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The Rasmus
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Members:
-Lauri Ylönen
-Pauli Rantasalmi
-Aki Hakala
-Eero Heinonen
The Rasmus are a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki, Finland while the band members were still in high school. The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer/songwriter), Eero Heinonen (bass), Pauli Rantasalmi (guitar) and Janne Heiskanen (drums). The former drummer Heiskanen quit the band in 1998 and got 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. Their 2003 hit "In the Shadows" made them famous outside Scandinavia and received worldwide press attention.
Today the band is one of Finland's most successful bands with more than 1,5 million sold albums worldwide, eight gold awards and five platinum awards.[5] They have released six studio albums, one compilation album and 21 singles. Some of the band's most important and famous songs are the singles "Liquid", "F-F-F-Falling", "In the Shadows", "First Day of My Life", "Funeral Song" and "No Fear".
Awards:
1996 Finnish Grammy Award -Best New Act
1999 Finnish Music Video Festival-Best Music Video (Liquid)
2002 Emma Gaala -Best group
2002 Emma Gaala -Best pop/rock album (Into)
2002 Emma Gaala -Best album (Into)
2002 Emma Gaala -Best song (F-F-F-Falling)
2003 MTV Music Awards-Best Nordic Act
2003 Hit Music Awards-Best Song (In the Shadows)
2004 Emma Gaala -Best Group
2004 Emma Gaala -Best Album (Dead Letters)
2004 Emma Gaala -Best Music Video (In My Life)
2004 Emma Gaala -Best Act
2004 TMF Awards -Best Rock
2004 World Music Awards-Best-Selling Album in Scandinavia (Dead Letters)
2004 MTV VMA Latin America-Best International Rock Artist
2004 MTV VMA Latin America- Best International New Artist
2004 MTV Rusia Awards-Best International New Artist
2005 MTV Nordic Awards-Best Nordic Act
2005 NRJ Radio Awards-Best Nordic Act
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvJFByxC4Sc
^No fear^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3RQXbtNKfQ
^In the Shadows^
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These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase