Drumheads #01/2010 - Interview with Gustav Schäfer

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Because the musicians were still so young, many so-called experts derided TH's breakthrough. Four years later the band tours world-wide and breaks one record after another. Instead of talking about gossip, Gustav gives us straight talk about drumming with Germany's supergroup no 1.


Drumheads!!: You've been thrown into the cold water of big stages already at a young age. Do you feel yourself whether you've become more secure in your drumming by now?
Gustav Schäfer: I think I'll never become really secure. I'm nervous before a show and sometimes there just is a mistake when performing. But even the big ones like Chad Smith or Danny Carey mess up sometimes, that's how it is. Who stands in front of 13,000 people, isn't excited and plays every show perfectly - is in my opinion no real drummer!

DH: What's for you so alluring about drumming and being the musician who always sits at the back?
Gu: I think it's awesome that I act from the background and that most people don't even know what weight lays upon a drummer. Of course it's like that also with the other musicians on the stage, but when the drums give out, then the song is messed up. Someone once told me that the drummer is the band's clockwork. He alone makes the beat and all have to listen to his "1".

DH: What's important at a TH concert from a drummer's view? What do you have to bring to the show?
Gu: First of all, I should of course master the songs, and that I do! Sometimes, I play them differently live than on the record and especially with our new record it'll be a big change, since we also have many programmed rhythms. Apart from that, it's like with any other band: The drummer sits in the back and enjoys.

DH: What song do like most for the stage?
Gu: That changes constantly for me. I'm a fan of the heavy beats. Right now, I very much like to play "Komm" resp. the english version "Noise" and "Für immer jetzt" oder "Forever now". These songs are very enjoyable to play, and they have good power in front of the stage.

DH: What things at the drums would you still like to get better at, and how do you approach that?
Gu: Regrettably, with all our travelling, there's not much time for exercises that I've been wanting to do for a long time already. One of my shortcomings are fast Fills. I always hammer them and don't do double-beats. But it sounds better! Oh well, I think I'll always play them like that. After all, so far, nobody has complained.

DH: How much do you practice, when you get the time in between all the interviews and autograph sessions?
Gu: When I get to the studio to practice, then always 4-5 hours with short breaks in between. But then, I'm pretty done for.

DH: What has changed for you, recording the new record compared to earlier studio time?
Gu: On Humanoid, I also plays parts with an E-drumset. These things are incredible. It was a completely new experience for me to bring that in. Live I'll also play a few things on E-pads.

DH: What difficulties did you have to overcome at the recording sessions?
Gu: Sometimes one could really go crazy: I always want to put everything in one song. That it's too much, I then see in the faces of our producers and my band. And then I also realize it when I listen to the take and I sit down at the set with the sentence: "Sometimes less is more, you dork."

DH: Could you imagine to never again touch a drumstick if TH should dissolve one day?
Gu: No! I started to play drums with four, five years. In elementary school then there were other things that interested me, but I never pursued them like drumming. My dad also always had an eye on that, and when we watched a concert of Genesis, and I saw the masses, he said: "Gustav: practice, practice, practice, if you want to get there." I guess it must have stuck.
Originally posted by Artax @ THA
http://www.drum-heads.de/gustavschfertokiohotel.0.html

@темы: Gustav Schafer, Густав Шефер, interview, интервью, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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WETTEN DASS

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@темы: photo, фото, Tom Kaulitz, Том Каулитц, Georg Listing, Георг Листинг, Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, выступление, концерт

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Фото

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@темы: photo, фото, Tom Kaulitz, Том Каулитц, Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, meet-greet, автографсессия, мит-грит

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Самые сексуальные мужчины года (Швеция)

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13 место - Билл Каулитц
http://kandisnytt.msn.se/index.cfm?objectid=70485&imagenr=39

@темы: Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Bild.de: Top альбомов 2009 года

