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They started looking for a new label and got Playground Music's Lars Tengroth's attention.
"We got a message: Lars is coming from Sweden to Helsinki and would like to see us play, can you book a gig for the day after tomorrow?", Ylönen says and continues laughing:
"So we opened for Michael Monroe (of Hanoi Rocks fame) and his fans were protesting throughout our show."
Tengroth on the other hand was satisfied.
We should listen to that. The album and single sold more than 1 million copies worldwide.
During all these years the band released several successful albums, last year, was part of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the beautiful single “Jezebel”.
Before they visit Latin America, Lauri takes his time to talk with us about the band career and give us a little advance about what we`ll enjoy at their concert here in Argentina next May 22 at the Teatro Flores and LATAM.
Hi, Lauri thank you so much for this interview.
SUNRAY: Lauri talk to us, about how started this adventure, to former a rock band when you were a teenager.
Lauri: We were school mates before starting The Rasmus.
There were sessions at least in Helsinki, Stockholm, Berlin, Singapore and a small island in Greece. At a young age he became attracted to music. I keep recording little melodies and lyrics in my phone every day. Ylönen initiated the project of The Rasmus (then called just "Rasmus") in 1994, along with Eero Heinonen (bass) Pauli Rantasalmi (guitar), and Jarno Lahti (drums), with Lahti subsequently being replaced by Heiskanan.
Following the advice of his sister Hanna, he learned to sing and decided to continue with that before becoming the singer of The Rasmus.
In the early 1990s, at Suutarila high school, Ylönen and Eero met Pauli Rantasalmi and Janne Heiskanen, the future guitarist and drummer of the Rasmus. In November 2010 he announced the release of his first solo album with his single ‘’Heavy’’.
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Lauri Ylonen is rock singer for the Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus.
The Rasmus released "Into" in 2001. We have the desire to renew ourselves. Cyan Kicks' song Hurricane came second with 221 points and the biggest local hit Ram pam pam by Bess finished third with 204 points.
The Rasmus hits the stage in the Eurovision semifinals on the 12th of May and hopefully clears their way to the final on Saturday 14th of May.
"At the moment I feel so humbled and grateful.
To maximize the attention, they kept the news about their new guitarist in the dark until the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle announced the participants.
Suhonen was anxious about the fans' reactions but Ylönen says her image was so confident and credible that The Rasmus' followers understood that she'll fit right into the puzzle.
"Is this our new guitarist?", asked the message sent by Lauri Ylönen. Suhonen's energetic performance was an adrenaline spike that could be felt even through television, while 43-year-old Ylönen's shirtless appearance caused severe depression among a generation on middle-aged men.
Jezebel won the competition with 310 points from televote and international jury.
The Rasmus started finally getting decent exposure outside Finland as well.
"But the label was ready to invest in us, after all our band had made a lot of money for the company with our previous albums."
And now, after ups and downs, The Rasmus and Desmond Child have found each other again. He offered a deal the following day. Suhonen didn't dare to ask if the audition was only for her or would there be more participants: if there would be a queue, she'd storm back home.
It was a cool feeling to be in a band and belong to something.
SUNRAY: Who were Your Biggest Influences?
Lauri: In the beginning our biggest influences as a band were Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana and Metallica. There was a scene for bands but noone sounded like us.
Pioneers: Almost a comeback – The Rasmus found the joy of being a band again
Not very long ago, bassist Eero Heinonen and drummer Aki Hakala received a Whatsapp message. I also like to play rockier songs like ” Night after Night” and ”Immortal”.
SUNRAY: The fans in Argentina and Latin America are so excited and waiting for your visit, What can you advance us about the next concerts?
Lauri: We’ll play a few songs from the new album for sure but also want to introduce some older songs from the past.
Their collaboration didn't end in Jezebel: there's not one but two The Rasmus albums in the works.