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from ylönen and heinonen left to right : rantasalmi , hakala , hay and stone killer kwan anette olzon apocalyptica 1994 -- present playground music -lrb- germany -rrb- universal music -lrb- finland -rrb- music drt entertainment interscope -lrb- us -rrb- motor 250px the rasmus
 group_or_band rock alternative rock hard rock soft rock rap rock the rasmus in bochum 2005.jpg helsinki , finland the rasmus
the rasmus

the rasmus are a finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in helsinki while the band members were still in upper comprehensive school .
the original band members were lauri ylönen -lrb- lead singer/songwriter -rrb- , eero heinonen -lrb- bass -rrb- , pauli rantasalmi -lrb- guitar -rrb- and jarno lahti -lrb- drums -rrb- .
jarno lahti left the year after and was replaced by janne heiskanen in 1995 .
heiskanen quit the band in 1998 and was soon replaced by aki hakala .
the rasmus has sold 4 million albums worldwide , 310,000 copies in their native finland alone .
they have won numerous awards , both domestic and international .
