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2010.10. L'Uomo Vogue
L'Uomo Vogue
 
 
Unique Twins
TOKIO HOTEL
"Humanoid" comes close to 400.000 copies sold.
Their rock tale began in 2001 in Magdeburg. Nearly ten years later, the band
founded by the Kaulitz twins registers sold out gigs in venues all over the world.
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Jacket and shirt: Italia Independent; pant: Lantin; boots: Rick Owens; ring and jewels:
Sevan Bicakci. In the opposite page. T-shirt: Intimissimi; jacket: Lanvin. On the first
page, on the left. Jacket: Louis Vuitton; singlet: Roberto Cavalli; boots: Rick Owens.
On the right. Jacket: Diesel; t-shirt: Intimissimi; jeans: DSquared; shoes: Adidas. -
By Jeremy Scott - Fashion Editor: Robert Rabensteiner.
Still freshly youthful faces, shy manners, polite: Bill and Tom
are the heart and brains of the hottest German band in the
last few years.
Heartened by an unique pop-rock sound, they climbed the international charts,
creating a true myth.
Beside their passion for MUSIC, the two brothers have much more in common:
ideas, friends, dreams. "But we also happen to argue, and heavily", they claim.
"We've got very different personalities. We are the two sides of the SAME strong
COIN".
Surely with their being so used to moving since they were 15 years old, from one
location to another among the most exclusive venues in the whole world situated
in the European and Asian capital cities; and again, with sold out gigs, footlights,
five stars hotels, limited edition limousines the Gallagher brothers not even in better
times could dispose of, the VIP treatment every aspiring young rockstar dream of
and the catwalks (like the one for the DSquared runway during the Milan Man
Fashion Week in January) - if we consider all this, catching the curious, stupefied,
almost alien look that brightens the beautiful, still freshly youthful face of Bill and
Tom Kaulitz, Tokio Hotel heart and brains, makes one feel strange.
They wander through the rooms of Palazzo Biscari, the splendid eighteenth-century
baroque mansion in Catania - where the photoshoot portrayed in these pages was
set - with a featherly, respectful and timid step, as not to interfere with the genius
loci. You might expect that these guys - grown up too fast and now 20 years of age
- give everything for granted, considering the milions of copies they've sold all over
the world, the last record being Humanoid (Universal), which came out exactly one
year ago. But no.
They move from a room to another, almost unbelieving that they can be here today.
"It's a magnificent palace, an artistic treasure: there aren't places like this from where
we come from", Bill mentioned with an esitant smile,
referring to his hometown Magdeburg. But it's right there, in that village know for
its saltmines, once part of East Germany, where ten years ago the Tokio Hotel rock
tale began.
Barely 7, the Kaulitz brothers were already busy with guitars and extravagant looks,
which attracted the school mates' disconcert, by whom the two identical twins were
already seen as out-and-out aliens. No wonder back then Tom was already hooked
on Aerosmith and guitarist Joe Perry, whereas Bill was a big fan of David Bowie and
the White Duke's art of quick-change. "He's absolutely one of my favourite artists: so
far I'll have watched "Labyrinth" hundreds of times", he admits.
Paradoxically, especially in the numbness of the provincial life, being yourself and
wishing to express yourself without prejudices is seen as a meaningless act most of
the time. "At school problems were endless. My classmates didn't accept me, especially
for the way I dressed. At that time I still couldn't afford expensive clothes, so I made
them myself, cutting and sewing together different items of clothing, maybe some
t-shirts I had bought for few pennies. The result was often original, I liked it, I put
lots of passion in it. However, this didn't certainly keep me and my brother Tom away
from fights with some schoolmates. Our dearest dream was to make music and feel free
to express ourselves", Bill remembers.
A dream that for the Kaulitz brothers starts to become true when they meet Georg
Listing and Gustav Schäfer, who later became Tokio Hotel bassist and drummer
respectively. "Finding someone that, at our age, wanted to join us in playing in a
band or shared our own dreams and wishes was pretty hard. That's why, at the
beginning, it was just me and Bill: we made everything by ourselves, we played
every instrument and then we started making some minor concerts in our hometown.
At one of our shows, in the audience there were Gustav and Georg as well; at the end
of our performance, they came greeting us and they asked us to join the group",
remembers Tom, while he shakes his head and the long cornrows that fall over his
shoulders. They're perfect for his hip-hopper look.
It's with this line-up that Devilish were born in 2001 - three years later, the name
changes into Tokio Hotel - and with it their first album, "Schrei", which cointained
"Durch den Monsun", shortly after translated into the famous hit "Monsoon" when
the record was released again in its English version, "Scream". In 2005 Tokio Hotel
set off for their most successful debut tour in their country and they become the most
important rock band from Germany since the metal band Rammstein. They strike while
the iron is hot: in 2007 they release their second German album, "Zimmer 483", which
was also later on included in "Scream" (released the same year). [...]
"We don't have any regrets. We fulfilled our dream. Perhaps we only need the freedom
to go out for an ice-cream without security".
Testimonial.
Tom is the new face for Reebok.
T-shirt: Roberto Cavalli. In the opposite page. Standing. Shirt and pant: Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci; belt: Lanvin; boots: Rick Owens. Sitting. Sweatshirt: Tsicko; gilet: Pharrell & Moncler; jeans: LRC; shoes: Reebok. Make up and hair: Natalie Franz using Chanel. Fashion assistant: Valentina Bocciardi.
Rövidített magyar fordítás:
A Humanoid eddig majdnem 400.000 példányban kelt el.
"Nagyon különböző személyiségek vagyunk. Ugyanannak az éremnek a két
ellentétes oldala vagyunk."
A fotózásra a Palazzo Biscariban került sor, egy 18. századi barokk kastélyban
Cataniaban.
"Csodálatos a palota, egy művészi remekmű: ahonnan mi jövünk, ott nincsenek
ilyen helyek", mondja Bill mosolyogva.
"Az iskolában végtelen problémánk volt. Az iskolatársaim nem fogadtak el, kü-
lönösen azt, ahogyan öltözködtem. Akkoriban nem engedhettem meg magam-
nak a drága ruhákat, szóval magam varrtam őket, különböző ruhadarabokból,
volt néhány trikóm, amiket néhány penniért vettem. Az eredmény gyakran
eredeti volt, nekem tetszett, sok szenvedélyt fektettem bele. Habár ez cseppet
sem tartott vissza sem engem, sem a bátyámat Tomot az osztálytársainkkal való
balhéktól. A legkedvesebb álmunk az volt, hogy zenéljünk és hogy szabadon
kifejezhessük magunkat", emlékezik Bill.
Az álom megvalósult, amikor a Kaulitz testvérek találkoztak Georg Listinggel és
Gustav Schäferrel, akik később a Tokio Hotel basszusgitárosa és dobosa lettek.
"Olyan korodbelieket találni, akik a bandánkhoz csatlakoztak volna vagy meg-
osztották volna velünk az álmainkat és vágyainkat, nagyon nehéz volt. Ezért
az elején csak én és Bill voltunk: mindent magunk csináltunk, minden hang-
szeren mi játszottunk és elkezdtünk minikoncerteket adni a városunkban. Az
egyik fellépésünkön a közönségben volt Gustav és Georg is; a végén odajöttek
üdvözölni minket és kérték, hadd csatlakozzanak hozzánk", emlékezik Tom,
Ezzel a felállással született meg a Devilish 2001-ben - 3 évvel később a név Tokio
Hotelre változott - [...]
"Nem bánunk semmit. Beteljesült az álmunk. Talán csak a szabadság hiányzik,
hogy testőrök nélkül mehessünk fagyizni".
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