12.10.2018 |
Tokio Hotel is a German rock band that became famous all over the world 10 years ago. Talented, bright, outrageous guys blew up the music charts with their tracks, received many awards and prizes. Millions of fans listened to their music, copied appearance- grew long hair, painted them black, summed up the eyes.
Tokio Hotel band then and now
Twins Bill and Tom Kaulitz were born in Leipzig, Germany in 1989. When the boys were 7 years old, their parents separated, their mother married musician Gordon Trumper. He taught the children to sing and play the guitar. Bill composed songs, performed them to the accompaniment of Tom.
Bill and Tom Kaulitz as children
In 2001, the twins formed a band called "Devilish" and were joined by guitarist Gustaf Schäfer and drummer Georg Listing. The guys performed in clubs and recorded their first solo album. The twins had unusual looks: Bill painted his eyes and nails black, Tom wore dreadlocks.
Tokio Hotel group formerly
The group was noticed by producer Peter Hoffman, he suggested that the young men sign a contract and change their name to "Tokio Hotel". The guys recorded 15 songs, among which was "Durch den Monsun", which hit the first lines of the world charts. The song "Schrei" has become the anthem of all teenagers. This track is a protest against the oppression of adults.
At the peak of popularity
From 2006 to 2014, the band released 4 records in German and English, toured Europe, USA and Latin America. The popularity of the guys was huge. However, the next album "Dream Machine" did not rise above number 5 in the German charts.
Band members today
In 2018, after a massive tour in support of the new record, the guys took a creative break. However, the group continues to exist.
Bill Kaulitz - lead singer of Tokio Hotel
In 2016, Bill decided to go solo, he released the album "I'm Not OK". It included 15 songs. A music video was filmed for the single "Love Don't Break Me".
Bill Kaulitz then and now
Now Bill has radically changed his image, he cut his hair short, dyed it platinum blond. The musician participates in fashion shows appears on the covers of glossy magazines. Modeling agency Modelwerk signed a contract with Bill.
Bill participates in fashion shows
Kaulitz maintains a Youtube channel where he posts videos about the band and everyday vlogs. Bill continues to make music. In October of this year, he recorded a duet with the German artist Nisse.
Bill remains a musician
As for Kaulitz's personal life, there have always been many rumors about her. The soloist of "Tokio Hotel" was credited with novels with singers, models, makeup artists, and even with the daughter of the famous chef Gordon Ramsay. The artist usually does not give any comments about love relationships.
Bill Kaulitz and Trina Strassenburg
Officially, he had an affair only with a fan of the work of "Tokio Hotel" Trina Strassenburg. They met at a concert of the band and met for a year, then broke up due to constant quarrels.
Tom Kaulitz - guitarist and producer
Tom Kaulitz has always been not only the guitarist of Tokio Hotel, but also co-wrote many songs. In 2016, he became the producer of his brother Bill's solo record.
How has Tom Kaulitz changed?
As for success on the personal front, in the summer of 2015, Tom married German model Ria Sommerfeld, but the relationship fell apart after six months.
Tom Kaulitz today
Later, the guitarist dated Iranian fashion model Shermin Shahrivar. She was 7 years older than him. This spring, there were rumors that Tom was having an affair with Heidi Klum herself. In the press there were pictures of a couple in love, taken by the paparazzi.
Tom Kaulitz and Heidi Klum
Bill and Heidi did not hide their relationship from the public. Soon they officially appeared as a couple at the AmfAR charity dinner in Cannes. According to Heidi, she is happy with Bill and is not embarrassed by the age difference of 16 years.
Gustav Schäfer - drummer
Gustav Schäfer was born in Magdeburg in autumn 1988. Since childhood, he loved music, listened with his father to the records of Phil Collins and Eric Clapton. At the age of 12, Gustav became part of the Tokio Hotel group.
Gustav Schaefer hasn't changed much
The drummer is known among fans for his tattoos. He has 4 of them: on his back, on his arms, on right leg. Most of all, the fans were struck by the tattoo with the words of the song Johnny Cash, this is Gustav's favorite performer.
