Tokio Hotel: battery recharged

Written by: Manuel Tejeda.

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MEXICO, DF.- The five years they were away from the music scene, helped the members of a Tokio Hotel to live life the way they always wanted.

"We were partying, meeting girls, taking drugs, getting drunk... you know, those sort of things" Tom Kaulitz, guitarist, joked during the press conference the band did yesterday (12/11/14).

After releasing Humanoid (2009), the guys avoided the public eye and went to the recording studio just a few months back.

Bill Kaulitz, vocals, would've loved that this absence was a full withdrawal; however, this time they didn't spend it with their arms crossed.

"It wasn't a retirement, even though I would've loved it to be. We just took a break to live life a bit. Besides, we were working for a long time, we just wanted to step away from the madness, media and public life. We achieved a normal life and we got the inspiration for the new album, because we didn't know what to write about, since we were on tour for a few years", he explained.

The result was Kings of Suburbia, an album with 11 songs, a bit more inclined towards electronic than rock and it was produced by Tom.

"We never sat down and said 'now we're going to write more electronic and we'll leave the bass and the guitar aside'. With the amount of time that we had, it was all natural and it just happened. Now it is our sound", the singer expressed.

One of the things that Bill's brother spoke about was the process of reaching the sound they wanted, experimenting with instruments and putting it together live.

"We enjoyed the electronic process of each track. For example, 'Girl Got a Gun' was written four years ago, one of the first songs we got ready. It was awesome taking this break, the best thing that could've happened to us. I was able to produce, siting in front of a computer, work, play several instruments, discovering the way how we wanted to sound and then playing live" Tom added.

Mexico has always been in a special place for the interpreters of "World Behind my World". The band, that it's completed with Georg Listing (bass) and Gustav Schäfer (drums) would played last night on the Telehit Awards, and they promised to come back next year with more.

About dating
For Bill Kaulitz, dating is in the past, and the way people relate to each other it's through casual encounters. "It's been years since I had a date. I think the concept of dating does no longer exist, nobody asks out anymore. I think I never had an awkward date" he said. About this, his brother Tom joked saying that that's why Bill is still alone and virgin.

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Tokio Hotel is back after 5 years of absence

Written by: El Universal.

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Even though they had fame, money and recognition after the hit of their album "Humanoid", the German band Tokio Hotel decided to take a break and after five years of absence they're back in 2014 with "Kings of Suburbia" which they plan to regain time.

For Bill and Tom Kaulitz, as much as for Georg Listing and Gustav Schäfer, members of Tokio Hotel, which was formed in 2003; taking a break from their busy public life what was they needed to be able to continue, since they felt an artistic block. "After working nonstop for several years we reached a point were we could no longer do anything new, it was hard for us to write, we didn't have anything to say and that's why we decided to take a break; we've never withdrew completely", Bill noted.

During their visit in Mexico the band said that during this "free" time they dedicated to live, primary, in a normal way, without flashes in their faces, live like the young guys they are, even though it was also the right moment to start working again on their new album.

That's how the band knew how to enjoy their time, and didn't want to rush the finish of the album, which they said it was an addition because they were able to work more than any other record they've made. "This time that we were away it was important for us; it made us write again, to be able to travel and know more places and have more experiences to talk about", Tom said.

That's how the band presents "Kings of Suburbia", an album they assure have a different path from their usual work, with more electronic sounds, something they've never done before.

They are aware that this changes can bring them more followers, but also there will be people who will not agree with the changes; however they don't seem to care, since they assured that as long as they imprint on each song what their creatives mind are telling them, they hope their real fans stick with them.

"When we started to do this record we didn't have any expectation of what we wanted to creat or what path we wanted to have, it was more natural, it just came out; we didn't decided deliberated that it was going to be more electronic, we didn't sat down and choose it" Tom added.

For Bill, "Kings of Suburbia" is a feeling that means everything and nothing at the same time. "The album is a sample of how the past influences the present, with more intense influences and autonomy of decision". 

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Translated by: K.