Email Interview: Tokio Hotel
If you know who these vampiric androgynes (and Gustav) are, anything I have to say about them now will be accompanied by the sound of much tutting and stroppy voices going "GOD! EVERYONE knows that!". For everyone else, this is Tokio Hotel. They are German, they are ROCK, and they are doing very nicely indeed thank you very much. Their massively successful album 'Scream' has seen them conquer Europe in a manner which I absolutely refuse to compare in any way to any World Wars of the past 100 years or so. And they're just a bunch of nippers!
And now they've set their sights on Blighty. They're releasing their first UK single 'Ready Set Go' over here on August 20th, and even though their English isn't brilliant, we still decided that the best introduction ChartBlog readers could have to their work would be in the form of our patented Email Questionnaire.
Which, now I come to think about it, is a bit cruel, really. Oh well...
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QUESTION 1: Where are you (as this is email, feel free to lie if you are somewhere dull)?
Tom: We are in Hamburg today (24th. of July).
QUESTION 2: What are you doing (see question 1)?
Bill: We're at a photo shoot for ID-Magazine.
QUESTION 3: Tell us all about your new product?
Bill: It's our first English album. It's a mixture of songs from our first and second German albums and the songs have been translated into English. Recording it was a very special experience especially for me. While the others had time off (all of them moaning), cause we didn't need to record the music again, I had to go into the studio and record the songs in English. I'm a perfectionist and I wanted the songs to sound like a native speaker would sing them and not like some German trying to sing in English. It took me some time but I'm really happy with the results. I'm very proud that we did the English album.
Tom: There's one special thing about the UK-Version, we added two extra songs - "Live Every Second" and "Raise Your Hands".
QUESTION 4: Are you looking forward to a future where computers can just read your brainwaves rather than expecting you to use a keypad?
Bill: That would make life easy, wouldn't it?!
QUESTION 5: What would you like to be wearing right now?
Tom: What I'm wearing right now.
All: Exactly.
QUESTION 6: And what are you actually wearing?
Georg: I'm wearing black jeans and a black T-Shirt with a skull.
Tom: I'm wearing blue jeans, a blue XXL-T-Shirt and a blue cap.
Gustav: Light blue jeans, red T-Shirt with black sculls all over the front and a black cap.
Bill: A Red T-Shirt with David Bowie on the top, a dark blue jeans, red and black cowboy boots, leather-glam-belt with a scull, a white leather jacket.
QUESTION 7: Why do you think Donald Duck wears a tunic but no trousers?
Tom: Maybe it's because of his on-and-off-relationship with Daisy. Maybe he is tired of being treated badly by Daisy. But because he can't help it, the guy might just want to check on his chances with other ladies - or he just likes to show off.
QUESTION 8: What musical training do you have? Do you play any interesting instruments?
Gustav: I started to play drums when I was really little - about 5 years old. I used to act like I am playing drums everywhere - at the table, under the table, on the sofa - so my parents send me off to get proper lessons right away.
Bill: I never had any singing lessons.
Tom: My step-dad showed me some chords on the guitar - from that moment on I learned everything by practice. In my case it worked out - but when Georg is playing the bass, it still sounds like he never had any lessons at all.
Georg: Very funny. I started to play the bass when I was about 11 or 12 and had lessons at music school.
QUESTION 9: If you and your most musical mates all had your instruments in front of you right now, but were instructed to play a song, any song, right now without conferring, what would it be?
Gustav: 'Break away'.
Tom: 'Raise Your Hand'.
QUESTION 10: Now be honest, did you cheat on question 9?
Bill: No, these two songs are our most favorite live-songs.
QUESTION 11: What was the last thing you posted on your own message board?
Gustav: Don't forget the conference call.
Bill: Call management!
Georg: Buy eggs.
Tom: The last written thing Georg wrote, which I read: And there was the problem - the girl was the girlfriend of our guitar player.
Georg: Ohhhhh!
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So there we have it. And to think there was concern that the snarky English humour wouldn't translate well!
Having said that, I would hate to be a fly on the wall of their rehearsal room when they count in to a song, and Gustav and Tom launch into a different number each. Unless it was a deaf fly.