Schaefer tattoos
Over the years, Schaefer has not changed much in appearance, but serious changes have occurred in his personal life. He got married and had a daughter. Now Gustaf Schaefer remains the drummer of "Tokio Hotel".
Georg Listing - bassist
Georg Listing was born in the spring of 1987 in Halle. As a child, the boy visited music school where he learned to play the bass guitar. Another favorite musical instrument Listinga - piano. He got into the "Tokio Hotel" at the age of 13.
Georg Listing then and now
Now Georg Listing has not changed much, only cut off his long hair and “pumped up” a little. He continues to be friends and work with the Kaulitz twins. In addition, the musician travels a lot.
Georg loves to travel
He recently visited Iceland's most famous waterfalls and shared beautiful photos on Instagram. George does not cover his personal life.
Tokio Hotel cooking new album
Today, the Tokio Hotel group continues to perform in in full force and tour the world. Recently, the band's lead singer Bill Kaulitz wrote on Instagram that the new album "Tokio Hotel" will soon appear on the shelves of music stores. While the final release date is not known, but fans of the twins hope that the songs will bring the group new round popularity.
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Twin brother of the band's guitarist Tom Kaulitz.
Biography of Bill Kaulitz / Bill Kaulitz
Bill Kaulitz born September 1, 1989 in Leipzig, East Germany. When he and his brother Tom turned 7 years old, their parents - Simone And Jörg Kaulitz- decided to get a divorce. Two years later the family Bill moved to the small village of Magdeburg, where their mother married a musician Gordon Trumper. Bill was born 10 minutes later than his twin brother Tom.
In 2001 Bill With Tom and two friends Gustav Schaefer And George Listing- founded a group Devilish, which was later renamed to Tokio Hotel. In 2003 Bill participated in a reality show "Star Search" but only reached the quarter-finals. On the project Bill noticed Peter Hoffman, who later became one of the producers of the group Tokio Hotel.
Peter Hoffman, producer: “When I first heard these guys, I immediately thought:“ Damn it! They are going to be an amazing success!”
In 2006 Bill voiced a role in german version movie "Arthur and miniputs". In addition, he became a dubbing actor in the second part of the film. "Arthur and the Revenge of Urdalak".
In 2010 Bill Kaulitz first appeared at the show of the fashion house "Dsquared" as a model. In the same year, Bill and his brother appeared on the cover of L'Uomo Vogue magazine.
In October 2010, the brothers moved from Hamburg to Los Angeles, as they believed that there were more opportunities for creative growth in the United States.
In addition to music and modeling business Bill actively participates in PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) campaigns.
To date Bill Kaulitz is the frontman of the band Tokio Hotel, participates in world tours and recording studio albums.
Bill Kaulitz: “We've been trying to hide for two years now. We wanted to find a place where we can live our lives. We feel comfortable in Los Angeles living with our four dogs."
The rock band was popular in Russia over eight years ago. Since then, the members have changed a lot.
The guys from Tokio Hotel were one of the most popular rock bands in Russia in 2007-2008. Bright appearance participants were immediately remembered, and posters with brothers Bill and Tom Kaulitz hung over the table of literally every second seventh grader.
True, by 2010 the group's popularity in Russia had drastically waned, and German teenagers had disappeared from television screens. The group, which was founded back in 2001, still exists today. True, the participants have changed a lot. By the way, the whole group moved from Germany closer to the stars - to Los Angeles.
This group was remembered by Russian fans
Bill Kaulitz
Now the lead singer of the group is 28 years old. Bill was remembered by Russian listeners for his long black hair, but since then the star has changed his image several times - he cut his hair short, dyed it platinum. Now Bill has the most ordinary hairstyle, and from time to time he grows a beard. But the eyes with a black pencil no longer fail.
Little has changed in the singer's personal life. In an interview, Bill said many times that he dreams of finding a dream girl and is not exchanged for frivolous relationship. According to rumors, celebrities for a long time met with Nikki Ramsay, the daughter of British chef Gordon Ramsay, but the girl left him, tired of the threats of the artist's fans.
