Tokio Hotel!!!!!
Here are some facts:
Birth Name
Bill Kaulitz-Trümper
Nickname
Macky
Height
6' 2" (1.88 m)
Trade Mark
His hair.
His dark eyeliner.
Trivia
With twin brother Tom Kaulitz a member of Tokio Hotel.
Was voted "most annoying German in 2006" by the viewers of TV network ProSieben (27 December 2006).
Was a candidate in the first season of "Star Search" (2003) (category "Junior"). But in the quarter-final he was defeated by Oliver Bruton.
Trilingual: German, English and French.
His parents divorced when he and his brother were 7 years old.
His step-father owns a music school called, "Rock's cool".
Favorite musicians are Nena, Green Day, Coldplay, Keane and Placebo.
Likes Gothic fashion.
Translated all his German songs to English for his band's English album.
His mother is a freelance tailor.
He is 10 minutes younger than twin brother, Tom Kaulitz.
He and his brother, Tom, do not have middle names.
Enjoys peppermint tea.
His first concert he ever attended was Nena.
Favourite food is Pasta.
Is best friends with his twin brother.
Had to undergo surgery to remove the cyst in one of his vocal chords. (March 2008).
One of his favorite television programs is Prison Break.
His good friend is Andreas, who is also the president of Tokio Hotel's fan club.
Personalities
Bill: Extemely talkative, hottt, always want to be in control and spotlight, happy, etc…
Tom: thinks he is to cool for anything, white ganster wannabe, funny, chilled personality, careless, want to experience his real personality go to youtube and type, tokio hotel tv 24
Here is link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ALdVmt6...
Gustav: Quiet, loner, never talks in interviews
Georg: funny, thinks he is cool but isn’t really, clumsy, secret slob and that is why Tom and bill always make fun of him. Georg’s idol is David haslhoff a constant joke made my tom.
I would say the best way to get to know them would be to watch interview. Go to youtube and type in ‘tokio hotel interview’.
Idk if u have ever heard of tokio hotel tv. It is an official 6 min web show that appears every week at 8:00 pm Wednesday night if u live in America. It is aired on their official website, but you can watch it if u go to youtube. Just type in ‘tokio hotel tv’ and the episode number if you no it. It is the best way to get to know the band since it goes behind the scene. It is also is the best way for u to know exactly what the band has been doing for the past week. All episodes have English subtitles. The cameras were hired by the band and the producer and literally follow the band by their side!!! Next week on tokio hotel TV it is tokio hotel in NYC and eating philly cheese stakes!!! Since last week they were in philly. After that it will probably be tokio hotel in California, and Canada!!!
Oh couple week ago it was tom, georg, and gustav, race care driving!!! Week before gustav and georg rock climbing!!! Totally behind scenes and way to learn all their personalities inside and out!!!
So this makes it kinda hard to just give u a list of things here are a couple out of billions!!!!!
They hate country cause it gets clammy said by tom
Love cities and bigger city the prettier the girls says tom
Love junk food
Bill and Tom <3 junk food!!!
Love girls tom and georg
They dislike paparazzi especially in Europe, but HATEEE it when they are on vacation
CAREER!!!!!! AND MIDDLE NAMES
Tokio hotel
There is so much stuff since they started the band in 2001.
Basics
- All from Germany
- Grew up in Magdeburg
- The twins mother divorced there father. She remarried to a guy who was a member of some german band. His last name is TRUMPER. He is the one who convinces the boys to go into music. Bills name is BILL TRUMPER KAULITZ and tom’s is TOM TRUMPER KAULITZ. So their middle name was taken from their new step father.
