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 An deiner seite (ich bin da)Tokio Hotel Single Completed Language: German Release: October 19 (video release) Single release: November 16 Zimmer 483 liveTokio Hotel DVD Completed Language: German Release: November, 2007 |
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Bill Kaulitz and his identical twin brother Tom Kaulitz, were born on 1 September 1989, in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic. Tom is the elder by 10 minutes. Despite being identical twins, their appearances differ because of their radically different fashion styles. They used to wear shirts having their names on to differentiate the both of them. They are popular German rock stars, best known for being in the band Tokio Hotel in which Bill sings lead vocals and Tom plays the guitar (Gibson Les Paul). The brothers also engage in music and endorsement deals together. Their parents, Simone and Jörg Kaulitz, divorced when the twins were 7 and Simone Kaulitz married to Gordon Trümper, the reason the twins are sometimes given the surname Kaulitz-Trümper. Since a very young age, the twins were heavily influenced in music, seeing as Gordon is the guitarist in a band himself. |
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| Bill is known for his androgynous look. He often wears skinny jeans, black jackets, rock band tees, and Gothic jewellery, as well as dark eyeliner and makeup. Currently, he has dyed his hair black with white-blonde streaks and styled it in a spiky, voluminous style. Bill also has three tattoos: the Tokio Hotel logo on the back of his neck, a star on the right side of his stomach, and a fancy script on his left forearm reading "Freiheit 89" (which translates to "Freedom 89", in reference to his birth year). His tongue and right eyebrow arch are pierced. |
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Bill and Tom had acted together in the German TV-film Verrückt nach dir, released in 1994, but their stepfather had a major musical influence on the boys, as he was in a band of his own. It was around this time that Tom began playing the guitar. Bill was writing lyrics while still in primary school. Encouraged by Trümper, the twins performed in several small shows. In 2001, they met Georg Listing and Gustav Schäfer. They had similar tastes in music and formed a band together called 'Devilish’. The band played in small shows in bars and clubs. In 2003, the group was approached by music producer Peter Hoffmann after he discovered Bill on the German version of the popular American television show, Star Search, in which Bill lost in the quarter-finals. The band signed with Universal Music in Hamburg, Germany soon after. At this point they changed the band's name to Tokio Hotel. Tokio Hotel became a popular band in many European countries. In 2006, the band re-released their first album Schrei as Schrei — so laut du kannst (Scream — as loud as you can) after Bill's voice fully matured. Their second studio release, Zimmer 483 (Room 483), was released on 23 February 2007. Later that year, the band released Scream, their first English-language album which was comprised of translations of songs from their first two CDs. The album was supposed to be sold overseas in the United States but that decision was revoked, as Tokio Hotel set on being recognized in the United Kingdom instead of the United States. |