О Лаури в журнале рассказывается то, что нам уже известно. Но это не весь текст.
The Rasmus was founded already 17 years ago, but the front man of the band, Lauri Ylönen, 31 doesn’t seem to grow older at all. The band has been on hiatus for couple of years now, and during that time the members have set up the families.
During that time Lauri felt that he needed a change also in other areas in his life.Therefore he published his first solo-album in the end of March 2011. When The Rasmus’ music can be described with words melancholy rock, are the songs for New World more like syntheziser pop.
The long-lasting youth
I had to take piano-lessons since I was five. I played piano almost ten years before I realized to change the instrument to guitar. Music started to grow as a hobby for me only after I got the chance to play that kind of music I liked myself instead of some Chopin.
I finished the school at a first grade in high school. I always got the grades of nine (Finnish grades are from 4 (the poorest) to 10 (the best)), but I only wanted to focus on music.
Sometimes I feel little sad that the childhood is already over, yet it lasted quite a long for me, almost till my thirties. The band kept my lifestyle stucked, cos I didn’t need to grow up the way people usually do: I didn’t graduate and I didn’t need to hunt for the jobs.
When I became a father couple of years ago, I got some posture into my life. Before that it might happen that I stayed awake till the morning, but nowadays I wake up at the same time as my son, to play with him. I also quitted alcohol. I realized that it was in my responsibility to offer my kid as wonderful childhood as I had myself.
Only few relationships
I’m quite poor to maintain relationships. I got room only for a few special people in my tiny life at a time, and for them I want to give my everything as per 100%. Therefore someone may get a rude impression about me, but I simply don’t have capacity for more. (people)
The Rasmus has existed for 17 years now, and the friendship between the guys has only got deeper. I had to admit that one of the reasons to get the band founded back then, was to get some attention and admiration. The admiring girls caressed my self-esteem as a young man, particularly cos I never was that football star during the school years.
But even though I have only got a few relationships. I might seem quite social, but for real I’m a shy person and I’m very slow to let anyone to get truly near me. I’m not sure if I still got anyone who knows everything about me. There’s always something that should remain as my own thing.
Не догадывался тогда этот веселый мальчишка, что знать о нем будут во многих странах. Ходил с дедушкой на рыбалку и, наверное, мечтал, как настоящий финн, стать рыбаком:
Но обо всем, что услышали тс-с-с-с (фотка к журналу не относится):