The band

Tokio Hotel
Founded 2001
Genre: Pop/Rock
Website: http://www.tokiohotel.de/
Founding Members
Vocals: Bill Kaulitz
Guitar: Tom Kaulitz
Bass: Georg Listing
Drums: Gustav Schäfer

The band

Twins Bill Kaulitz (born September 1st, 1989) and Tom Kaulitz (born ten minutes before his brother) have been performing since the age of 9. After putting on a show in their hometown of Magdeburg in 2001, Bill and Tom met Gustav Schäfer (born September 8th, 1988) and Georg Listing (born March 31st, 1987). Their similar taste in music led to the creation of the band 'Devilish'. 

Though Devilish was never signed by a recording company,, Devilish did produce one Demo cd that passed relatevely unnoticed. The cd included themes composed by Bill kaulits and featured several lyrics in the english language.

Vocalist Bill Kaulits had a short but memorable appearence in the German Talent Show Strasearch in 2003 qhere he performed the weather sisters one-hti-wonder "Its raining Men" Though he did not win, his apperence did not pass unnoticed.

Later  In 2003 The group was approached by music producer Peter Hoffmann and were soon after signed with Sony BMG in Hamburg. They were then known as 'Tokio Hotel' (Significance: 'Tokio' for the lively and engaged city of Tokyo and 'Hotel' for the band's constant touring around the country). Assisted by professionals, Bill co-wrote the majority of the songs on their album, Schrei (Scream).

The music video of their debut single Durch den Monsun (Through the Monsoon) has been playing on German television since July of 2005. The band quickly gained a multitude of fans after its release. The single appeared on the German music charts at #15 on August 20th and reached #1 on August 26th. It also climbed to #1 on the Austrian music charts. They released their album Schrei in September of 2005. In early 2006, their second music video Rette Mich (Save Me) was released. This version of the song was different from the original version on their first album because of Bill's now propubescent voice and some instrumental differences. Rette Mich made it to the #1 spot as well. The rerelease of their first album was initiated by Bill's voice change and was re-released with three new songs in March 2006 titled Schrei: So Laut Du Kannst (Schrei - Noch Lauter Edition) (Scream: As Loud As You Can (Scream - Even Louder Edition)).

According to recent interviews with the band, they are in the process of releasing their album Schrei in English to gain international success and are currently improving their English skills.

 

Awards:

 

Name: Bill Kaulitz

Date of Birth: 9/1/1989

Place of Birth: Leipzig (former German Democratic Republic DDR, since 1990 Germany)

Place of Residence: Loitsche (near Magdeburg, (Eastern) Germany)

Height as of 2005: 1,77m (ca. 5ft 10'')

Weight as of 2005: 50Kg (110lbs)

Hair Colour as of 2005: actually light brown, dyed black at the moment

Eye Colour: dark brown

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

School: Gymnasium (10th grade)

Favourite Subject: Art

Hatred Subjects: Maths, Physics, French

Hobbies: Parties, Singing

Girlfriend: No

Goes for as of 2005: Nena (female german singer (e.g. 99 Baloons), who had her comeback last year after a break of about 15 years), Olsen Twins

Favourite Music as of 2005: Greenday, The Rasmus

Characteristics as of 2005: Piercing in right eyebrow (since the age of 12) and tongue (14), Manga-Hairstyle, Bandlogo as tatoo in his neck (15); Rock-Style

Personality: Seems to be even-tempered, but he is very open and friendly; describes himself as an "Inni" (german: "Drinni", fantasy word, from "drinnen" - "inside"), because he loves to bum around inside the house. He is the creative part of the band and writes most of the lyrics. His stepfather, who is a guitarist in a Rockband himself, has a big influence on him concerning the music.

Motto: Carpe Diem!
 

Another random facts on bill

• In Class 7, at school, Bill was separated from his twin brother Tom, because they played too many tricks and pranks. Long before that, in primary school, they already threw paper balls and ink at their teachers.

• Bill has a grade average of 1,9, which is really good in Germany. It's also higher than Tom's: 2,2 (in Germany, 5 is the lowest grade, while 1 is the highest).

• Bill was only seven when he started writing lyrics. He writes most of Tokio Hotel's songs.

