Radio(Finland)-TH interw.with Simosas Stiftelse

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Interview with "Simosas Stiftelse" 9/9 2009.
On the site it says:
Germany's gift to the popworld is on a quick visit in Finland and of course they wanted to meet up with "Simosas stiftelse"...


Translation of the radio interview:
Anne: Now it’s finally time for the interview with Tokio Hotel, we have waited for this for a long time and now we have a guest here in the studio. It’s someone very special, it’s our own producer Johan Aldonen.
Johan: “I thought you were going to say that it was Tokio Hotel. But it’s not, it’s just me...”

The other dude and Johan speak in German, just some silly jokes.

The weird dude: “Im just joking around with you” *scary laugh*

Weird dude: “I have to tell you something. Anne and I were about to do an interview with Tokio Hotel, we had said we were interested to interview them. And you should have seen the psychopathic look our producer gave us, he slapped us and screamed “NO! I am going to the interview!!!”. And you have no idea how happy he has been after that, it was clearly a big moment for him.

Johan: “It WAS a big moment! I have floated on clouds ever since... It was beautiful boys who stepped in to the studio. All 4 group members were there – the twins, Bill and Tom Kaulitz, who most of you associate with Tokio Hotel. And then also Georg and Gustav, who are more of background figures.
They are very, very popular, they have ALOT of fans all over the world. Mostly in Europe but in other places too. Alot of people know about them and love their music. But it has not always been like this, they started when they were young and unknown. So, the first question I wanted to ask them was how it feels to be so very popular and how it was the first time they realized they actually had fans.”

Bill:Well you never get used to it. You don't feel like to be a star every day. Actualy, it is always unusal to us, if things like this happen. I do remember very well the first time. It was a small village and it was our first performance after the realease of our first single. The concert had to be interrupted, because there were not enough securtiy. They never expected so much Fans...and we were also totaly overwhelmed. I do remeber exatcly, that we actually did not get it at all. I do remember this day very well.

Johan: “That was Bill, the singer, who answered that question and he says that he still thinks it’s very strange that they have fans. That everytime they meet fans it’s the same feeling and just as weird as the first time.
The first time they realized they had fans was when they had released their first single and they were on a gig in a small village in Germany. The place was so small, they had no security. So many fans showed up that they had to cancel the concert and run out through the back door before everything escalated into chaos. That’s what they remember, it was beautiful. Look *shows the others a photo* this is Bill when he’s telling us the story. It was a very touching story!”

Anne: “Yes, it was!”

Weird dude: “Im crying over here...”

Anne: “... they were very humble and I appreciate that. Because they have become famous so fast and you can easily become a bit conceited. But there’s no sign of that with these guys.”

Johan: “No, they seem to be very honest and sympathetic. You almost become unpleasantly touched of how sympathetic they are.
Anyway, more about their fame. Can they even walk on the streets without being recognized? Do they have any privacy at all?”

Bill : Well actually...you don't have privacy at all. We have given it up at age 15

Tom: But the privacy thing is not necessarily because we always meet fans. It is like...everyone is recognizing us, if we are in the public. Whether they like or dislike our music, they recognize us anyway. To walk like a normal guy on the street is not possible anymore and we have not done it since we have been 15 years old....and actually we do have only a little time to do privat stuff..because we are estimated 320 days on the road with the band. And of course, even if the spotlight is off...we continue to work

Johan: “No, the poor guys in Tokio Hotel havent had a private life since they were 15 years old actually. That’s what they’re telling us. I dont know, 15 years old... Before Tokio Hotel they called themselves Devilish, they were just a local band and had no record deal. So they have done music for quite a while eventhough theyre all just around their 20’s. So, no private life there. They say that everybody recognizes them on the street. And not only their fans but also people who dont like their music walks up to them on the steet, which makes it hard for them to go outside unnoticed.
An other thing that makes it hard for them to have a private life is that they work with the band 320 days a year, that’s quite alot....”

Weird dude: “What are they doing the other days?” (mein gott, lame xD)

Johan: “Yea, I was wondering the same... I dont know. They do something else...”

Weird dude: “Maybe theyre playing Pidro(?)” (??? Dont know what that is... :S)

Johan: “They dont have that much time for other things.”

Anne: “They’re celebrating their birthdays, of course!”

Johan: “Yea, of course, birthdays. Actually 3 of the 4 band members have just had their birthdays this past week. The twins, Bill and Tom, and Gustav, the drummer. So, of course I asked them how they celebrated their birthdays.”

Bill: Tom and I have rented a theme-parc ( amusment-parc). We have fullfilled our childhood-dream. We have been there with Georg and Gustav, our closet family members and friends and we had the entire theme-parc for us...I love stuff like this, i can't get enough of it. We have been ten times on the rollercoster, for real, but i guess it, was not a good idea...because on the next day, all of us felt a little bit sick.

Tom: Yes...and Gustav celebrated his birthday yesterday in Stockholm

Gustav: Ja...Stockholm

Johan: “Bill and Tom celebrated their birthday by renting an amusment park, it was one of their childhood dreams. They rented the entire park and invited their friends and family, and of course the other band members.” (lol, what, theyre not their friends? xD)

Weird dude: “So 3/4 of the band have their birthday in a week. What if they wouldnt invite the other dude who dont have birthday that week?” *laughs* -.-

Johan: “Haha, a hint for what they think about him... Anyway, this is how they celebrated the twins and poor Gustav had his birthday when the band was on their PR tour in Stockholm. So he celebrated his birthday in Stockholm and they all laughed at him. It was a bit tragic actually...” (HEEY! We sang Happy Birthday outside the hotel!!! And what’s wrong with Stockholm?? xDDD)

Weird dude: “Aaaaaw, Gusse!!!” (LMAO xD)

Johan: “...and he just sat there and was a bit ashamed about it.”

