3. Band members Bill Kaulitz, vocals Tom Kaulitz, guitar (Bill's twin) Georg Listing, bass Gustav Schäfer, drums

4. Starting off Originally formed in 2001 under the name Devilish, the band began playing in talent shows and small concerts. After Bill Kaulitz's participation in a children's Star Search in 2003 (which he lost in the quarter-final), he was discovered by music producer Peter Hoffmann. Devilish changed their name to Tokio Hotel ("Tokio", the German language spelling of the city Tokyo, Japan, which they love, and "Hotel", due to their constant touring and sleeping in hotels), and Sony BMG took them under contract. Hoffmann hired David Jost and Pat Benzner into the team of creators and authors, and had them give the children instruction on songwriting and instrument playing. However, shortly before publication of the first album, Sony terminated their contract. In 2005, Universal Music Group took Tokio Hotel under contract and developed a marketing plan

5. Starting career Their first single, "Durch den Monsun" quickly rose in the charts, appearing on the German official Media Control single charts at #15 on 20 August 2005 and eventually reaching #1 on 26 August 2005; it reached #1 on the Austrian music charts as well. Their second single, "Schrei",climbed to the #5 position in the German charts. Their debut album, "Schrei", was released on 19 September 2005; the album later received a platinum certification. All songs were written by singer Bill Kaulitz together with their group of producers Peter Hoffmann, David Jost, Pat Benzer and Dave Roth. In 2006, a third and fourth single, "Rette Mich" and "Der Letzte Tag", were released; both reached #1 as well.

6. Schrei- 2005, 1st studio album Zimmer 483- Feb. 2007, 2nd studio album Scream/Room 483-Jun. 2007,3rd studio album, 1st English album discography

7. German albums Their debut album "Schrei" was released on 19 September 2005 in Germany

8. European albums While their German CDs never received official releases outside the German- speaking world,Tokio Hotel's first English album "Scream" was released on June 4, 2007 in all of Europe.

9. American albums a 2 song EP will be released in stores in the US on December 11, 2007 titled "Scream America" and on April 15, 2008 a Special US version of the album "Scream" will be in stores.

10. Works cited Wikipedia Tokio Hotel America