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Helsinki, Finland (1994 – present)

The Rasmus is a rock band formed in 1994 in Helsinki, Finland. Consisting of Lauri Ylönen (lead singer/songwriter), Eero Heinonen (bass), Pauli Rantasalmi (guitar) and Aki Hakala (drums). The band was formed at the end of the band members’ schooling and were initially known as Rasmus. They recorded their first single, 1st, released independently through Teja Kotilainen Records in late 1995. They signed with Warner Music Finland in 1996 and released their first album, Peep, that same year. The album went gold in Finland.

The band won the Finnish Grammy Award EMMA for “Best New Artist” in 1996. Playboys, the band’s second studio album, and its single Blue, released in 1997, both went gold in Finland. Hellofatester was released in 1998, spawning singles Liquid and Swimming With the Kids. The video for Liquid received regular airplay on Nordic MTV.
Rasmus became The Rasmus in 2000 to avoid confusion with the similarly named Swedish electronica artist, known simply as Rasmus. Into was released in 2001 and went double platinum in Finland debuting at #1. The first single

F-F-F-Falling was #1 in Finland during three months in early 2001. The second single

Chill reached the #2 place in Finland. The Rasmus toured Scandinavia and Europe along with HIM and Roxette that year to promote the album. The band finally 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 #1 in a number of countries. iTunes Music Store offered the track as one of its free singles, a positive public response prompted many listeners to buy the rest of the album.

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1	In the Shadows	3,135
2	Livin' In A World Without You full track	1,439
3	First Day Of My Life	1,314
4	Guilty	1,208
5	Sail Away full track	1,143
6	No Fear full track	1,070
7	Justify full track	931
8	Funeral Song full track	818
9	In My Life full track	794
10	Ten Black Roses full track	753
11	Still Standing	726
12	Shot full track	664
13	Ghost Of Love full track	656
14	The One I Love	623
15	Time To Burn	621

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hidefromthesun wrote:
Monday evening

They are the most amazing band EVER on earth. ♥♥♥♥♥♥

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Deathstars_023 wrote:
Monday afternoon

Great Band XP

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vampirebloom wrote:
Monday afternoon

wow... almost 10 Million listens.

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jasperedwin wrote:
Monday morning

FIRST DAY OF MY LIFE !!!!!! THAAAARUMAAARU

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Truekami1 wrote:
Sunday evening

I love the new albums

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Hanira22 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

October & April ♥ ♥ ♥

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GUTI_4ever wrote:
Saturday evening

134.0 plays in my library

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Lohikaarmex wrote:
Saturday evening

♥

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try_believe wrote:
Saturday evening

Gerat band :)

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SimplyLkawaranu wrote:
Saturday morning

Man they are so good

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Deathstars_023 wrote:
Friday afternoon

i love this band!!!!

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Onni_Taika wrote:
Friday afternoon

boorinka, они не знают русский язык ;))

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boorinka wrote:
Thursday evening

привет-привет!! приезжайте еще в Киев)

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meida_lauri wrote:
last week

hi to the rasmus

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Ferzaer wrote:
last week

never will get over these guys!<3

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themidnightair wrote:
10 days ago

I love them sfm.

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Olut_Lintu wrote:
10 days ago

Their first albums rock!) Ska Rasmus 4ever!)

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larukuxever wrote:
11 days ago

♥.♥ Lauriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.........................

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nwkenit wrote:
11 days ago

HAve anyone ordered limited edition? It will be just 2000 copies, so I say that you should be fast. They deliver anywhere in world: http://www.recordshopx.com/artist/rasmus/best_of_2001_2009_limited_book_edition/

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larukuxever wrote:
12 days ago

The rasmus es uno de mis grupos favoritos no solopor su music k es exclente sino tbm x k mas k una banda son un grupo deamigos haciendo musica y eso lo hace genial

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