Line #33 Music/TokioHotel


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Georg, Bill, Tom, and Gustav]]
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4	Tokio Hotel is a rock band from Magdeburg, Germany. They are made up of identical twins Bill (vocalist) and Tom (guitarist) Kaulitz, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bassist Georg Listing. Although first formed in 2001 under the name Devilish, they received international mainstream success in 2007 after the release of their second German album ''Zimmer 483'' and their first English album ''Scream''.
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6	The band is most popular with young girls and [[http://en.sevenload.com/videos/MRTQoE1-Tokio-Hotel-08-03-11-Taff-Verruckte-TH-Fans-Susanne middle-aged women]] due to their catchy sound and, er, unique visual appearance. That was, of course, until the [[MemeticMutation the Internet got a hold of them]]. Or a hold of Bill, at least.
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8	!! ''Tokio Hotel'' provides examples of the following tropes:
9	* CelebrityIsOverrated: A lot of Bill's lyrics are about how being famous made him feel alienated from the world, especially in the song "Humanoid".
10	* CoverVersion: The band covered "Instant Karma" by John Lennon.
11	* DownerEnding: The German version of their music video "Spring Nicht/Don't Jump" ends with Bill letting himself fall backwards off a tall building.
12	* DudeLooksLikeALady: Bill Kaulitz is a guy who has feminine features and wears guyliners. Encyclopedia Dramatica has a page on Bill that refers to him entirely as a hot woman. (Later he sported [[http://www.tokiohotelamerica.com/mag/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bk483.png a mustache and a beard]], as well as [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/4e8b8a03bb431fe005a9911132c65895/tumblr_mjx5w2tt201qbpslgo1_500.jpg muscular hairy arms]].
13	%% * GarageBand: They started out this way.
14	* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: The video for "Scream" to the video for "Schrei". It features most of the same party clips, with the band scenes being re-shot by the now noticably older band members.
15	* {{Guyliner}}: Bill is a guy who wears dark and dramatic lines.
16	%% * HumongousMecha: Their "Automatic/Automatisch" music video.
17	* IntercourseWithYou: The song "Reden", which in English means "to talk". The actual song is definitely not about talking, but about having sex.
18	%% ** "Human Connect to Human" and "Down on You"
19	%% ** From album ''Kings Of Suburbia'', "Love Who Loves You Back"
20	%% * LongRunnerLineUp: There was a brief two-year hiatus between 2011 and 2013 but the line up has been the same since their formation in ''2001'', albeit under a different name (Devilish) until 2003.
21	* MarketBasedTitle: The band's English debut album ''Scream'' was retitled as ''Room 483'' in their native Germany to emphasise the continuity with their previous German album ''Zimmer 483''.
22	%% * MetalScream: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suRNNOeDIEA SCHREEEEEEEIIII!!!!]]"
23	%% * MindScrew: The "Rette Mich" video.
24	* NewSoundAlbum:
25	** ''Humanoid'', turning the band's genre from rock to electro-like music. Definitely a change, but since live instruments are still used, their sound is still recognizable.
26	** ''Kings of Suburbia'' completely changed the band's sound from electro-rock to synth-pop/electro, and very little live instruments are used. "Humanoid" was the stepping stone to the sound overhaul.

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