Anne: “That’s awful.”

RADIO EXTREME

Anne: “We have our producer here in the studio and he has interviewed the band we’ll soon talk more about. But Johan, you also got to hear some of the songs from their new record. How was that?”

Johan: “It was a bit...ehm, I was pretty surprised actually. They all sounded so different, I listened to 5 songs from the new record that’ll be released in the beginning of October. And some of them sounded, just like with Automatisch, like an old Tokio Hotel song. Like from the previous record...”

Weird dude: “Rock hard!” O___o

Johan: “.... –laughter- Yea, you could hear it was them. But then, the other songs had a new sound that I actually like better. They didnt have that typical Tokio Hotel sound. I think it will be hard for many to recognize them. But Im sure there’ll be some more big hits from this album.”

Anne: “Was it more pop or rock?”

Johan: “They had a rockier sound... a heavier sound, more guitars and stuff. Yup! Anyway, the album will be released in the beginning of October, as I said. So I asked the guys the question, how would you describe the new album?”

Bill:For the first time...Tom and I have coproduced the album. It is a different Tokio Hotel album. For a long time we have not written new songs and we toured a lot with the old stuff...and on the end of last year...we could not listen to us anymore or even look at us....we needed a break. We finaly wanted to write new songs and also take a look on our development. Ja..the album is a little bit more electronic. We removed ourself a bit from only using Guitar, Bass and Drums. We tried a little bit more and a new sound-world is involved. The producition and writing had last almost a year.


Johan: ”Bill and Tom write most of the songs, so they told us that the reason they started to make new songs was because they were so incredibly tired of their old songs. They were tired of seeing them and hearing them, so they didnt want anything to do with them anymore. So that’s why they decided to make a new album. They also say that this is a very different Tokio Hotel album, where they have uses new instruments, not only guitar, bass and drums. I dont know, the 5 songs I heard didnt have any new instruments but... we will see with the other songs.”

Anne: “Couldnt you hear the triangle (I dont know if that’s what u say in english, in swedish it’s “triangel”) and the flute?”

Weird dude: “Pling!!!”

Johan: “Haha, and the ukulele... exactly. Haha. But we’ll see, the album will be released in both an English version and a German version, of course. They claim themselves that it’s because they want to offer their fans alot more. But we who are a bit cynical think it’s because they want to sell a bit more.”

Anne: “I personally think it’s a good thing. Because I struggled alot in school with German. If my teacher had made two records, one in German and one in English I would have learned alot faster.”

Johan: “Probably. So now everybody will learn German because of Tokio Hotel. And that’s not bad. Anyway, this band has sold millions of records. And at some point the question about money will turn up, and now of course we asked them what they do with all the money they earn.”


Bill: As you just noticed, we are not that rich, because otherwise my wish would not be the downloads

Tom: Ja

Bill: If it had not come to the downloads...i would have certainly almost retired. But...some always tend to think...., but you have to say nowerdays ...in the music buisiness you actually earn no millions, that some might believe....perhabs ten years ago it was like this....if you want to be really rich...you have to be a soccer-player or a racedriver....

Tom: But you have to say, that we are a band, that like to loose a lot of money ...because we say NO to 10.000 things a day...where we would probably earn a lot of money....but we don't want to do it...because we don't like it...

Bill: Or we play a concert and blow up the whole venue with all the pyrotechnics..and in the end there is no money left to go home with.

Tom: Or we do it like this time...shooting such an expensiv video...like for Automatic...and earn no money for the next half year


Johan: “They claim that they’re not at all as rich as many tend to think they are. Eventhough they rented an amusement park on their birthday. They said they use alot of money for pyrotechnique and light effects on their shows and also the video for the new single “Automatisch” costed them so much that they wont earn a single penny the next 6 months. I dont know if it’s true but it’s what they say.
Then I had to ask them a question about their band name.You get weird associations, it’s not the most obvious name to come up with. But I asked them, if they could have a place for example a hotel, that would be called Tokio Hotel. What would it be like?”

Bill: Tokio Hotel would probably an awesome Hotel. We do think anyway about...

Tom: Ja...we think about for now to write an hotel-guide...because we stayed in so many hotels worldwide from very good to very bad... and second...we could open an awesome hotel.

Bill: Ja...we truely love to open a hotel...maybe some day we will do it..a perfect hotel...from the electic socket by the bed

Tom: Ja..from the ecletic socket by the bed to a perfect comfortable bathtub...everything perfect..
Johan: “They say that they actually have thought of opening up their own place called Tokio Hotel and it would be the most perfect of all the perfect hotels in the world. And they also say that they’re actually quite the experts when it comes to hotels since they’ve stayed in so many weird places all around the world during their tours. The most perfect hotel would have a beautiful bathtub in a beautiful bathroom. And then the most important thing of all, there must be an electic socket by the bed.”

Anne: “An electric socket by the bed? I think there is always a socket by the bed...?”

Johan: “Obviously not in the hotels Tokio Hotel have stayed in.”

Weird dudes: “Oh those poor bastards, what kind of hotels are they staying on?” xD

Anne: “Im happy they said they wanted the socket by the bed, it wouldve been a bit terrifying if they wanted one by the bathtub.”

Johan: “That wouldve been worse, for sure. That wouldve explained his hair though...”

Anne: “Oh no, YEAAA... no. Wait, Johan when you met them, were they still as styled as they usually are?”

Johan: “Yea, the singer, Bill was. But the other 3 were just like... you... and me.”

Anne: “Aha...okay.”

Weird dude: “Aha, that beautiful? What did they think about your Tokio Hotel tattoos?”

Johan: “They loved them, especially the ones I have on my forehead!”