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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Translated by: K.