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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	2,866
2	Livin' In A World Without You full track	1,441
3	First Day Of My Life	1,332
4	No Fear	1,157
5	Guilty	1,140
6	Sail Away	1,119
7	Justify full track	955
8	Ten Black Roses full track	832
9	In My Life	828
10	Funeral Song	815
11	Ghost Of Love full track	730
12	Shot	716
13	Still Standing	685
14	F-F-F-Falling	602
15	Not Like The Other Girls	554

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Kaytleah22 wrote:
5 hours ago

love The Rasmus,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.

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Onni_Taika wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Давайте к нг 10 000 000 прослушаем, а?? ;))

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Koszmonaut wrote:
yesterday morning

I Have Music for Breakfast, can anyone tell me if the new single is any good?

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thahbianchi wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

dead letters owns everything

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fabciogapcio wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

October & April is OK!

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jamaicanrocker wrote:
Monday morning

raggatip (:

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Koszmonaut wrote:
Sunday morning

@mjlilgui: Yeah, you can, I try to too.

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Huumeisiin wrote:
Saturday evening

Sail Away <3

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Beauti_decayed wrote:
Saturday afternoon

Long Live The Rasmus.

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Katychka wrote:
Saturday afternoon

<3

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Onni_Taika wrote:
Saturday morning

Dead Letters

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sarcasticweathR wrote:
Friday evening

Lauri leaves Strify in shame!

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sarcasticweathR wrote:
Friday afternoon

Black roses <3

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Deadly_crab wrote:
Friday morning

@mjilgui: LOL

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Roberth24 wrote:
Friday morning

One Of my Favorite Bands since i was kid i listen to them =)

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mjlilgui wrote:
Thursday evening

I can still continue to listen to pre-Hide from the Sun The Rasmus, cry myself to sleep, and dream they used to be fun and distinctive, right?

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steffi-uchiha wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Nice Band =)

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cagadita wrote:
last week

^-^

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Anna1317 wrote:
last week

booooo

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yolykiki wrote:
last week

^^

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New single now at MySpace + Best Of compilation
15 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/therasmus
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Thanks Russia!!!
29 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/therasmus
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Day off in Vladivostok
23 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/therasmus
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