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Tokio Hotel с альбомом „Humanoid“: CD был на 1 месте, но вскоре выпал из Top 10. По крайней мере, в несколких странах он остается на верхушке чартов.
http://www.bild.de/BILD/unterhaltung/jahresrueckblick/2009/das-sind-die-top-alben-2009/tokio-hotel-rihanna-michael-jackson-depeche-mode-gossip.html

@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Микс

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Билли-натор на EMA 2009




Это - модель Zhang Liang... и фото сделано в 2008... так что он не копировал прическу Билла, ха-ха ... (Vanzekin)

@темы: фанарт, Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Звезды и скандалы 2009 года

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Tom Kaulitz von Tokio Hotel
*Естественно, дальше написано про драку со сталкершой*
http://www.tikonline.de/top-stories/detail.php?nr=68767&rubric=Top-Stories

@темы: Tom Kaulitz, Том Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, СМИ, пресса, press

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Billy из Tokio Hotel выглядит. как скелет, это стресс или что-то большее ?

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Bill Kaulitz (20), Tokio Hotel singer looks like he would be starving. Fans are really worried about his health. Even though eccentric singer looks extremely skinny he is trying to persuade fans that everything is under control. Billy said “Don’t be scared of my diet. I have always been skinny.” According to his statement, he has high metabolic rate and cannot put on weight even if he eats fastfood.

Dietitian Thomas Kurscheid said that people suffering from anorexia deny having eating problems. All testifies to anorexy. In the latest picture Bill appeared dressed in loose sweater hiding his skinny body.

Next reason could be drugs that arent anything special in such a business. In the interview for Bravo magazine Billy confessed that he had taken drugs but proclaimed that he gave it up. But seeing his pictures one cannot be sure.

According to a psychologist Bill is under enormous stress and trying to compensate it by starving. “Bill’s life is under managers supervision. No wonder he is trying to have weight under control at least” said the specialist.
http://www.gemmus.com/billy-from-tokio-hotel-looks-like-skeleton-is-it-stress-or-something-more/
http://www.blesk.cz/clanek/celebrity-zahranicni-celebrity/128865/zpevak-z-tokio-hotel-anorexie-ci-drogy.html

@темы: Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Фан-арт

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Кто-то просил большого "Принца Египта" - вот он

@темы: фанарт, Tom Kaulitz, Том Каулитц, Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Том

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@темы: photo, фото, Tom Kaulitz, Том Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, meet-greet, автографсессия, мит-грит

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Рейтинги - MTV Украина

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http://mtv.ua/pages/mtv-charty.html

@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Голосование

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Bravo.de: Хит 2009 года

Голосовать за Tokio Hotel - Automatisch

@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Bill Kaulitz - sein aufregendes Jahr 2009

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@темы: video, видео, Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, СМИ, пресса, press

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Фотомикс

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@темы: photo, фото, Tom Kaulitz, Том Каулитц, Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, David Jost, Дэвид Йост, meet-greet, автографсессия, мит-грит

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Греция, MTV day

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@темы: photo, фото, Tom Kaulitz, Том Каулитц, Georg Listing, Георг Листинг, Gustav Schafer, Густав Шефер, Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, выступление, концерт

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Фан-арт

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@темы: фанарт, Tom Kaulitz, Том Каулитц, Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Том

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@темы: photo, фото, Tom Kaulitz, Том Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, meet-greet, автографсессия, мит-грит

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Как звезды отмечают Рождество

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Tom Kaulitz, Tokio Hotel
«У нас уже есть предложения на концерты к Рождеству, мы примем их неохотно, потому что мы предпочли бы чувствовать, что вся семья собирается дома, где все украшено и вкусная еда".
http://www.tagblatt.ch/magazin/leben/tb-le/So-feiern-die-Stars-Weihnachten;art126,1439278

@темы: Tom Kaulitz, Том Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, СМИ, пресса, press

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Рождественское поздравление от Tokio Hotel

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@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, TH-video, ТХ-видео

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Пресса

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Popcorn #12 (Румыния)

@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, scans, сканы