Bill Kaulitz
O Bill Kaulitz (Bill Kaoulitz) was born on September 1, 1989 in Leipzig, eastern Germany, along with his twin brother, Tom, with parents Simone Kaulitz (Zimone Kaoulitz) and Jörg Kaulitz (Jorg Kaoulitz). His parents divorced when he was seven years old, and his mother married Gordon Trümper, a guitarist in the German rock band Fatun. Her stepfather was the inspiration of Bill and his brother to start a career in music and began writing together lyrics for songs. To German site dw-world.com said the style of the hermaphrodite, the young age and the particular hairdo have become almost symbols for many young girls. In August 2008, Bill was selected by readers of the Spanish ¡Hola! as one of the most attractive singers on stage.
In 19 years, Bill is the youngest man whose constructed waxwork in Madame Tussauds Museum (Madame Tussaud's) in Berlin. The waxwork was revealed on September 30, 2009. In December 2008, Bill was named "Man of the Year # 6"from MTV News.
Tom Kaulitz
O Tom Kaulitz (Tom Kaoulitz) was born on September 1, 1989 in Leipzig, along with his twin brother, Bill. It says that the musical influences are Aerosmith and German hip-hop rapper Samy Deluxe.
Georg Listing
The Georg Listing (Georgi Listingk) was born on March 31, 1987 in Halle. It says that his musical style has been influenced by Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers, and has other musical influences such as Die Ärzte and Oasis.
Gustav Schäfer
The Gustav Schäfer (Gustav SEFA) was born on September 8, 1988 in Magdeburg. The Schäfer playing drums since the age of 5 years. His musical influences are Metallica, by Joe Cocker and Rod Stewart.
During these years of its existence, Tokio Hotel were several major music awards, including:
Best International Act MTV EMA Music Awards
Best International Band NRJ Music Awards
Best Band Comet Awards
Best Video Comet Awards
Best Live Act Comet Awards
Super Comet Comet Awards
Best New Artist MTV VMA Music Awards
Song of the Year MTV Latin America Awards
Best Fanclub-Venezuela MTV Latin America Awards
Best New Artist-International MTV Latin America Awards
Best Ringtone MTV Latin America Awards
Headliner MTV EMA Music Awards
Discography:
Studio Albums
2005: Schrei - Universal Music / Island
2006: Schrei - so laut du kannst - Universal Music / Island - Re-recording of Schrei
2007: Zimmer 483 - Universal Music / Island
2007: Scream - Universal Music / Island
2009: Humanoid German - CherryTree Records, Interscope Records
2009: Humanoid English - CherryTree Records, Interscope Records
2010: Tokio Hotel Best Of (album) ... English - CherryTree Records, Interscope Records
Live Albums
2006: Schrei - Live - Universal Music / Island
2007: Zimmer 483 - Live In Europe - Universal Music / Island
2010: Humanoid City Live
The Tokio Hotel have shown so far that came in the music scene to stay and is expected to experience similar success and the future!
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