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This month’s band profile is: Tokio Hotel

On September first of the year 1989 history was made. Twin boys Tom and Bill Kaulitz where born in Germany. These two boys started something amazing in Europe that has made it’s way around the world and now is making it’s way through America. In 2001 the young Kaulitz boys wanted to make their band; they called it Devilish. Two other boys joined them where Georg Listing and Gustav Schäfer. After a few years of working together they’re all like a family now, Georg the oldest at 21, Tom, and Bill at 19 and Gustav at 20.
In 2003 Bill was on Star Search and belted out as best he could “It’s Raining Men“, most people say that he was dared to sing it, other “super-fans” have their own opinion on that subject. Bill didn’t get passed the quarter-finals but he got far enough to catch the eye of Peter Hoffman, who saw great potential in him as well as his twin and his friends.
After a while they decided that Devilish was toast and they came up with a new name. Tokio Hotel. How they all came up with this name is still a mystery. Some say it’s because they always wanted to go to Tokyo and because they stay in hotels all the time, others say they just randomly chose words from a hat. Either way they’re burning up the charts with all of their songs.
Their first hit from 2001 when they where still Devilish was Durch Den Monsun and Schrei. Both of those translated into English are Through The Monsoon but they cut it down so it’s Monsoon and Scream. This year at the 2008 Mtv Video Music Awards Tokio Hotel got an award for “Best New Artist”. That was a huge impact on all their lives, as was entering the awards show on a monster truck!!
So three albums, three hit singles and two times of Bill changing his look later it’s seems as though Tokio Hotel is going to be just fine. Give them all your love and support and just maybe they’ll drop by Bremerton for a change.
Tokio Hotel Quick Facts:
Tom Facts:
~Bill and Tom are identical twins and Tom is very proud of being 10 minutes older than Bill.
~Tom tells everyone he’s the “player” of the group, yet Georg begs to differ.
"Yeah but Hairspray wasn't about that at all. It was only about teasing hair" ~Tom Kaulitz

Bill Facts:
~He wouldn’t step out of the door without his mobile phone.
~Something he doesn’t like about himself is that he is impatient.
"When I see a dog, it's like, 'Oh my God, come here, come here!'"~Bill Kaulitz
Georg Facts:
~Georg used to write a diary until the others found it and read it!
~His favorite subject in school was psychology.
“This is the relaxation box, you just lie on here and it’s totally relaxing”
~Georg Listing

Gustav Facts:
~Gustav doesn’t actually talk, he just smiles and makes himself known as the “strong silent“ type of guy
~If he had 3 wishes, Gustav would wish for a happy and healthy family, for The Gladiators to get the champions title and for 1000 more wishes.

You can smell it as you walk by, the hobbit sleeps here, Georg.” ~Gustav Schäfer