The Rasmus are a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were still in upper comprehensive school. The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer/songwriter), Eero Heinonen (bass), Pauli Rantasalmi (guitar) and Janne Heiskanen (drums). Heiskanen quit the band in 1998 and was soon replaced by Aki Hakala.
Before releasing their fourth studio album Into (2001), they were simply known as Rasmus, but changed their name to The Rasmus in order to avoid being confused with a Swedish DJ of the same name. They gained international fame with their 2003 album Dead Letters which went gold and platinum in several countries, accompanied with the single "In the Shadows" which reached number 1 in a number of countries.



Their follow-up album Hide from the Sun which was released in October 2005 also went platinum in Finland.



The band is one of Finland's most successful with more than 3.5 million sold albums worldwide, eight gold awards and five platinum awards. They have released seven studio albums, two compilation album and 21 singles. Some of the band's most famous songs are the singles "Liquid", "F-F-F-Falling", "In the Shadows", "First Day of My Life", "Funeral Song" , "No Fear", "Sail Away", "Livin' in a World Without You", and "Justify". Their most recent album, titled Black Roses, was released in 2008.



Immediately it replaced Metallica's latest album Death Magnetic in the Finnish Album Charts and went gold after one week. In early 2010, The Rasmus started working on their next album, which will be released by the band's personal record label due to their contract with their previous label dissolving at the end of 2009. The band is working with Malaysian American song writer and lyricist Jonathan Kabir for their upcoming album.

Lauri Ylönen

Ylönen announced a solo album scheduled for release in March 2011 with the first single "Heavy" being out in February. The material will have its premiere at Emma Gala on February 26, 2011. Ylönen stated that he wanted several songs, that didn't fit The Rasmus, to be released as a major record rather than a demo or something like that. The album "New World" will be self-produced with his record label Dynasty Recordings.



I'm such a big fan of them because Lauri write those sad songs with the soul in his hands and he always said, "I'll write this and I don't care if it only likes to three people because I'll know that I did this with my heart", He's my inspiration when I'm writing stories or playing the piano.

I own 5€ to Lauri

I was on train on trip from Lahti to Mikkeli and I had too little cash to pay the ticket , He saw I did have troubles with the ticket sales man so he helped me out , what a nice guy he is !!!!!
I like some of their songs , but it is definitely not my type of music

I LOVE The Rasmus.
They've been one of my favorite bands since 2004.
Their music is different and really captivating!

I'm waiting for their new album!!! If there is one. :-S

Samael-leamaS wrote:I own 5€ to Lauri

I was on train on trip from Lahti to Mikkeli and I had too little cash to pay the ticket , He saw I did have troubles with the ticket sales man so he helped me out , what a nice guy he is !!!!!
I like some of their songs , but it is definitely not my type of music

I'm so jealous!! You're so lucky!!!

azulan wrote:I LOVE The Rasmus.
They've been one of my favorite bands since 2004.
Their music is different and really captivating!

I'm waiting for their new album!!! If there is one. :-S

Yeah! This year will be out their album and Lauri is going to release his solo album called "Heavy", he said that album is because he wrote a lot of songs that are not The Rasmus style, I can't wait!

Oooh can't wait :O

Do you know what the new The Rasmus album is called??

No yet, because everybody is talking about the Lauri's album , his new music video of the song "Heavy" will be release the 28 of February, is very close!! And 2 days before that he will sing it on the Emma Gaala in Finland, also, I know his style on music will be Electro-Pop and his web page is http://www.laurimusic.com/
And I made a mistake, his new album will be called "New World", this is the album cover
http://www.therasmus-hellofasite.it/it/ ... -world.jpg

The tracklist of "New World" is going to be:

1) Disco-Nnect
2) Heavy
3) Have a Little Mercy
4) Hello
5) In The City
6) You Don't Remember My Name
7) Because of You
8) What Are You Waiting For?
9) Got You On My Mind
10) New World

That's all for now, I'm sure that will be more information of The Rasmus after release his music video

Now heres a band I haven't heard in a while.

Ashley13Eiffel wrote:No yet, because everybody is talking about the Lauri's album , his new music video of the song "Heavy" will be release the 28 of February, is very close!! And 2 days before that he will sing it on the Emma Gaala in Finland, also, I know his style on music will be Electro-Pop and his web page is http://www.laurimusic.com/
And I made a mistake, his new album will be called "New World", this is the album cover
http://www.therasmus-hellofasite.it/it/ ... -world.jpg

The tracklist of "New World" is going to be:

1) Disco-Nnect
2) Heavy
3) Have a Little Mercy
4) Hello
5) In The City
6) You Don't Remember My Name
7) Because of You
8) What Are You Waiting For?
9) Got You On My Mind
10) New World

That's all for now, I'm sure that will be more information of The Rasmus after release his music video

Ooooh! nice!
Thanks for the information. Hopefully he won't disappoint... because a lot of my old favorite artists came out with really mediocre albums

I hope that too!!
He release a snippet of "Heavy" It have a duration of 29 seconds
And there is the lyric, the song will have a duration of 4 minutes

http://www.laurimusic.com/music/

I know!
I heard it yesterday and almost went crazy!

I hope all his songs sound this awesome!
AAAAAAAAAAAH! Can't wait!!!!!