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Tokio Hotel Rocks Screaming Tweens

With big hair, big riffs and MTV buzz, Germans threaten to go mainstream in US

By Michael Foreman,  Newser User

Posted Aug 24, 2008 10:53 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Having dominated Europe, German rockers Tokio Hotel are threatening to go mainstream in the US, if the reception their riff-heavy pop metal earned among screaming preteens in San Francisco this week is any indication. "The best way to describe the glam-metal-emo-pop-tween group," Aidin Vaziri writes in the Chronicle, "is like the Jonas Brothers for girls who prefer chipped black nail polish and fishnet stockings to unicorn puffy stickers and purity rings."

The mostly female crowd rushed the stage as frontman Bill Kaulitz—“an androgynous singer with extra large hair and extra small jeans”—belted fan favorites like Monsoon and Scream. Come Sept. 7, the band's angst-ridden Ready, Set, Go! will compete with pop darlings Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, and the Jonas Brothers for an MTV Video Music Award.

Bill Kaulitz, left, and his brother Tom perform during the band's concert at the Avalon Hollywood club in Los Angeles, May 13, 2008.
Bill Kaulitz, left, and his brother Tom perform during the band's concert at the Avalon Hollywood club in Los Angeles, May 13, 2008.   (AP Photo, file)
Bill Kaulitz performs with Tokio Hotel on MTV's Total Request Live, Aug. 4, 2008 in New York.
Bill Kaulitz performs with Tokio Hotel on MTV's Total Request Live, Aug. 4, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo, file)
Tokio Hotel pose backstage at MTV Studios in Times Square, Aug. 4, 2008.
Tokio Hotel pose backstage at MTV Studios in Times Square, Aug. 4, 2008.   (AP Photo, file)
Concert goers cheer to the German band Tokio Hotel during their Bastille Day concert at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, July 14, 2007.
Concert goers cheer to the German band Tokio Hotel during their Bastille Day concert at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, July 14, 2007.   (AP Photo, file)
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