Name: Lauri Johannes Ylonen

Nickname: Lintu (bird)

DOB: 23 April 1979

Born: Helsinki

Interests: Music , witchcraft, haunting, cooking, hanging out with friends, shopping, partying, drinking, new material, girls, BMXing and skating

Highlight of life: Peep (first album) and a gig in Lepakko (Helsinki)

Fave bands: Bjork, Metallica, Muse, Radiohead and The Rasmus of course!

Fave Film: Dancer in The Dark

Subject: Human Biology

Ambition: To stay healthy

Tattoos: Dynasty on right arm and Bjork picture on left shoulder

Word that best describes you: Pentu

Idol: Bjork and Mathew Bellamy

Message to fans: Keep it unreal!

More useless facts: 

• he buys souvenirs whenever he travels
• he isn't religious, but believes in something bigger
• he's attracted to dark-haired girls with confidence
• he is 169 cm tall
• he has two BMX bikes called Rauha (peace) and Sota (war)
• he doesn't like saunas
• he doesn't like his ears
• he can play the guitar and the piano
• he's the fittest bloke on the planet!

Funny things he's said:

• interviewer - are there any scary moments that you can remember? lauri - the first time that I went to Disneyland I was so shocked. There were 2 walking Mickey Mouses. One at the entrance and one at the cowboypark. That was the least thing I had expected.
• 'We learned French kissing in Paris...it's kinda boring on the bus so we practice a lot'
• interviewer - if you were a building, which building would you be? lauri - I'd be the Sydney Opera House, actually, it looks like me a little
• interviewer - dude! you have feathers in your hair lauri - I know, I am a bird but seriously man! how dyou get them to stay in? dyou use clips or glue or what? no, they are real (interviewer backs away slowly!)
• (on fashion mistakes) 'I don't really regret things. We were playing this tour in Finland called Heal The World and we wore nurses' dresses which were very tight and sexy! It was quite nice because we didn't wear anything under them. We were naked and it was a kind of loose feeling'

 

DOB: 28 October 1979

Born: Esbo

Interests: music, girls, travelling to warm countries (England's nice in the summer)

Highlight of life: Every gig we do

Fave bands: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, Foo Fighters and The Rasmus of course!

Fave film: Nallen Tarinat II

Subject: Music and Maths

Word that best describes you: Impulsive

Idol: Tall people!

Message to fans: Be cool

More useless facts:

• he started the drums about 10 years ago
• he likes writing songs but says he is a terrible singer
• he is a vegetarian
• he lives next door to Lauri
• he used to sell Rasmus merchandise at their concerts before joining the band!
• he was also in a TV Series before The Rasmus
• his favourite song is In The Shadows

Funny things he's said:

• interviewer - what things do you have to take on tour that you can't leave behind? aki - lauri, pauli and eero
• 'Once, I saw this really beautiful girl in the front row at our gig. I lost my mind temporarily and was playing the drums really loud in a B-part of a song when I was supposed to play silently. The guys were glancing at me over their shoulders and wondering what I was doing. I haven't seen the girl since, but I have sent her my best greeting - thanks for ruining my gig!'
• 'One of our websites said that Lauri was leaving the band because he was pregnant'

 

 

Name: Eero Heinonen

Nickname: Suuntavaisto

DOB: 27 November 1979

Born: Helsinki

Interests: Music, Sahaja Yoga

Highlight of life: Everything so far

Fave bands: anything with a bit of rock, classical or jazz

Fave film: Star Wars - The New Hope

Subject: Geometry

Word that best describes you: Quiet

Idol: Great, humble musicians

Message to fans: Take care, thanks for your help and go visit www.sahajayoga.org !!!

More useless facts:

• he likes classical and jazz music along with rock of course!
• he can play the keyboard a little
• he wants to be the band's drummer (watch out Aki!)
• he once told his fellow schoolmates that school was out for the day! Naughty naughty!
• he helps write the band's songs
• he enjoys Sahaja Yoga and meditation

Funny things he's said:

• interviewer - if all of you were stranded somewhere without food, who would you eat first and why? eero - definitely eero because he's very tasty
• interviewer - so now you've won best rock act at the TMF awards, what are you gonna do to celebrate? eero - dunno, we might go for a hamburger later on
• 'Two muffins are together, 'damn, it's hot here' first one says. The second one ' oh my god! A talking muffin!'
• interviewer - do you like menage a trois? pauli - whatever aki & lauri - yuuh eero - what's that? interviewer - you know, you and two women? eero - I don't speak French, only merci beacoup.

Name: Pauli Esmo Rantasalmi

Nickname: Tonni

DOB: 1 May 1979

Born: Helsinki

Interests: Music

Highlight of life: The Rasmus

Fave bands: All good songs, music style doesn't matter

Fave film: Scarface

Subject: Music and History

Tattoos: Dynasty on left arm

Word that best describes you: Haarem

Idol: Desmond Child

Message to fans: We love you!

More useless facts:

• his favourite guitar effect is a whammy (I can do those!)
• he's the dude singing at the start of Rakkauslaulu
• he would like to be the band's drummer (Eero and Aki you have some more competition!)
• he wouldn't die to change a past/future war
• he always has his toothbrush, laptop and mobile with him on tour
• he has his own studio called The Grotto

Funny things he's said:

• (about meeting Aki) 'oh yeah, I had this tipaton tammikuu (no alcohol in January) type of thing going on and I was in this restaurant really relaxed when Aki comes yelling to my ear dead drunk and was about to get his ass kicked on my behalf. I hated him, he was a really annoying guy.' interviewer - if you could be someone else for a day, who would you be? pauli - michael jackson (laughs) that would be really cool lauri - you could sleep in an incubator pauli - I wouldn't have to lauri - what would happen to you then? pauli - oh yeah lauri -your face would fall off. Remember the effects of polluted air! (laughs)