The Rasmus are now (Friday July 23) in Taipei (Taiwan), also busy with a lot of interviews and various activities, such like Go-Kart competitions with famous local band called “Energy”. …read more »
Last Tuesday The Rasmus played a show in Hard Rock Café Kuala Lumpur. The venue was totally packed and the band felt like they were playing a punk rock show. The audience was just great! …read more »
Wednesday July 21, 2004 @ 01:30 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff
by Shannon Whibbs
The Rasmus have been successful in their native country of Finland, and in many parts of Europe for several years. But now they’re just beginning to crack Canada and the U.S. Starting from square one across the ocean is hard but exciting for this band who incorporate rock, pop and touches of goth into their high-energy sound. …read more »
During their stay at Outside Festival in Zurich, The Rasmus received their “Dead Letters” Swiss platinum award for over 40.000 albums sold.
The next day they were surprised with double platinum in Finland for over 60.000 copies sold. …read more »
Rasmus Return with Rocking New Single, July 15, 2004
Reviewer: samueldraper2 from RasmusLand, London
You may have heard of “The Rasmus” before!!! Their first UK single debuted at 3, and “In The Shadows” has become a popular song with young and old.
Now they return with their new single, “Guilty”, (no relation to Blue), the sixth track on “Dead Letters”, the groups 7th album, but their debut UK release. …read more »
“Guilty” is released in many countries in July and August, including UK (August 9), Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, etc. …read more »
From the 16th to the 24th of July, The Rasmus will go to Asia to promote the album. They’ll visit Malaysia and Taiwan and do interviews for many countries in Asia, plus live shows in Kuala Lumpur and Taipei.
“Dead Letters” will be released in Japan July 21st. …read more »
“In The Shadows” was the 3rd most added track on US Top 40 radio and the number 1 most added track at radio in New Zealand the last week of June.
“Dead Letters” entered in the Greek album charts at number 9 and it entered in the Mexican album charts at number 14! …read more »
The album “Dead Letters” has sold more than 1 million copies world wide.
Source: www.therasmus.com
The album before “Dead Letters”, “Into”, is now released in most countries.
Source: www.therasmus.com
In last May, the quartet THE RASMUS made its first steps in North America, 10 years after its beginning in Finland. In a single gig, singer Lauri Ylönen, guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi, bassist Eero Heinonen and drummer Aki Hakala realized that they already had an audience here!
Is it true that before recording Dead Letters, you were not playing rock pop but skate punk music?
Pauli: We explored almost all music styles before doing rock pop, as on Dead Letters. …read more »
In a jungle of American rock culture, it’s difficult for European rock bands to break through in this part of the world. Finnish rock act The Rasmus is set to face this challenge head-on as it makes its way down to Kuala Lumpur this month, writes Miriam Shastri.
“Everyone who comes to one of our concerts leaves with a smile on their face”, says Lauri Ylönen, lead singer of the The Rasmus.
The four-piece band was formed back in 1994 when its members were in high school and has to date released six albums, …read more »
Dipped in dim lights, an eager crowd awakened to the Goth roar of Finnish rock act The Rasmus at Hard Rock Cafe, Kuala Lumpur recently. MIRIAM SHASTRI was there to witness the Scandinavian spectacle.
IN OUR music, we try to convey an atmosphere that is mysterious, larger than life,” said Lauri Ylonen, lead singer of Finnish rock outfit The Rasmus before the band’s show in Kuala Lumpur last week.
And the band did get the “atmosphere” required. …read more »
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SIX- THIRTY PM is a preposterous time to be rocking out, but its to Happylife’s credit that their energetic, hook driven rock ‘n’ rollgets so many arses shaking, particulary when they tear into barnstorming forthcoming single “silence when your burning.” However despite their best efforts they were never going to me more than a momentary distraction, for something finnish this way comes…
“Esoteric” is not the kind of word that’d usually get attached to a band experiencing meteoric success such as this. …read more »
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