VMAs Video: Are Panic at the Disco Depressed? Why Do Paramore Blog?

Rolling Stone’s trip to the VMAs was quite educational: we learned that Linkin Park are developing a designer drug with the goal of enslaving all humanity (seriously, watch Chester Bennington explain it), and that Panic at the Disco are in a weird state of mind — see for yourself by watching our interview above. “We’re going to do a record over the winter,” Ryan Ross says, and the band shares an Axl Rose story. Want more tales from the red carpet? Click the jump to catch Paramore explaining why they keep blogging, T-Pain gushing about Eminem and Tokio Hotel sharing hairspray secrets. Paramore Talk Seeing Rihanna Without Makeup, Blogging T-Pain on the Best VMAs Performances Ever (Eminem’s, That Is) Tokio Hotel Prepping for New German-to-English LP

Published: 2008-09-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Videos, MTV Video Music Awards

“Guitar Hero World Tour” Offers Deluxe Drum Kit, Studio Capabilities

After Rock Band stole music game headlines last year with its drum kit and expanded options, the folks at Activision knew they had to strike back big. Guitar Hero World Tour marks a giant leap forward for the franchise that jumpstarted the music game craze, featuring a drum kit and microphone but also a new guitar design and the ability to build your own tracks in a virtual studio. The drum kit contains three drum pads and two virtual cymbals, which makes the percussion experience all the more realistic. The pads themselves are also velocity-sensitive, so the harder you hit them, the louder they sound. The new guitars are especially impressive: there’s a touch-sensitive patch on the neck that allows for sliding solos and more realistic hammer-ons, which allows players to look more and more like Eddie Van Halen (but hopefully with better dental work). As for the song lineup, there’s an excellent balance between stone-cold classics like Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” (which is incredibly difficult to sing), Jimi Hendrix’s “The Wind Cries Mary” (which is equally difficult to drum) and Van Halen’s “Hot For Teacher” along newer hits by Tokio Hotel and the Mars Volta. But the most unique aspect of Guitar Hero World Tour lies in the new studio mode, which lets you put down up to five tracks on a single song, meaning you can birth anything from a minimal drum and bass track to a Neil Young-esque three guitar attack. Once those songs are recorded, players will be able to upload them and let the online community go to town on them. Guitar Hero World Tour hits stores on October 26. Related Stories: • Guitar Hero World Tour Unveils Full Track List • Slash on Guitar Hero, Guns N’ Roses • Smashing Pumpkins Debuting “G.L.O.W.” Exclusively on Guitar Hero • Rock Band, Guitar Hero Battle for Bands

Published: 2008-09-17 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Live Review: Tokio Hotel in T.O.

TORONTO - German rock band Tokio Hotel can sell out arenas in their own back yard, but they're trying to get a foot in the door on this side of the pond.

Published: 2008-05-17 Provider: Canoe

Tokio Hotel To Perform On 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien'; Check Out 'Ready Set Go!'

Tokio Hotel have just announced they will perform their new single, "Ready, Set, Go!" on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on May 9th. Thanks to the massive amounts of on-line votes, the die hard Tokio Hotel fans booked the band another spot on TV with a #2 video ("Ready, Set, Go!") on yesterday's TRL on MTV. [...] Read more!

Published: 2008-04-17 Provider: StarPulse

Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily

American Idol fever swept through Rock Daily as David Cook received twelve million more votes than David Archuleta. We live-blogged the song-off and highlighted our favorite moments of the finale. Next week, we perilously trap Cook into a corner and make him answer your question. We put our tape recorders to good use and had the interns transcribing double-time as we talked to Genesis about their massive reunion tour, Mudhoney’s Mark Arm about Superfuzz Bigmuff, Bun B about his fallen rap partner Pimp C and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis about the festival he’s curating and his band’s hiatus. All we learned in that pre-law class we took sophomore class finally came to fruition as the R. Kelly trial kicked off, Slick Rick got pardoned and Phil Spector will once again spend many days in a courthouse. The video department was on Final Cut overload as Tokio Hotel taught us how to speak German and Breaking band Sam Champion performed in a van. [Photo: Becker/Getty]