Here's 'Ready Set Go', which is out on August 20th
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Email Questionnaire victims:
Tokio Hotel
Princess Superstar
The Sounds
Sadie Ama
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Comments
i love tokio hotel their brilliant. in school me & my mate are the only ones who have heard of them!
I love Tokio Hotel just like the previous person I am one of the only one in my school who has heard of them. I live in Idaho, USA. so hopefully soon they will do an North American tour. Their lyrics really speak to me and not most bands do. So thanks alot Tokio Hotel and looking forward to that tour. *PEACE*
That was a very funny interview, thanks. Tokio Hotel are superb and they were great live at their first UK gig back in June. I really hope they have lots of success in the UK. "Deaf fly" - ROTFOLO; superb.
LOL Tom is picking on Georg again! Thanks for this interview it was really enjoyable. Tokio Hotel are just the best, can't wait for the 20th!!
Hahaha in the video thier lip movements dont match the lyrics cus this was made for the German version that we see here in France, which is good enough for everyone apparently apart from people in England (Im english too tho). The song sounds better in German IMO, its just a shame most British people wont give anything a chance unless its in their own language.
The real video is not off synch like the youtube version, so don't worry about that.
I think they are incredible brilliant musicians and I hope the UK will embrace their CD and then want more!
well im basically just obsessed with them and i dont live in europe and i now them so im hoping they would come to the middle-east!!!
thanks soooo much for this interview it rocked!!
vanessa xoxo
does anyone know if they actually play tokio hotel on radio 1 cuz my friend claims to have heard them playing whilst shopping in Wilkinsons =/
shes clearly lying to wind me up coz ive just got into them but still.
ILY tokio hotel
i love tokio hotel more than my teddybear,,sssst dont thell him!! X
Thank you for this article. I was at their concert at Carling Academy Islinton in London in June. They were absolutely brilliant. Great to see more and more Brits discovering this German treasure.
I am sooo chuffed England is taking notice of TH
I'm totally obsessed with them, but since not many people in the UK know about them, most interviews are in German/French etc.
Usually I have to use a rubbish translator
But yeyy for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ!
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tokio hotel are the best
This interview shows just how goofy these guys can be! They seem to be super down to earth, which is definitely a plus. I live in Colorado and would love to be able to see them live one day. They are truly a breath of fresh air and are incredibly talented! TH totally rocks!!!
I love tokio hotel!! they are the best band ive heard in a long time!! Every one of my friends that come over i tell them they have to listen to Tokio Hotel because they are really excellent!!
they have also made me want to get lessons that way i can play my guitar a little bit better. since i like in Washington, USA im hoping that they can come and do a tour here!!
it also helps that everyone is very attractive :P lol
I am SO glad Tokio Hotel are finally being noticed in the UK, I was fan before they came and was so excited when I heard about the new album, the interview was so funny and I love them to bits and wish them all best of luck! xxx
Heh, wow.. CB questions being taken seriously =/
I love Tokio Hotel..they are very big in Sweden and I really hope that they'll come and play some music soon..Ich liebe Tom für immer...
Peace out ^^
I love so mutch Tokio Hotel, and this video is so fantastic! You must come to Portugal, please!
Kiss* of a big fan!
*lol* yweah i rememba when georg was in love with toms gf and tom read his diary and found out.....man it was FUNNY!!!!!!
this interview is really funny I must laughed a lot.
the last sentence from tom was so cute.
"and there was the problem- the girl was the girlfriend of our guitar player.
so cute and funny.
I will meet tokio hotel in the future.
That's my biggest dream in my live.
I love tokio hotel 4-ever
I have seen tokio hotel 5x at concerts and it was really really "geil".
Tokio hotel 4-ever
*kiss* at all the tokio hotel fans in the world
Daisy
I love Tokio Hotel
Bill und Tom ich liebe euch!!!!!!!!!!!!
