The Rasmus won the prize for “Biggest Nordic Export-success” on the Nordic Music Awards, held the 23th of October in Norway.
The winner is the one who as maked themself outside of Scandinavia with bestsold albums, in charts etc. …read more »
The Rasmus performed “Guilty” at the MTVLA in Miami. Eero couldn’t get free to travel with the band so their friend Kusti, who plays for Kwan, joined them for the trip to America. But they didn’t any of the prices they were nomminated to (“Best International Rock Artist” and “Best International New Artist”). …read more »
The Rasmus won the “Best International New Artist” award at the MTV Russia Awards 2004, held in Moscow on the 16th of October. The band performed “In The Shadows” at the gala. …read more »
Pauli Rantasalmi has co-produced and written songs to the upcoming Kwan album “Love Beyond The World”, to be released in Finland November 5th.
Check out: www.kwandynasty.com …read more »
Lauri Ylönen will collaborate with the finnish band Apocalyptica for their new album that’s coming out early 2005. Lauri will be singing together with Ville Valo from HIM a song written by them both, this song is called “Bittersweet”. …read more »
The Rasmus are nominated in the category “Best New Act” at the MTV European Music Awards, that will be hold in Rome on 18th November.
You can vote at: www.mtv.it. …read more »
“In The Shadows” is among the biggest hits of the year. It was the first single of the album “Dead Letters” of the Finnish band “The Rasmus”, who are now going through the biggest -so far – success in their career. Maybe as “new HIM “?!
The band was formed many years ago when Lauri, the singer and songwriter, and Eero, the bassist, were friends at school. They signed their first contract when they were 16, with Pauli (guitarist) and Aki (drums). …read more »
What style of clothing you prefer?
Lauri: I mostly dress in black. I love that color, and it’s always easy to match clothes. You just open your closet take out the first thing and everything matches perfectly.
Did you ever got really really scared?
Lauri: My perents took my to Disneyland and I met 2 mickey mouses, now that was really scary! …read more »
Last summer “The Rasmus” first attracted our attention with “In The Shadows”. And since then, the Finnish guys haven’t been out of the charts. No matter if it’s dark songs like “Funeral Song” or more dynamic pieces like “First Day Of MY Life” and the current one, “Guilty”, “The Rasmus” have made a name and, by this, built a huge fan community. So, at the Cologne E-Werk about 2.500 fans gathered on Monday night to rock the place. No one could stand still at the Finland-sound. Lauri, Aki, Eero and Pauli could prove that they deserved all the music awards and the golden and platinum records! …read more »
Oct 2004
“First Day Of My Life” is another epic slice of Goth infused pop rock from The Rasmus, taken from the phenomenally successful album “Dead Letters”. As anthemic and chest pounding as “In The Shadows” and “Guilty”, “First Day Of My Life” further marks The Rasmus out as one of the biggest bands of 2004. …read more »
The Rasmus – Guilty
Guilty is power-pop. Quick, upright and stright forward. A bit Rasmones in the philosophy, but much more. The album Dead Letters gas allready given us the success singel In The Shadows – and with Guilty the four finnish continues to deliver energic and easy rock. …read more »
What russian music singer do you know?
Eero: I know Shostakovich, Chaikovsky; and I know t.A.T.u, Animal Jazz and Spitfire. Animal Jazz will sing behind us in S.Peterburg and in Moscow. I think it will be super.
Do you like Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera?
Eero: No I don’t like them. …read more »
Vanity
Aki Hakala (drums): “It’s not really vanity in the way I look, it’s more like I want to get a nice hotel. A few years ago we didn’t have money to sleep in hotels so we had to sleep on the tour bus. Sometimes we had two guys sharing a bed, sharing sheets and pillows that had been used for 6 months, sometimes with puke on it. A few years ago we didn’t have a clue it was going to be like this, but now, if there’s something wrong – like I can’t have pay to view tv I get annoyed! It’s stupid, you know!” …read more »
From Suutarila’s secondary school to platinband in India.
The Rasmus’ rise has happened with a breath taking speed. Soundi went to see the band trips in two weekends and listened to Eero Heinonen, Lauri Ylönen, Pauli Rantasalmi and Aki Hakala who has been member of the band for 5 years, and to their wild stories from England and from Baltia.
In The Shadows from The Rasmus has made it’s place with the biggest rock hits in this year. …read more »
The Rasmus Hellofasite is the italian portal & fan club entirely dedicated to the finnish rockband of The Rasmus.
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