Tokio Hotel pimp post

[beren_writes]

Okay, so the other day I posted a link to Tokio Hotel's new English language single that's being released in the UK and I had some good responses, but people wanted more info, so consider this the TH Pimp Post of Doom ^TM :).

Tokio Hotel are four young men from Germany:
Bill (17, vocals), Tom (17, lead guitar), Georg (20, bass) and Gustav (18, drums)


Bill and Tom are identical twins - yes really; look at the bone structure and the band have been together for seven years. Before they were Tokio Hotel they were Devilish and they used to play around where they lived.

A piccie from the Early Days
Weren't they cute :)


Then Bill went on Star Search (a German TV show) and didn't win, but it did get him noticed and some people saw the band and they were approached by producers. Since then Tokio Hotel have managed to first take over Germany, then France and then the rest of Europe.

The Progression of the Image Tokio Hotel




The Albums
They have two German language albums that have both gone multi-platinum.
First came Schrei, which was realeased in two versions:

Schrei which is the first recording
&
Schrei - so laut du kannst when Bill voice had deepened
Then came Zimmer 483 - a much rockier sound
Zimmer 483
Then in 2007 they released their first English language album with translations of songs from both their German language albums.
Scream

The version of this album released to the German market was called Room 483.

There will a new UK version of this album released in Aug 2007 as well.


The English Language Songs with Vids
TH have three English language songs that have vids out there at the moment (embed is not working sorry):

Ready, Set, Go! - the new single
Direct link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzJDXfsQyL8

Scream! - not the best version of the song and not their greatest vid, but fun never the less
Direct link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXnEe5673bo

Monsoon - a remake of their first hit and an absolutely brilliant vid
Direct link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfMnM5Y2rw8

LJs
There are several comms for TH on LJ as well:
Discussion/Pic spam/Vids
thfanclub (takes all things TH including fanfic), th_cult (no fanfic or twincest discussion), tokiohotel (again takes all things TH), kaulitzest all things twincest including fic
Fanfic
th_fanfic (all fic pairing and genred), tokiohotelslash
Humour
th_macros - very funny
Media
th_media - if you want clips of them on TV shows etc this is the place to look
Fan Organisations
tokiohoteluk - Official UK Street Team, th_invasion_uk - UK affiliate of the Street Team
Translations
miyu_th, mikaelasth, tokio_hotel_sub, th_translations

Links
Official UK Street Team
Tokio Hotel Invasion UK - Jump Point Lots of links to lots of sites all over the world
Official UK Site - join the mailing list for exclusive news


Oh and as an aside - here is a list of my fanfic for Tokio Hotel:

The Mating Habits of Twins?	???	PG13/12	812wds	05-Feb-07
Humour (Tokio Hotel) - Georg overhears things he's not sure he's supposed to.
Better Late Than Never	Bill/Georg/Tom	NC17/18	~5,330wds	13-Apr-07
Summary - Georg gets sex. (What? That's the whole story.)
Straight	Bill/Tom	NC17/18	~7,102wds	23-Jun-07
Summary - Tom is straight, Bill knows this, but he also knows that there are exceptions to every rule and some things are meant to be.
Regression	none	PG	~3,394wds	3rd-Jul-07
Summary - Some people should never be hypnotised.
Das Geschenk (The Gift) Series (Series listing with MSWord downloads)
*Beauty and Talent	Bill(Tokio Hotel)/Gackt	NC17/18	15,520wds	21-Feb-07
Summary: The members of Tokio Hotel are in the UK to launch the English version of their album and Bill has caught the eye of another visiting rock star. When they meet Bill finds out that some things he thought were just fantasy do, in fact, exist.
*Be Like You	Bill(TH)/Gustav(TH)	NC17/18	17,190wds	11-Apr-07
Summary: Tom has decided he wants to be a vampire like Bill, but Bill's not so sure it's a good idea. There could be consequences.
*Three Missing Scenes	various	PG-13 to R	??wds	12-Apr-07
Summary: Three missing scenes that do not fit in part 2 or 3 of the series.

And
Merry Month of Masturbation 2007 - the majority of stories are TH RPS