Th4ever
Kiss for you my love xDD
**delph**
This band is the best band in the entire WORLD!!!! Wicked interview!! They are so nice looking to :p lol
If England don't like them they're MAD!! lol
I live in France and I went to see them last month..It was EXCELLENT!!! = )
This band trips me out hardcore. I can't possibly describe in words how much of an impact their music has on me. I haven't been so fond of a band before in my life. And this is coming from a 20 year old psych major. This interview was indeed entertaining, with Georg getting picked on as usual. Poor guy. I only hope that they'll be coming to America and perform. And even though I'm deathly afraid of the criticism that they'll surely come across, I am psyched nonetheless with the idea of everyone being able to hear what they have to sing. They're a very down-to-earth group.
~Ria ♥
a native englishman singing would either sound excessively posh or a tad like dizzy rascal >sp?
and bill singing in english is very good I'll admit to that but still anyone could tell he was german by listening, or is it just over-sensitive hearing?
perhaps both
does anyone know their email address, Ive sent emails to thousands of possible addresses or just posers, and not a single reply
i have one question tokio hotel will come in georgia????? this is near in to russia. i have question with tom, tom why always you played chord and no more you havent some solos one solo is only wir schlissen uns ein remember it ok? ;) :P i am tokio hotel fan
I loveeeeeeee them!!!!!!! Wow they are amazing!!!!!!!
Can't get any better than that!!!
I wish they would come here!!!! I live in the USA too (PA), but i found out about them in Italy!!!
We should make a fan club in the US maybe they will come over here!!! That would be amazing... we should try it! But where do we start?
Anyway love u all TH!!!!
kisses
OOOHH Tokio Hotel is so Kool they are reallly popular out here in the Middle East I hope you all come to Dubai!!!!!!! Anyways Bill I love you Tom i love u Gustav I love You gerog I love you
Kiss me!!! Muah muah muah!!
i'm from germany & the interview is great ..i laughed a lot ...
here in germany they're very known ..but at the moment they loose a lot of fans ..its because they were in france and now they play a tour in france ..but no tour in germany ..to us german fans it seems as if they'd forgotten us ...
but i hope they'll have succes in ur country !
..but there is one thing i must say: although i like english songs and textes , the songs from tokio hotel sound much better in german! try to hear a german version of the song! maybe you won't understand the text, but its much better!
hi
how are u?
i love u
i want ur album
im from in iran
i hate iran
i love u & germany
cool interview!!
But i woud like to no who did it plz!!!
Thx xxx
[It was me! - Fraser]
ahhh tokio hotel !
the "2nd" best band ever :D
awesome boys...and going back to the commend before...im the only one i think in my school who knows them xDDDDD...sucks relay :(
i look forward to seeing more of them :D
Hi all. Acually i'm from Denmark, 16 years old. guys a lot. And i have been to concerts in Berlin and met them irl. This interview was awesome, and very funny. "Tom, stop beeing such a a* to Georg, hahah d:"
- Thanks for everything guys !
Randi
I just love these guys (L). They really are the best band ever! My day wouldn`t be complete if i couldn`t listen to Tokio Hotel.. haaahh, they`re so f* perfect!
wooo
another interview with tokio hotel in the UK
i love tokio hotel & was at their concert in london, hope they come again!
The guyz are just Great! I live in a small island called Mauritius (found in the Indian Ocean), unfortunately, the guys are not well-known here. It would be great if they could come and have concerts here to be known among fellow Mauritian youngsters.
OMG I Absolutely Love Them They Are My Favourite Band xxxx
Muwhahaa, I love this interview. =']
I LOVE Tokio Hotel!!
I'm so glad they're coming to UK :)
I was one of the first UK fans as well :)
I saw them in London and they were amazing
I LOVe TOKIO HOTEL!Bill,Tom kiss you {P}
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Tokio Hotel are the best band in the world. I can´t stop think about them.
I love Tokio Hotel I listens to them every day. Bill is the best I love him
>sigh
i adore tokio hotel and they deserv to do gr8 in the uk too... i found a th top in an english shop today and simply had to buy it... however, the smallest size was small, however it looked more like xxxl toms style... not mine!!! :P
I hope tokio hotel have a concert in america :)
Tokio Hotel is flat out the best new band to come along in DECADES!!! And they are at least five years younger than the members of any of the bands I would compare them to were when they started out. And those bands I would compare them to? Merely lightweights like The Beatles, David Bowie, Queen, Nirvana. Keep an eye on Tokio Hotel. Their amazing success in continental Europe is no accident. Their music speaks to people of many different backrounds and ages in a powerful manner that I've rarely heard in my 47 years. And they are really just starting! The twins turn 18 on September 1.