Tom Kaulitz
The band's guitarist and producer, as well as Bill's twin brother, was very different from the lead singer. In 2007, the musician wore dreadlocks, which he has now cut off. In addition, Tom has pumped up muscles and, without hesitation, demonstrates them at photo shoots.
He differs from his brother Tom in his attitude towards girls - the musician met with dozens of beauties. But in 2015, he decided to settle down and married model Ria Sommerfeld. True, six months later he filed for divorce. Now the musician has been dating model Heidi Klum for three months, who is 16 years older than him.
Gustav Schaefer
The 29-year-old drummer has hardly changed in appearance, except that he has matured and gained a little weight.
But in May 2016, Gustav became a father. Despite the constant concerts and tours, the drummer spends a lot of time with his daughter and constantly shares photos on his Instagram. It seems that the baby does not have a soul in her famous daddy!
Tokio Hotel - very popular group from Germany, which was founded in 2001, but still continues its active musical activity, releasing new songs and giving concerts in various cities the globe. Initially, it was a duo consisting of the founding brothers Kaulitz. Bill was the lead singer and his twin Tom played the guitar. A little later, bassist Georg Listing and drummer Gustav Schäfer joined them. It is worth noting that at that time all members of the group were no more than 14 years old.
Now all of them, no doubt, have matured, but for many years the team has been holding the top lines in the charts and is not going to give them up. Tokio Hotel is led by Bill Kaulitz. Who is he?
Biography Kaulitz
Bill Kaulitz (German Bill Kaulitz) was born on September 1, 1989 in Leipzig, 10 minutes earlier than his younger brother Tom. This seemingly small time difference played a role in shaping the relationship between the twins. From childhood, Bill takes care of Tom, and he respects the opinion of the elder very much and listens to him.
The Kaulitz brothers spent their childhood in Leipzig. But at the age of 7, the boys' parents divorced. Their mother, Simone Kaulitz, moved the children to the small village of Leutsch, which is located near Magdeburg. There, two years later, she remarried, but to the musician Gordon Trumper. They practically do not talk about relations in the Kaulitz family, but it is known that the brothers almost do not communicate with their own father. But the stepfather not only got along well with the twins, but also supported their musical endeavors, since he himself was engaged in music.
School time for Bill passed in an atmosphere of misunderstanding on the part of peers. At the age of 12, he got himself pierced, began to dye his hair black or red, and wore dark nail polish. All these manifestations of self provoked outrage village boys. Bill was condemned, teased as a girl and even beaten. Tom got it too, because he always got into a fight. But the elder Kaulitz was not going to retreat from his individuality. The twins even decided to run away to the city, but their mother and stepfather stopped them, because the boys had to at least finish school.
creative career
Kaulitz were able to make themselves known. And even do it at 13! The love of music helped them to start creating their own history, which continues to this day.
Start
In 2001, Bill and Tom created a duet, which originally had the name Devilish, which means "devilish" in translation. The students of the school Kaulitz attended ridiculed the brothers' new hobby. Despite the general disapproval, they believed in themselves and were not going to stop. Georg Listing and Gustav Schäfer soon joined the group. The four began rehearsing in the Kaulitz family's garage, playing small gigs, recording their own songs on CDs and selling them.
A very important event for future stars was one of the days of 2003. The band was playing that night at a bar that Peter Hoffman happened to walk into famous producer. According to him, such a combination of circumstances was a sign. After hearing the performance of Devilish, the producer decided that he must definitely take care of these guys, and took them under his wing. It was Peter Hoffman who insisted that the band change its name to Tokio Hotel.
Young musicians have begun work on musical material almost immediately after meeting Hoffman. About 15 songs were written, of which 12 were eventually selected. The first full-fledged single of the band was the song Durch den Monsun (from German - Through the monsoon), which was recorded in a professional way and received the full arrangement. A little later was created Japanese version, since the name of the group was associated with this country. And after some time signed a contract to shoot a video.
