Germany’s top band Tokio Hotel

Germany’s largest act over the past two decades, Tokio Hotel highly recognizes their avid fans here in the Philippines. The Tokio Hotel Official Philippine Fan Club has been around for four years now and it’s the group’s only official fan chapter in the whole of Asia.

“It’s a great lovely feeling to have fans in Asia. We’d love to come over there,” said the band’s vocalist Bill Kaulitz in an exclusive phone interview with the Manila Bulletin.

He and his twin brother Tom, who plays guitar, recently expressed gratitude towards their Filipino fans as they hope to experience soon the kind of music scene existing here. The local release of their album “Humanoid’s” Deluxe edition has effectively thrilled the said fans club which is running for four years now.

Tokio Hotel’s current single “Automatic,” admittedly one of the band’s personal favorites, has already gained grounds, as shown by its ascension on the MYX channel chart. The song, according to Pinoy Tokio Hotel fan club member Karl Vincent Bautista, “explores the relationships between everyday emotions and conveniences.”

The group, focused for their European tour in the meantime, obviously has minimal knowledge about the Philippines, though they feel excited about its “good weather” and “beautiful nature.” Part of the band’s goals for this year is to visit Asia, which for sure means setting foot on Philippine soil.

Asked if there’s such a “twin rivalry” going on between them, both Bill and Tom insisted, “We have a very special connection and do everything together. We don’t have to talk to each other to communicate. It’s like we have this mental telepathy going on.”

The latest release care off MCA Music comes in a classy digipack and includes an extra booklet. There are also four bonus tracks: “Love and Death,” “Hey You,” “That Day” and Screamin’!”

“We believe in aliens and in strange things,” noted the twins in reference to “Humanoid” being described as sci-fi influenced. Completing the quartet are bassist Georg Listing and drummer Gustav Schäfer.

Their name derived from the famous Japan’s capital city, Tokio Hotel embarked on a debut tour of their country in 2005, later deemed as “the most successful debut tour of Germany by a new artist.” The group’s records have gone platinum 10 times over with sales reaching past six million, on top of sold-out concert venues around Europe.

“Always play live and keep doing what you do,” Bill uttered as a small but sensible advice to start-up bands.