- Bill starts writing songs at 7, such as durch den monsoon (monsoon)
- Bill and tom Kaulitz (identical twins) formed group with bassist Georg and drummer Gustav who already know each other before
- They name the band devilish
- They started playing in small gigs where sometimes only 5 people who show up
- In 2003 Bill had a bet with his brother to go on star search. He did and was a finalist but lost to a kid named oliver. He did cry but that was the beginning of his career
- Music producer Peter Hoffmann found him there
- They rename the band TOkio hotel because they like big cities and always stay in hotel because they always tour or back then hoped to one day tour. If you ever meet them never ask them this question. People always ask them and they say it gets on their nerves
- Their first single is durch den monsoon and is a huge hit in Germany
- They continue to release many other single and all the songs were written by Bill with some help
- They release their first album schrei in 2005
- They release their 2nd CD Zimmer 483 meaning Room 483 in 2007
- They go on a huge tour after the release of this song
- By this time they are already huge in most of western Europe and especially FRANCE
- They release Scream (English versions of their fav German songs) is release in Europe in 2007 also, but it is called Room 483 and not scream
- They kept planning on releasing Scream or Room 483 in America but dates kept getting set back
- Their big win was the EMA awards (European music awards) and they had a live performance of Monsoon their. If you know TH then u know this performance
- Before CD is even released they come and have a mini tour February 2008
- On the mini tour they hit Toronto, Montreal, California, and New York. They play at smaller venues holding only 3,000 people, where as in Europe they are already playing in huge soccer stadiums. This tour was extremely successful because they expected no one would know them. The band said that they were prepared to have to sell tickets on street before the concert and tom said he was ready to invite all his ex’s (that would actually fill up the whole venue). They were soooo supprised that the tickets were sold out for every concert, people got there days before to get up front, people were chanting there name, and had memorized words to song. I MEAN they have never played in US before, there was no info about them on news, no songs of them on itunes, and no CD!!!! WOW
- They returned to Europe for their hugeeee 1000 hotel tour the tour by the end of Feb
- By the end of March bill begins loosing his voice
- When he begins loosing it, people notice he is letting fans sing more than usual and that they are singing less songs.
- At one concert bill left stage (I think they were in France or Spain) and he returned with a translator who told the crowd that bill could not carry on because he was sick
- He did not get better, so the next concert Tom, georg, and gustav go on stage and tell everyone the concert must be canceled but rescheduled
- The rest of their concerts in Europe on their tour are canceled
- Bill has a cist on his vocal cord which must be removed
- Bill had to undergo surgery and then had to stay in silence for 10 days to let his voice rest, and then voice rehab
- Bill and the band are extremely devastated and so are fans. Bill was nervous that people who forget about the band and that people would be angry at him. Actually fans still showed up at the canceled concert to show support. The tons of fans who still showed up at these canceled concerts would sing walk with signs saying ‘ich liebe tokio hotel/bill’ and all that and sang tokio hotel songs as loud as they could. Bill also received tons of gifts, like: inhalers, medicine, pills. He said he would be able to open a whole pharmacy.
- Bill did recover successfully. He and others were concerned his voice wouldn’t be the same.
- All of a sudden around time of this incident, Tokio Hotel has been appearing like crazy in US magazines everywhere!!!! People, Cosmo girl, Blender, People, Teen Dream, InTune, Aquarian (COVER!!!!), Kewl, J14, Teen Vogue, couple more.
- They returned to America in May of 2008. They had a short performance at Bamboozle festival, NJ. One in California, Toronto, and Montréal. They also had a signing session in Philadelphia and California since they just release there FIRST ALBUM IN THE US ON MAY 6th, 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- On this mini American tour they also appeared on TRL (total request live) in New york. They also had a signing session at virgin megastore on times square in NYC before TRL. They also went on the Conan O’brien show and had a live performance their. They also had several other interviews. MTV has also been hugely promoting them here in US. MTV can actually be thanked for most of there fast success here in America.
- On the US billboards they have reach. They recently (Mid may) were # 39 on billboards for top 200. they were also # 6 for top rock, # 5 for rock/alternative
- Tokio hotel merch is now available in US and a tee shirt of them is now available in Hot Topic this MAYYY
- They are now number 1 in Mexico
- They just won TRL Italy May 17th for best band and # 1 of the year!!!!! Couple days ago
- OMGGGGGG TODAY is May 23, 2008 and tokio hotel just won 4 comet awards!!!!!!! They were only nominated for three. Comet awards are huge European musics awards!!!!!! They were nominated for three things and then they won the SUPPER COMET!!!!!!! No one is nominated for that. Its just if your are the best u win!!!! WE did IT TOOKIO HOTEL FANSS!!!!
- And of course they are winning tonss of stuff by the second in Europe.
- They win awards constantly. They are like the band who has won the most awards. They win the grammy’s for like every European country. They win the kids choice awards for every country in Europe. They win MTV awards for every country.