Friday, March 20, 2009

March 2009- Banda Mag (Philippines)

The article featured in this mag is written by one of our forum members. wooo! and she's Pat. The mag already featured one of her articles and its about Click Five. and this is her second one.


scans by Ira

Tokio Hotel is Caught on Camera


Hi! It's me again, and I just want to tell you that I never get tired of writing something for this awesome magazine! I have a massive collection of Banda mags and I must say that you guys rock for having to feature cool artists (some are my all-time faves!). I remember you guys featured my article about The Click Five, and now, I'm gonna write something about Tokio Hotel, one of my favorite bands ever!. I know that this band isn't that popular here in the Philippines, and I just want to spread their name, their music and literally, THEM. I've been a fan of them for quite a while now, and I have to tell you, THIS BAND ROCKS!!. So for those of you who doesn't know anything about this very awesome band, I'll introduce them for you. Tokio Hotel is a German band composed of Bill Kaulitz[vocalist], twin brother Tom Kaulitz[guitarist], Georg Listing [bassist] and Gustav Schafer [drummer].

“The walls are coming closer, my senses fade away”
-Rescue Me, Tokio Hotel


How did I become a massive fan of theirs? It started as a joke. I sent a group message wherein i said, "hey! i love Bill Kaulitz". IT WAS JUST A JOKE! then my friend, who's a fan, sent me a message and she's like, "How did you know that band?". Well, I knew the band before but didn't bother caring for them at all. I mean, what's up with a guy who looks like a girl that has "volumized" hair? They were just normal for me, I didn't care about their music AT FIRST. Then, I realized that, they are really cool, they're music is very touching and inspirational. So I started searching some cool facts about them, until I joined this forum made just for them: Tokio Hotel Pilipinas [check out their site! : www.tokiohotelpilipinas.org ]. So I started talking to awesome Tokio Hotel fans who are really dedicated even though they aren't that famous here. I have learned so much about them, like Bill wants to fall in love with a girl someday, Tom can write something using his both hands and so much more. I even asked some of my relatives who are living abroad to buy me TH merchandise, since only the Tokio Hotel Caught on Camera DVD is available here. Their single, "Monsoon" is very catchy and has a nice melody. My classmates are really in love with that song. And uh, speaking of my classmates and friends, they don't ACTUALLY like them, well for some. They think that Bill is gay and that their music sucks. Well, for all that I know, they don't suck and hey, they're just a group of young people but they make such great music.

“I’m dying but I know our love will live”
-Sacred, Tokio Hotel


I must say this over and over again, that music is about music, not the looks. So why bother criticizing their looks, when their music is awesome like that? I fell in love with this band, not become their vocalist is really that good-looking or anything, but what's more important is the music that they're making which they are most precisely proud of! Now, how much do I love Tokio hotel? Idiomatic expressions such as: I will love them till the hell freezes, or heaven is hell without them are much more appropriate but really, words cannot explain how much I'm in love with them. I guess I will do ANYTHING, and i mean it, ANYTHING just to see them or just say to them personally, how much they make awesome music and how much they make me happy. For me, they’ll remain forever "sacred", for they make me "scream" whenever i hear their music. When I am "on the edge" of my moment, I just popped in my Scream CD to my CD player and "break away".

Here are some of my favorite songs [some are German]: Totgeliebt, Scream, Sacred, Spring Nicht, Freunde Bleiben and Monsoon Smile.

“Live every second, here and now… don’t let go”
-Live Every Second, Tokio Hotel


Patricia Camille S. Caramat
16 y/o
pat.heilig@gmail.com

Credit to Pat/THP

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