Love Tokio Hotel
I LIKE CHRIS EVANS SHOW Because he one of the best radio in the world
[Righto! Thanks for stopping by! - Fraser]
i love tokio hotel mut ilove bill most
i very sad because i cannot go to the concert of them
but i listing every day their music
i think this makes me one of the many to have said this but-i also- love tokio hotel. i got introduced to them a year ago by a guy i met in spain...who was french and it goes to show that just coz they're not french, spanish or british, rock can encapture anyone which makes them one hell of a rocking band!
PS i
Hey! I'm a big fan of finnish bands The Rasmus & HIM. But I started listning to Tokio Hotel, when I heard Ready Set Go! Its a great song and I realy love it. My boyfriend (Jake) is emo. And he likes Bill >:( So do I but i also love Tom! :D
You guys rock! !..!
Tokio Hotel are very wierd i think that theie music is ok though their look is ridiculous
OH MY GOD! I was so supprised to see this on slink! I've loved Tokio Hotel for years, it's so weird to see them on English sites and stuff! That was a funny interview, thanks for that xxx
Tokio hotel are such a good band ! i cant wait until their album comes out (27th August). Hope success here for them in England, like all the other countries :), keep on rocking guys :P
haha the video is funny. the take a lot of s***. and tom speaks a bad german sometimes ^^
and the interview is great too, but i don't understand everything :(
Thank god ive known about these guys since i was on a school trip to barcelona last year and brought SCHRIE or scream and its brilliant and i think this band are great and are on the same level as someone like The Cure or Smashin Pumpkings.
I love Tokio Hotel.
I know them since they first started! I especially love the Kaulitz twins! Tom and Bill rock!
Hope they will have another concert in the UK sometime! I just loved their first concert in London.
Oh! And Happy Birthday to Tom and Bill Kaulitz for 1st September.
I seriously wouldn't say any of the things in Slink's interview to a German if I was you... You might get a bad reaction. Lol.
Here in Russia many girls go crazy about these cute guys! I like their songs in German!
OMG!
Tokio Hotel are freaking awesome, who cares if their german, cum to wales and play! :]
Bill is hot!
How can you guys be so damn cute?
And, is it fun to be famous ?
itz august 30 tOday so tommorow itz bill nd tom's birthday..."hapPy birthday"..(^_^)...
i LOVE tokio hotel
it sucks though cause i live in canada. so i REALLY hope they do a north american tour
and THEY HAVE to come to alberta
(it sucks here but i was forced to move ) lol
my friend and i were stopped at the frankfurt airport on our way to spain and i think we were there for 6 hours
it was so much fun
i bought like 6 magazines all in german but they had tokio hotel in there.
OHMYGOD!!
Tokio Hotel are amazing!
I have their album in english and soon to have it in german too!
Thanks for the interview with them!
Always knew they were funny!!
Actually i would say Tom is the funniest with Bill not far behind!
I wish them all of the best luck for the future!!
They deserve it!!
So glad they are getting known in the UK now! i've been a fan for 4months now!!
Heard about them in France!
I am the only one who knows about them in my area but i've been going on about them so much latley that people are starting to know who they are!
Thank me for spreading the word!!
TOKIO HOTEL ROCK MY SOCKS!!
I LOVE BILL!!!
Amy xxx
OHMYGOD!!
Tokio Hotel are amazing!
I have their album in english and soon to have it in german too!
Thanks for the interview with them!
Always knew they were funny!!
Actually i would say Tom is the funniest with Bill not far behind!
I wish them all of the best luck for the future!!
They deserve it!!
So glad they are getting known in the UK now! i've been a fan for 4months now!!
Heard about them in France!
I am the only one who knows about them in my area but i've been going on about them so much latley that people are starting to know who they are!