• He is ten minutes younger than Tom.

• He often has the same dreams as his brother.

• They have the same best friend, Andreas.

• In kindergarten, they had shirts with their names on them so people could tell them apart. Over the years they have started to
look slightly different, though.

• Tom and Bill both got their first kiss from the same girl when they were ten, though Bill got it one day later.

• Bill participated in Star Search (2003), singing the Weather Sisters "It's Raining Men".

•  Bill states he is not gay.

• When Bill and Tom both like the same girl, they let her choose.

• He is single; according to him, "unfortunately...". Contrary to his brother Tom, he looks for something steady in girls. Looks don't matter too much to him ("There are so many sweet girls!"): as long as a girl is witty, spontaneous and has a powerful look to her eyes (and preferentially doesn't bite her nails), everything's good.

• He would never take girls with him (i.e., for sex) after a concert.

• Though Tom has admitted to have had more sex than him, Bill made it clear whether he's still a virgin (at least till 2008). "Maybe I'm still waiting for that certain someone, who knows...".

• He will flirt, but only with body language.

• According to himself, his tongue piercing isn't a problem when it comes to kissing. I'd still like to try that out, just to make sure.

• Bill is totally unsporty.

• He does not smoke.

• He is sensitive, and worries a lot.

• According to himself, he can't dance; instead, he's the type of person to stand in a corner watching while others do.

• He has nothing against groupies. "I mean, who does dislike them?"

• Bill was twelve when he got his eyebrow piercing, and thirteen when he got the tongue one: both allowed by his parents. However, the tattoo on the back of his neck with the Tokio Hotel logo was made secretly, when he was fifteen.

• His parents are very liberal, and allowed him to go to parties at a young age.

• Bill enjoys discussions (in a good way) and will gladly have one. He talks a lot; not as much as his twin brother, though.

• Bill wanted to be a witch when he was younger.

• He spends one or two hours doing his hair everyday.

• He uses Dove deodorant.

• Bill is extremely artistic and draws and designs clothes a lot. When he's done in the music business, he expects to become a fashion designer.

• His favorite food is pizza and fast-food noodles. He won't eat what he doesn't know.

• He's allergic to mosquito repellents.

• Bill uses one can of hairspray a week.

• He gets the most fanmail in Tokio Hotel: around fifty letters a day (go figure).

• When they were six, he and Tom played in a movie called "Verrückt Nach Dir".

• Their mother is called Simone.

• He got a PSP for his sixteenth birthday, and owns an iBook (like an iPod).

• He has a filter for unknown numbers on his cellphone.

• He gets €50 every month from his parents, but spends it all near the beginning of the month; contrary to Tom, he's bad at spending money consciously.

• Bill sings everywhere, and says about himself that "he can be vain".

• He wears boxer-briefs.

- Sometimes forget to brush his teeth before he goes to bed

-His shoe size is 42

-He is afraid that Tom and he will get in a big fight and never speak to eachother again

-Bills favourite eyeliner is from Maybeline

-The mark on Bills hairspray is ''Kyrell''? (he also use coco wax)

-Bill whistles when he is in the shower?

-Bill is allergic to apples and mosquito bites?

-Bills favourite colour is orange
-That he hates his feet
-He is right- handed
-he doesnt wear makeup when hes at home and alone
-Bill is very superstitious
-He hates potatoes,chocolate and broccoli, and once he ate a whole plate of broccoli and threw up afterwards
-He hates when girls bite their nails,but when he`s nervous he does it himself
-He is afraid of insects,especially spiders
-During the echo awards 2007 Bill got stopped when he wanted to go to the men`s room,because the watchman thought he was a girl
-Bill only sleeps in his underpants
-When he makes up a song he sings i to Tom, so he can play it for him? -Bill doesnt want to sing befor 8am, because he thinks that his voice has not woken up yet

-He and Tom shared their room when they were younger
-Bill love waffles
-He`s afraid of seaweed
-His granny call him ''Macky'' because he eats so much Mcdonalds
-At McDonalds he always orders a big mac, 6 nuggets and a vanilla milkshake
-His favourite animal is a monkey
-He thinks that the way Georg and Tom talk is vulgar