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* Bill Kaulitz lead vocals
Bill Kaulitz was born on 1 September 1989 in Leipzig, East Germany.[11] He was born ten minutes after his identical twin brother, Tom, to Simone Kaulitz, a freelance tailor, and Jörg Kaulitz.[11] His parents divorced when he was seven, and his mother remarried Gordon Trümper, a guitarist from the German rock band Fatun. His stepfather inspired Bill and his brother to begin their music careers, and they began writing song lyrics.[11][12][13] [4] Bill has stated that his biggest musical influence is German pop artist Nena.[11] He voiced the role of Arthur in the German version of the film, Arthur and the Minimoys. [14]
Bill Kaulitz' style, charisma and his way of performing on stage are the factors that have caused the success of Tokio Hotel.[11] [15] His androgynous look, young age and edgy hairstyle has reached icon status among many teenage girls.[16] In August 2008, Bill Kaulitz was chosen as the most attractive singer on stage by the readers of the spanish magazine ¡Hola!. [17]
Bill was immortalized in wax at the Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin. His wax statue was unveiled on 30 September 2008. At 19 years old, he is now the youngest person to be duplicated by that museum. [18] [19]
* Tom Kaulitz lead guitar
Tom Kaulitz was born on September 1, 1989 in Leipzig ten minutes before his identical twin brother, Bill. As of September 2007, Tom was using Gibson guitars.[20] He has stated his musical influences to be Aerosmith[12] and German hip-hop such as Samy Deluxe.[4] Tom stated in an interview on Fuse's Steven's Untitled Rock Show, that everything has always happened first to him before his twin Bill. Out of the two, he had the first kiss, and he was the first of the two to have sex, stating that Bill is a virgin. It is unknown if Tom was being sarcastic about the later comment.
* Georg Listing bass guitar
Georg Listing was born on 31 March 1987. His hometown is Magdeburg. He began playing bass when he was twelve-years-old,[4] and, as of September 2007, uses a Sandberg bass.[20] He has said that his playing style was heavily influenced by Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers,[21] and other musical influences include Die Ärzte and Oasis.[4]
* Gustav Schäfer drums
Gustav Schäfer was born on 8 September 1988 in his hometown of Magdeburg, and has an older sister. Gustav has been playing the drums since he was six.[4] His musical influences include Metallica,[13] Joe Cocker and Rod Stewart.[12]
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