Biography... * The whole band's favorite food is fast food.
* They name their band 'Tokio Hotel',
because they like big cities and they are always on the road
and mainly stay in many hotels.
* Gustav's favorite bands are Metallica and Foo Fighters.
* Bassist, Georg, is a fan of Oasis and Fall Out Boy.
* Tom usually listens to German hip hop
and his favorite music artist is Samy Deluxe.
* Bill's favorite bands are Green Day, Coldplay, Keane and Placebo.
* Bill is a big fan of Nena.
* Drummer, Gustav, likes listening to music before performing
for every show. His favorite genre of music is heavy metal
and is a big fan of Lars Ulrich, drummer of Metallica.
* Guitarist, Tom, wrote the song, "Schwarz".
* Bill wrote most of the songs for their albums.
* Joss Stone presented their award to them
when they won the "Inter Act" award in November 2007
during the MTV European Music Awards.
* Bill was nicknamed 'Macky' when he was younger, by his grandmother.
* The whole band can speak German, English and a bit of French.
* Bill is allergic to apples and mosquito bites.
* Tom has a total of 17 guitars.
* Tom has one luggage full of his caps whenever on tour.
* Georg's idol is Flea from Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
* The band did the closing act at the
European Music Awards 2007, by performing "Monsoon".
* Bill had to undergo surgery to remove a
growing cyst in one of his vocal chords. (March 2008).
* Bill brings his teddy bear along with him whenever he tours.
* Their current home is where their band studio is at, in Magdeburg, Germany.