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Magdeburg, Germany (2001 – present)
Tokio Hotel is a German band founded in Magdeburg, Germany in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, bassist Georg Listing and drummer Gustav Schäfer. 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.
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” is 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 PlayUnendlichkeit 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.
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” is 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 PlayUnendlichkeit 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.
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Bboaz wrote:
can't wait for new album
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Miss the old TH. [5]
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New album, please! ♥
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geisterfahrer <3
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Miss the old TH? oh dear god ... (waiting for TL;DR discussions to pop up)
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Miss the old TH. [4]
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*you must murder в говночартиках* LOLWUT ?!
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Spring nicht <3
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Miss the old TH.
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♥
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RoterSand44 wrote:
I die a little inside, every time someone reminds me that this and Rammstein is the only German music people out there actually know. Pretty damn depressing. [5]
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notaestranged wrote:
miss you guys :(
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emo/post-punk. ---- LOLWUT
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zoraluv wrote:
Every time someone tags them with 'German' I die a little inside
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YaoiCore???
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surelymaggie wrote:
I'm so pissed off with them. We want new music, not iPhone apps and VipCalls or whatever... I really miss them, in all ways.
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FINALLY – Tokio Hotel back in Russia!
29 Apr 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/tokiohotel
We are thrilled to announce, that TH finally found a way to
see their Russian fans again! The guys received tons of requests
via mail and their Russian fans plastered the net asking them to
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FINALLY – Tokio Hotel back in Russia!
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nunbot2010, Kmaj666, karl20 and 18 other people added Tokio Hotel to their libraries. 3 hours ago
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Aprendelo tagged Tokio Hotel with ‘german’. yesterday morning
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MrSixx wrote about Tokio Hotel – Best Of in TOP 50 Most listened albums (Jan.2011 - Dec.2011). December 2011
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