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Originally Posted by fotze
We gave our kid a goofy middle name after a great grandpa. Rasmus.
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The Rasmus are a
Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in
Helsinki while the band members were still in upper comprehensive school.
[1] The original band members were
Lauri Ylönen (
lead singer/
songwriter), Eero Heinonen (
bass), Pauli Rantasalmi (
guitar) and Janne Heiskanen (
drums). Heiskanen quit the band in 1998 and was 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. They 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 number 1 in a number of countries. Their follow-up album
Hide from the Sun which was released in October 2005 also went platinum in Finland.
[2]