Thank me for spreading the word!!
TOKIO HOTEL ROCK MY SOCKS!!
I LOVE BILL!!!
Amy xxx
I love Tokio Hotel!!!
They believed in their dreams and now they become true!!!!
I love their look and their songs!!!
Live your dreams TH!!!!
Tokio hotel The Best BAND =)
I'm so glad the UK has eventually started taking notice of TH!
Great interview!
Has anyone read the translations of what they're really saying in the Slink interview?
It's absolutely HILARIOUS
hi, my name is MIRNA im from the BIGGEST FANS OF TOKIO HOTEL , slink is sooooo lucky cuz she meets them i wish one day to meet tokio hotel ,im from tunisia and im wishing that tokio hotel come to my country i will be the first to go , thats my wish love ya tokio hotel and wishing u luck :)
hi im paige and i lvu you lot
Estonian Love TH.Please Go ESTONIA .
PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE:
Helena (lllll).
Th is the best for ever !
Estonian Love TH.Please Go ESTONIA .
PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE:
Helena (lllll).
Th is the best for ever !
i really hope they come to canada!
please, please, please tell me if you know what the fam mail address for TOKIO HOTEL is?
it would help me soo much =)
ICH LIEBE BILL UND TOM KAULITZ
Hi Tom and Bill! I just want to ask you when you are coming too Sweden again because I want to say that I love you and take pictures live so my friends can get jelous at me :p
And all of my friends say that you suck but I don't think so I love YOU and your music 4-ever!!
I could not come to the signing here because I was in Turkey then so please come somwhere in October-December Plzzzzz I love you all so much!!!!!!
My baby lovers are first Tom = Sexy , Hot and Cuteeee & Bill = Hot , Sexyyy and Cutee
tom what would your perfect girl be???? im a big fan love you
How are you my friend miloena love tome! We are be on your concert 27th march in belgrade!!!!!
I love tokio hotel. They are the best band ever! I love their music, their personality... I simply love them!
:) they are so loverlyyy !
amazedd i found them on slink!
typed it on google randomly and thought nothing would come up glad this has although i cnt watch the video am at school :|! errgg
TOKIO HOTEL
WILL CONQUER :)
olol
lovee x
im ur biggest fan !! when will you be coming to england?xXtom i lovee youu xx
That was very very funny interview,hahahah.I love TOKIO HOTEL they're awesome and excellent teachers ;-). THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD.Thanks for this interview
Tom has da sexiest lips ive ever seen.. :P
jst wanna give those lips a tight kiss....
Luvvvvvvvvvvvvv Tokio Hotel...but i still hope Bill will behave more manly...he's so girly sometimes...cute but sometimes, i wish he cud act more like a man..hehe...
I hope i'll bump into them one day...(dream on,haha)...
omg i love tokio hotel soooooooooo much they are like the best. i also love tom . i think im the onli person in my school that have heard of them which is a shame and i realy think that they should cum tour down in jolly old england . . . i would sooo bye tickets x x x x am also goin germany next year. so if they on tour then am sooo goin.
Heyy i luv u guys soo much...all my mates love all u guys except georg no offence lawl...sozz.
We are planning 2 g2 a concert but we herd that to get 2 the front row u have 2 wait like 3 days to get anywhere nearr...lawl
I love you Tokio Hotel...
Tokio Hotel, you guys are the best band that I've seen around. Hope you can make it to the UK in the near future, preferably near Cardiff.
xx
I didn't read this interviw yet,but i'm sure it is cool(like always),and i want you to remember that Bill will be my boyfriend soon .Ican't say you nothing more .By by
Tokio Hotel !
wow that was prolly the best interview ive seen so far most of the other ones are terrible :)
hope they are good naw
does anyone know if Bill is okayy naw hes sposed to have Larengitus or summin :(
Becci xox
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hiya all!!!
i just wanted to know when tokio hotel are comming back to the uk?????(anybody got any clues???)
and i hope bill recovers soon and that he shouldnt be scared of surgery because once they knock you out its easy lolz.i hope hes it all goes well and i hope the other guys are keeping him strong
love nyle xxx
i miss u baby boy