Tokio Hotel

Tokio Hotel was founded by vocalist Bill Kaulitz and guitarist Tom Kaulitz, who are identical twin brothers, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bass-guitarist Georg Listing. The four met in 2001 after a live show in a Magdeburg club, where Listing and Schäfer, who knew each other from music school, watched from the audience while Bill and Tom Kaulitz played on the stage. Under the name Devilish, the band soon began playing in talent shows and small concerts. After Bill Kaulitz's participation in a children's Star Search in 2003 at age thirteen (which he lost in the quarter-final), he was discovered by music producer Peter Hoffmann. Devilish changed their name to Tokio Hotel: "Tokio", the German spelling of the Japanese city Tokyo, due to a love of the city, and "Hotel" due to their constant touring and living in hotels. Soon after Sony BMG took them under contract, Hoffmann hired David Jost and Pat Benzner into the team of creators and authors, and had them give the teens instruction on songwriting and instrument playing; most of the songs of the first album were written by Hoffmann, Jost and Benzer (including the singles "Scream" and "Rescue me" which were completely written by them), only the single "Unendlichkeit" was written completely by Tokio Hotel themselves. However, shortly before release of their first album, Sony terminated their contract. In 2005, Universal Music Group took Tokio Hotel under contract and developed a marketing plan. The band has now become one of the biggest acts from Germany.

Tokio Hotel's genre definition is a matter of a debate. Frankfurter Rundschau article describes their music as "Straightforward pop-rock with catchy melodies and a well-calculated mix of "stolen" Metallica riffs and romantic ballad elements." "Lyrics laced with "emo" angst, wrapped in a flamboyant pop-rock package", says an ABC reviewer, mentioning that style "range from catchy pop anthems... to appealing rock ballads" from song to song. Tokio Hotel deliver "both yowling rockers and sentimental ballads", follows Rolling Stone.

Bill vs Tom

vocalist Bill Kaulitz

guitarist Tom Kaulitz

drummer Gustav Schäfer

bass-guitarist Georg Listing

Below is one of my favourite from Tokio Hotel, the name is Spring Nicht, in English means Don't Jump. There is also an English Version sang by Tokio Hotel. This song tells of the girl in the video wanting to end up her life, and the lyrics says that anything can be solved in a right way, although there are many obstacles and things are often put and shown in a deceiving way, don't end up life just like that, because nothing is impossible. Don't Jump. ...........don't let memories go of me and you...the world is down there out of view..Please, don't jump, don't jump...and if all that can't hold you back..Then I'll jump for you. . . . . . . . . . .

Über den Dächern
ist es so kalt
und so still
Ich schweig deinen Namen
weil Du ihn jetzt
nicht hören willst
Der Abgrund der Stadt
verschlingt jede
Träne die fällt
Da unten ist nichts mehr
was Dich hier oben
noch hält

Ich schrei in die Nacht für Dich
lass mich nicht im Stich
Spring nicht
Die Lichter fangen Dich nicht
sie betrügen Dich
Spring nicht
Erinner Dich
an Dich und mich
Die Welt da unten zählt nicht
Bitte spring nicht

In Deinen Augen
scheint alles sinnlos und leer
Der Schnee fällt einsam
Du spürst ihn schon lange nicht mehr
Irgendwo da draußen
bist Du verloren gegangen
Du träumst von dem Ende
und nochmal von vorn anzufangen

Ich schrei in die Nacht für Dich…

Ich weiss nicht wie lang
ich Dich halten kann
Ich weiss nicht wie lang

Nimm meine Hand
wir fangen nochmal an
Spring nicht

Ich schrei in die Nacht für Dich…

Spring nicht
Und hält Dich das auch nicht zurück
Dann spring ich für Dich