In August 2005 the first single was released. In two weeks, the clip soared to first place. It was played very often on music channels not only in Germany, but also in Austria. Thus began the success story for Tokio Hotel. Hoffman even made sure that the portrait rising stars published in the German youth magazine Bravo. And in September, the group released their first studio album, which was called Schrei (Scream). Despite the fact that Bill's voice suddenly began to break, the compositions gained immense popularity. The album contains singles:
- Schrei.
- Rette Mich.
- Der letzte Tag.
A triumphant event for the history of the group was the first big concert Tokio Hotel, which was attended by almost 12 thousand people. March 11, 2006 the team performed on the stage of the Arena in Oberhausen. At the end of the concert, they were awarded an award, which made them real stars. Prior to this, only already recognized stars received such an award. For example, Paul McCartney, Kylie Minogue and Whitney Houston.
Gaining world fame
Deafening fame fell upon the young guys from Germany. By the end of 2006, about half a million discs were sold, almost 200 thousand tickets for concerts in various European cities were sold, and the group appeared on the covers of German magazines more than 10 times! And also the second studio album Schrei was released - so laut du kannst (Scream - as loud as you can), supplemented several new compositions. In terms of sales, it overtook the compilation The Rolling Stones which came out at the same time.
The first concert, which took place outside of Germany, was held in Moscow with amazing success. This made it clear that the group enjoyed in great demand. In the spring of 2007, the Zimmer 483 tour began, with sold-out concerts in 20 European cities. The musicians also came to the Muz TV award ceremony in Moscow, and later performed in St. Petersburg.
In early June 2007, the English-language album Scream was released, which allowed Tokio Hotel to begin conquering England, Italy, Spain and America. In the fall, the group went on tour. The final concert was held on November 4 in the German city of Essen. After the end of the tour, the band was forced to take a break from concert and musical activities and cancel several performances, because Bill fell ill with laryngitis and could not sing. Fortunately, at the end of March 2008, the soloist underwent an operation on the vocal cords, which allowed him to resume conquering musical heights.
In October 2009, the fourth studio album Humanoid was released, which was quite noticeably different from the previous ones, as the musicians added more electronics to the songs. The album's lead singles were
- automatic.
- World behind my wall.
- Darkside of the Sun.
The work was accepted by fans ambiguously, but in general it had a good success. Having presented this album, in the spring of 2010 Tokyo Hotel went to Asia, where they gave concerts in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan. In December of the same year, the group visited Tokyo - the capital of Japan - in the role of world stars, which everyone knew about.
After the release of four records that had resounding success worldwide, and several sold-out tours, German artists decided to take a break from active public activities and devote time to rest. Bill and Tom flew off to their mansion in Los Angeles, where they relaxed and rejuvenated, spending a lot of time with their dogs and working on new material.
However, in the fall of 2012, the brothers returned to work activities arriving in Germany. They were invited as judges for the German television project DSDS (Germany is looking for a superstar).
In October 2014, Tokio Hotel returned, blowing up music world new album Kings of Suburbia. The audience accepted the musical component of the disc well, but the video for main song Feel It All caused a lot negative emotions. Some shows on the tour, which was supposed to support the release of the disc, were on the verge of being cancelled. The reason was the whole groups of people who united, who called the behavior of Bill, who played a drug addict in the video, inappropriate.
Resentment escalated among the teens' parents as they feared the clip would have the wrong impact. However, director Mattias Erik Jonsson quickly resolved the conflict and explained that the work, which was created solely under the influence of the cult films "Requiem for a Dream" and "We are children from Zoo Station", does not carry a propagandistic purpose. This allowed the band to finish the tour in peace, having successfully played concerts in Europe, Asia, Russia, the USA and Latin America.
In 2016, Bill Kaulitz, taking the pseudonym Billy (Bii), presented a solo album called I'm Not OK, consisting of 15 author's songs. The disc was released in a limited edition, so especially fast fans who managed to pre-order on the official website, along with the disc received a colorful book with photographs of the artist taken by professional photographers. Also, a video was shot for the album's lead single "Love Don't Break Me", which collected almost two million views.
In March 2017, the fifth was released and on this moment latest studio album German band, which was called "Dream Machine". Songs combined some features early music and electronic elements of two latest albums. This work included two singles:
- something new.
- What If.
