Rasmus

1The Rasmus formed at the end of 1994 when the band members were still in high school and were initially known as Rasmus. They recorded their first single, "1st", released independently through Teja Kotilainen. Records in late 1995 before signing with Warner Music Finland to release their first album, Peep, when the band members were only aged 16. It went gold as the band played over 100 shows in Finland and Estonia.

The Rasmus released their second album, Playboys, in 1997 which also went gold in Finland with the gold single "Blue". Its grueling live schedule included supporting Rancid and Dog Eat Dog and appearing at a festival at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The band would also win a Finnish Grammy Award called Emmafor "Best New Artist" in 1996.

The band's third album Hell of a Tester was released in 1998 with the video for the single "Liquid" making a regular appearance on Nordic MTV. This song would be voted song of the year by Finnish music critics. The band achieved further recognition supporting Garbage and Red Hot Chili Peppers in Finland.

Rasmus became The Rasmus in 2000. It released Into in 2001 which went double platinum in Finland debuting at 1. The first single "F-F-F-Falling" which was 1 in Finland for three months in early 2001. The second single "Chill" was released through Scandinavia and reached 2 in Finland. The Rasmus tourned throughout Scandinavia and Europe supporting the album supporting HIM and Roxette.

The band recorded Dead Letters in 2003 at Nord Studios in Sweden reuniting with Mikael Nord Andersson and Martin Hansen who had produced Into. It was released in Europe in early 2003 reaching the top of the album charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as Finland. Its European success led to the release of the album in other parts of the world. Dead Letters and its first single "In the Shadows" both reached top 10 and top 3 in the UK charts respectively, and both going top 50 of the Australian ARIA charts in 2004 whilst topping the New Zealand singles chart. The single has also reached the top 20 of the Billboard Heatseeker charts. "Guilty", was the band's second single for the American market. Recently, iTunes Music Store offered the first track on Dead Letters, "In the Shadows," as one of its free singles, and positive public response prompted many listeners to buy the rest of the album.

The Rasmus tend to provoke strong opinions in people. They made a notable appearance at the Reading Festival in 2004, where they were pelted with plastic bottles filled with urine an act reserved for the worst band on the bill each year,other acts to receive similar abuse include 50 Cent and Daphne And Celeste and mud until they eventually walked offstage due to immediate medical attention being required for Eero's eye.

Their newest album is Hide From The Sun, with the singles, No Fear, Sail Away and Shot.

2 Rasmus is an electronica & breakbeat music producer real name Rasmus Gardell who realesed the 1998 album 'Mass Hysteria' on the Bolshi label.