Band

TOKIO HOTEL are Bill Kaulitz (vocals) & Tom Kaulitz (guitar), Georg Listing (bass) and Gustav Schafer (drums), and their story reads like the script for a blockbuster movie.

A band from a town in East Germany become the biggest stars of the past 20 years in their native country, charting records at No. 1, playing to ten or 20 thousand each night and being feted with every German industry award. Before long, the four musicians are travelling farther afield, and demand is growing fast - not just from an increasingly manic fanbase, but from the mass media too. Much attention is focussed on the frontman and the guitarist - identical twin brothers with a potent fight for your dreams' philosophy. The former is a striking, androgynous-looking performer, pierced & tattooed, an artist effortlessly able to drive his followers into a frenzy, whilst the latter cuts a distinctive dash of his own. They record & release two full albums of memorable guitar-driven anthems, complete with German lyrics, and Tokio Fever rages out of control

Since signing with Universal in May 2005, TH have sold approaching three million records & DVDs in Germany alone, making them the country's most successful band, with a host of domestic awards jostling for space in the collective cabinet (nine platinum/four gold, at last count, plus an additional four platinum awards for sales in Austria & Switzerland). And they played the most successful debut live tour EVER to grace German stages.

FROM THE initial release of “Monsun” onwards, the words “Tokio Hotel” and 'major chart success' have never been out of the same sentence, with the next four singles all striking home: 'Schrei' (Top Five), 'Rette Mich' (No.1), 'Der Letzte Tag' (No.1) & 'Ubers Ende Der Welt' (No.1), the latter from 'Zimmer 483'No great surprise then that the band have been consistently honoured at such high-profile events as the World Music Awards, the Eins Live Krone Awards, the European Borders Breaker Awards and the Echo Awards, where they recently premiered new single 'Spring Nicht' ('Don't Jump') before collecting the 'Best Video' award for 'Der Letzte Tag' ('The Final Day').

With 'Spring Nicht' (also from 'Zimmer 483') due out shortly in Europe plus the international release for 'Monsoon' now set at May 7th, 'the script' continues to be a page-turner, with extra cast & crew added all of the time. What there's no need for, however, is a stylist, as right from the start the four - particularly, Bill & Tom - have chosen to explore their own ideas about image, giving an extra-wide berth to convention & conformity (the clip for 'Ubers Ende Der Welt' tackles this subject with non-political aplomb).

Facts:
Single "Durch den Monsun" VÖ: 15.08.05 / Goldstatus
Album "Schrei" VÖ: 19.09.05 / Goldstatus

Bill Kaulitz-Trümper singer/ writer

Nickname: he said he don't have (becoz his nam already short enough)
Date of Birth: September 1, 1989
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Place of Birth: Leipzig (Germany)
Family: A twin brother named Tom who was 10 minutes older than him, mother, step-father
Hobby: Music, Friends, Parties
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Hair Colour: Dirty blonde; dyed black with blonde streaks at the moment
Height: 188cm
Weight: 50 kg
Fitting: 42
Favourite Subject: Arts
Least Favourite Subject: French, Math, Physics
Identification: Piercing in eyebrow since 12years, Piercing in his tongue since 14 years, Tattoo of Tokio Hotel Symbol on his neck, star tattoo right on hipbone Tattoo on his left inner arm that says "Freiheit"

First Baught CD: Nena
First Concert Visit: Nena
Favourite Music: Greenday, Nena, Coldplay, Keane, David Bowie
Favourite Song: Try Again (by Keane)
Favourite Color: Orange, black
Favourite Food: Pizza (fast food)
Favourite Drink: Red Bull, Cola

Tom Kaulitz-Trümper Guitarist

Date of Birth: September 1, 1989
Place of Birth: Leipzig (Germany)
Place of Residence: Loitsche, Germany and their temporary home in Hamburg which is where their studio is
Height: 183cm
Weight: 50kg
Hair Color: Dirty blonde; dreaded and about a meter long
Eye Color: Dark brown.
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Family: A twin brother named Bill who was 10 minutes younger than him, mother, stpe-father
Favorite Subject in School: Arts
Hated Subjects in School: Maths & Physics
Hobbies: Parties, Graffiti, playing guitar
Favorite music: Hip-hop, especially German
Favorite artists: Samy Deluxe (one of the most successful and influential German hip hop singers).
Favorite song: 'Drop it like it's hot' (by Snoop Dogg & Pharell Williams).
Distinctive signs: A piercing in the left corner of his lower lip
Motto: "Carpe diem!"
Favorite drinks: Cola, strawberry nesquik
Favourite foods: Pizza and spaghetti. He is a huge fan of fast-food in general and he will never eat something he doesn't know.

Georg Moritz Hagen Listing Bassist

Date of Birth: March 31, 1987
Place of Birth: Halle, Germany
Place of Residence: Magdeburg, Germany and their temporary home in Hamburg which is where their studio is.
Height: 178cm
Weight: 50kg
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Color: Gray-green
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Nickname: When the boys want to pick on him, they call him “Moritz” or “Hagen”
family: He’s an only child, mother

Favorite Subject in School: Psychology
Hated Subjects in School: Math and German
Hobbies: Music and once in awhile sports
His Idol: Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Favourite Music: Fall out boy, Billy Talent and Yellowcard
Favorite songs: "Glamorous" von Fergie und "Golden" von Fall out Boy
First album he ever bought: "Definitely maybe" from Oasis
First concert he's ever been to: Die Ärzte
Distinctive signs: His muscles
Motto: It always changes
Personality: Georg and Tom are more alike when it comes to hitting on girls. He also enjoys showing his body off when on stage and usually strips his shirt off. Georg is also teased a lot from the twins due to his clumsiness. He also likes sleeping naked.

Gustav Klaus Wolfgang Schäfer Drummer

Date of Birth: September 8, 1988
Place of Birth: Magdeburg (Germany)
Place of Residence: Magdeburg, Germany and their temporary home in Hamburg which is where their studio is.
Height: 170cm
Weight: 68kg
Hair Colour: Dark blonde
Eye Color: Brown
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Nickname: Juschtel
family: An older sister, mother, father
School: He’s graduated from the German form of senior high
Favorite Subject in School: Sports and Economics
Hated Subjects in School: Math and Physics
Hobbies: Riding his bike and music
His Idol: Lars Ulrich of Metallica
Favourite Music/Artists: Metallica
First album he ever bought: “Black Album” from Metallica
First concert he's ever been to: A festival with many artists. Joe Cocker was one of them
Distinctive signs: Always seen wearing a cap
Motto: Hauptsache alles geht schief. (Which means the same as: As long as everything goes wrong)

Personality: Gustav is very quiet and prefers to stay in the background. He’s also very sensitive and can get bitchy and sulky really easily. He’s also very impatient. He’s always the first one to get up in the mornings and waits till the rest of the band drags themselves out of bed while he’s already made breakfast and gotten ready.