Bill Kaulitz: personal life
Throughout musical career German group caring fans actively monitor the personal lives of all members, and especially the leader of the team, which is Bill Kaulitz.
Musician Orientation
Expressive facial features, long hair, dreadlocks, make-up, as well as outrageous outfits and heels, the artist left in the past for a long time, dyeing himself blonde and making his image much more masculine. Now Bill Kaulitz appears in public without makeup, but the debate about his orientation has not stopped so far. Fans confirm their guesses about gay Bill a wide variety of situations.
In his songs, the singer never limits love to any gender boundaries. In addition, the older Kaulitz often flirted and even kissed his younger brother on stage, which gave rise to many rumors about the nature of the relationship between the brothers. Another played a role famous singer- Adam Lambert. In his interviews, he often said that he admired the appearance, character and personality of Bill and would very much like to get to know him personally. However, Adam immediately denied the possibility of a relationship between them, arguing that he had heard about the traditional orientation of Kaulitz.
Many people believe that Bill Kaulitz is gay. Initially, the artist denied any rumors and stated that he had not yet met the one with whom he would like to go to the end. But later, in 2015, the singer wrote a short article, which was published in a German magazine, where he said that age, gender, weight and other indicators do not matter to him at all. He is looking for a person who can radically change his life.
Bill and his girls
The artist carefully hides his personal life, since he believes that any relationship concerns only two people.
A few years ago, there were rumors about Bill's romance with Nikki Ramsay, the daughter of the famous British TV presenter Gordon Ramsay. The singer never commented on this, although Bill was seen a couple of times with a girl. But Ramsay herself claimed that the rumors were true, and they really had a relationship, which, however, quickly ended. Ramsay was frightened by indecent comments and threats from Bill's fans towards her, so the couple broke up.
A little later, Bill his brother were members of the jury on the German TV show DSDS. Many noticed that one of the participants - 17-year-old Laura Kleinas - impressed the eldest of the brothers with her performance. Charming girl liked Kaulitz, and he tried to advance her to the final. Bill even confessed to Laura his sympathy in one of the issues, but Kleinas herself reacted indifferently to this, saying that only music connects them.
At the moment, Bill is not going to get married and does not have a permanent relationship.
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Personal life of Bill Kaulitz has changed a lot since he became the lead singer of the popular musical group Devilish, later renamed Tokio Hotel. The group was formed by Bill, his brother Tom and their friends Gustav Schäfer and Georg Listing. Bill gained immense popularity among teenagers, especially girls who did not give a pass young musician, bombarding him with letters and declarations of love. Each of his stage appearances was accompanied by their enthusiastic cries and it was hard to believe that there were not so many novels in Bill Kaulitz's personal life. Blame it all, according to the Tokio Hotel vocalist, on his busy schedule, but he never lost hope of finding true love.
Pictured: Bill Kaulitz
However, even in his loneliness, Bill tries to find the advantages that no one limits his circle of communication and does not need to report to anyone. Bill Kaulitz does not consider himself a heartthrob, therefore he does not welcome short-term hobbies and small romances, according to the musician, if he enters into a relationship, then they must be very serious and long-term. He admits the possibility that one of the fans could become his girlfriend, but only if he truly falls in love. In the personal life of Bill Kaulitz, communication with fans often happened, but so far it has not reached a close relationship with any of them.
In 2010, in the biography of Bill Kaulitz and his brother, an important event- they moved to Los Angeles, and explained their departure from Hamburg as a desire to hide from everyone and live their lives. They settled in a big house and feel very comfortable, and Bill and Tom are accompanied by four dogs. They are still drawn to Germany, where their family lives, and they come to their home whenever possible.
In the photo - Bill Kaulitz with his brother Tom
An important place in the personal life of Bill Kaulitz is charity- together with Tom, they took part in the campaign "Get the wild animals out of the circus!", as well as against the extermination of homeless animals. As for his affairs on the love front, last year there was news about his relationship with Nikki Ramsay, the daughter of a famous chef and TV presenter. But how true this news is is unknown, and Nikki herself says that they have preserved a good relationship even though they separated.
