A Success which will also be granted for “Tokio Hotel”?
I doubt it. The success of “Tokio Hotel” is currently more fake. They only sold 25.000 CD’s of their last Album in Germany. At the same time, even if nobody likes and wants to hear this, Michael Hirte sold 800.000 copies with his Harmonica.

Don’t you like “Tokio Hotel”?
I like them very much, but I’m afraid that someday they’ll be met with the same hatred which “Modern Talking” experienced back then.

Why
Because Bill Kaulitz and the Thomas Anders from 1986 are very similar when it comes to their looks: Both of them wear a lot of make-up and Lip Gloss and they’re very feminine. I haven’t granted it Thomas at that time and I don’t grant it Bill today.

Would you produce „Tokio Hotel“, if they asked you?
No, they don’t sell enough CDs for me! For a concert in Russia I get x-fold more, than with a number 1 Hit with “Tokio Hotel”. The time of the band is most likely over.

It is not easy for European bands to break through the international market but these four gentlemen from Germany
have proven that they can compete on the same platform.

Bill and his twin, Tom Kaulitz, 21 years old, and their other band members, Georg Listing, 23 years old and Gustav Schafer, 22 years old, met and made music together ever since 2001 and had called themselves Devilish. Now they have changed their name to Tokio Hotel and they are planning to conquer the world.

Recently, Bill has taken a break from all the hustle for their European Tour that will take place next February till April, to share their experiences with Ekstra.

1. World Behind My Wall – Video Version
2. Lass uns laufen – Video Version
3. World Behind My Wall – Acoustic Version
4. World Behind My Wall – Emmas Park Remix
5. World Behind My Wall – Video
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1. World Behind My Wall – Video Version
2. Lass uns laufen
3. World Behind My Wall – Acoustic Version
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I am soooo pumped to hear Strange for the first time!! March is coming way too slow. *hopes for an earlier release* xP

How long has Tokio Hotel been together?

Bill: We have been a band since 2003, but Tom and I have been making music since we were 8 years old.

How would you describe your group’s style?

Tom: I think it is pretty hard to describe your own style, we just make music. Our personal taste in music is very different though and I think that’s one of the reasons why our band’s sound is a good mixture of everything: rock, pop, electronic music – even dance. The only thing missing is probably hip hop.

What are the bands influences? Do you have a style icon?

Bill: We don’t really have one particular band or style icon that influences us. I think that the only band we all like when it comes to music and style is AEROSMITH.

Tokio Hotel about their drug times, flings and how it feels to be famous.

A few months ago, you confessed that you already did drugs with the age of 13.
Bill: Exactly. But I have to say in our defence that we grew up in a village. It’s simply totally boring there. Drugs came in useful to us.