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: “To... (read more) kio” is 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 PlayUnendlichkeit 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 recently released their new album "Humanoid" (In both English and German versions) in Europe.
Updated Jul 10 2010 1:36 PM
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carlton getting points3 months ago about "Love & Death"
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GalickGun Wow, this album is f*cking popular. I mean I love Tim Burton and all but....really?4 months ago about "Strange (Feat. Kerli)"
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ninjus6 I dnt like TH but this song is really good4 months ago about "Love & Death"
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ellehcor love this song!5 months ago about "Ready, Set, Go!"
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slypandabear this band is a joke8 months ago about "Scream"
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SpeedshifterNC I guess this is good for their age but I can't get into this song9 months ago about "Scream"
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speedy97 ha this band is good.1 year ago about "Ready, Set, Go!"