Published: 2008-05-24 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

"Scream" by Tokio Hotel

Tokio Hotel have all the trappings and ingredients that make up a successful band. The quartet, imported from Germany, toss off ebullient pop-rock chops. The singer and the guitarist are identical, teenaged twin brothers, and the duo performs as though nothing else matters, and these factors have contributed to the band’s massive European success, where they play major festivals and have a legion of dedicated fans. Will that devotion and rabid fandom translate on US shores? That remains to be seen and certainly isn't a given in this volatile climate of fickle music fans. However, Tokio Hotel isn't as rebellious as they seem, despite song titles like "Love Is Dead" and "On The Edge," and the band doesn't do quite enough on Scream to separate or distinguish themselves from the horde of domestic pop-rock bands that write digestible songs. Single "Ready, Set, Go!" is a safe, lite rock song, while "Monsoon" is a bland ballad that doesn't necessarily speak to your soul with its

Published: 2008-04-02 Provider: Artist Direct

Tokio Hotel: Adored by Hair-Loving Fans, Inspired by Nena

It’s a cold, rainy Saturday in New Jersey, and hundreds of hoodie-clad teenyboppers are scrunched shoulder to shoulder in the Meadlowlands parking lot, screaming for Tokio Hotel. “Bill, I want to comb your hair!” shrieks a teen girl in the front row as the band — fronted by glammed-out singer Bill Kaulitz, 18, and his dreadlocked twin, guitarist Tom — kick into “Ready Set Go.” Bill doesn’t answer — after all, if he complied with every hair-combing request, his trademark porcupine spikes would be defunct. Instead, he swivels his skinny hips, pumps his fist skyward and sings. Since Tokio Hotel’s third album, Scream, was released in the U.S. on April 29th, the German emo rockers — who blend lashing riffs and forceful wails into dark, snarling anthems — have become superstars, snagging a spot on MTV’s TRL, sold-out shows in New York and LA and legions of admirers. “When we played [New York’s] Irving Plaza in February, the audience sang all the songs — even two German ones,” says Bill. “In Europe we play big concerts, but in America it’s so cool to see all the people — and all the girls.” A few years ago, Bill and Tom were performing for tiny crowds in their hometown, the small salt-mining town of Madgeburg, part of former East Germany. “Every weekend we played to, like, 15 people in the same club,” says Tom, who picked up his first guitar at age seven, around the same time that Bill decided he wanted to be a star. (”I saw a concert with Nena singing ‘99 Red Balloons’ on TV and I said, ‘I will also go onstage and sing,’” he recalls.) Tokio Hotel was born in 2001, when local teens Gustav Schafer (drums) and Georg Listing (bass) caught one of the duo’s gigs. “We said, ‘Oh my god, someone should help them!’” jokes Listing. Scream — which is culled from tracks on the

Published: 2008-06-03 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Tokio Hotel: Germany's Jonas Brothers

German rock band is already conquering American shores, thanks to the Internet.

Published: 2008-08-27 Provider: ABC News

Bogus Tokio Hotel star charged with Internet sex hoax (AFP)

AFP - A French youth has been charged with posing online as the star of teen rock band Tokio Hotel to trick young girls into sending him nude photos, police said Friday.

Published: 2008-08-01 Provider: Yahoo

Tokio Hotel Give Fans V.I.P. Access With CD Purchase

Fans of the rock band can have a chance to view their concerts live and have a chance to chat with them live if they purchase their new CD.

Published: 2008-04-24 Provider: Aceshowbiz

Show At The MTV Europe Music Awards 2007

MUNICH, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 01: German rock band Tokio Hotel accepts their award during the show at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 at the Olympiahalle on November 1, 2007 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images for MTV)

Published: 2007-11-01 Provider: ViewImages Keywords: Germany, Munich, Show, Band, Rock, Receiving, German Culture, Music, Award, MTV, Arts Culture and Entertainment, Celebrities, Tokio Hotel, MTV Europe Music Awards, Tokio Hotel

Awards Presentation At The MTV Europe Music Awards 2007

MUNICH, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 01: Recording artist Joss Stone (2nd R) presents an award to band members of Tokio Hotel during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 at the Olympiahalle on November 1, 2007 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Jo Hale/Getty Images for MTV)

Published: 2007-11-01 Provider: ViewImages Keywords: Germany, Munich, Band, Presenting, People, Music, Award, MTV, Arts Culture and Entertainment, Celebrities, Tokio Hotel, MTV Europe Music Awards, Joss Stone, Joss Stone