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Lauri Johannes Ylönen (born 23 April 1979) is a Finnish singer-songwriter, best known as the co-founder and frontman of the
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Biography


The Rasmus

When he and Heinonen started at Suutarila high school in the early 1990s, they met Pauli Rantasalmi and later Janne Heiskanen. Ylönen initiated the project of
The Rasmus The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school.Main source of the band's history: The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer-songwriter), Eero Heinone ...
(then called just "Rasmus") in 1994, along with Eero Heinonen ( bass) Pauli Rantasalmi (
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), and Jarno Lahti ( drums), with Lahti subsequently being replaced by Heiskanen. First, they called themselves Trashmosh, then Anttila, and at last Rasmus. They played their very first show before the winter break in school, 1994. They played songs with a style of rock and funk. Ylönen became the lead singer, composer and songwriter of the band. He quit school because the band took too much of his time. In 1998, after having released three albums, Janne Heiskanen left and in 1999 Aki Hakala became The Rasmus' new drummer. In the same year, the band's former manager Teja Kotilainen left their current record label, Warner Music Finland. The band signed to
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soon afterwards.


Dynasty

In 1999, an association called
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was founded. The association consists of the three Finnish bands The Rasmus, Killer, and Kwan. The purpose of Dynasty was to signify allegiance and friendship between the bands and their members. Many members have tattoos or wear the Dynasty logotype on guitar straps. The bands have often worked together musically. Lauri has the tattoo on his arm as well as Pauli, Pauli also got the dynasty logo on his guitar (ESP LTD).


Side projects

Lauri sang co-vocals with Siiri Nordin, the singer of Killer, on a b-side version of the group's single, "All I Want". In 2004, Ylönen recorded a song together with
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and HIM's singer
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, named " Bittersweet". The song is available on Apocalyptica's self-titled album, ''
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''. It has also been released as a single and music video. A year later, he released another song with Apocalyptica, named " Life Burns!". This song was also released as a single and music video. The musical genre was much heavier than "Bittersweet." " Life Burns!" is taken from the same album as "Bittersweet" Ylönen also sang, with other members Kwan and
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of Killer, a song called "Chillin' at the Grotto" at a gala. Ylönen's most recent project was composing the soundtrack of the Finnish movie "Blackout". The soundtrack was released in December 2008.


Solo career

Most recently, Ylönen announced a solo album scheduled for release in March 2011 with the first single
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being out in February. The material will have its premiere at Emma Gala on February 26, 2011. Ylönen stated that he wanted several songs, that did not fit The Rasmus, to be released as a major record rather than a demo or something like that. The album will be self-produced with his record label Dynasty Recordings. In February 2011 the title of the album was revealed,
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. It was later released on 30 March 2011 in Finland, with other European countries following. The first single was called
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, the video was shot by Owe Lingvall who had previously directed the singles Justify and October & April for The Rasmus. In May 2011 Lauri stated that In The City" would be the second single from his debut album. The video was shot in Las Vegas. Throughout the summer Lauri toured the Finnish summer festivals and even a few European countries, his next stop was Germany in September 2011. In late September it was revealed that a remixed version of What Are You Waiting For would be his next single. Ylönen announced via his official website that he would continue his European tour starting with two dates in Russia for 2012. Recently he was nominated for best Finnish Act for the MTV EMA'S 2011. He subsequently won this category and went on to be nominated in the Best Worldwide Act.


Personal life

He has a son named Julius, born in April 2008, with Finnish singer
Paula Vesala Paula Julia Vesala (born December 10, 1981) is a Finnish singer-songwriter, actress, and playwright. She was one of two singers and main lyricist in the pop rock duo PMMP along with Mira Luoti. Her solo career began in 2015 under the stage name ...
whom he married on 8 November 2014 in Las Vegas. The couple filed a statement on 29 December 2014 and the marriage was registered in Helsinki, January 5, 2015. The family moved to Los Angeles in autumn 2014. In September 2016 it was reported that the couple had filed for divorce after being together for 12 years. Ylönen is currently in a domestic partnership with a Finnish model Katriina Mikkola. The couple has two children together, a son named Oliver (born December 2017) and a daughter Ever Marlene (born 17 October 2021). The family resides in Hawaii.


Discography


Studio albums

With
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*1996 – '' Peep'' *1997 – '' Playboys'' *1998 – ''
Hell of a Tester ''Hell of a Tester'' (sometimes written Hellofatester) is the third studio album by The Rasmus, then called Rasmus. It was released in 1998 by Warner Music and received Gold status in Finland. The most popular single was '' Liquid'', which was re ...
'' *2001 – '' Into'' *2003 – ''
Dead Letters ''Dead Letters'' is the fifth album by Finnish band The Rasmus released in 2003. It was released later in 2004 in the US, UK and Australia. Their previous album, '' Into'', had seen some success in some parts of Europe, particularly Scandina ...
'' *2005 – '' Hide from the Sun'' *2008 – '' Black Roses'' *2012 – ''
The Rasmus The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school.Main source of the band's history: The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer-songwriter), Eero Heinone ...
'' *2017 – '' Dark Matters'' Solo-Discography *2011 –
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References


The Rasmus.com - official band biography
Retrieved on 2005-18-09


External links


The official website of Lauri's solo project

The Rasmus' official website

Lauri Ylönen
at the
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