The popular Finnish band will play for the first time tonight in Sofia.
These are parts of the interview we did with drummer Aki Hakala a couple of weeks ago.
FIRST IMPORTANT QUESTION IS – IS THE RASMUS AN EMO BAND?
I don’t know what “emo” is. If it stands for very emotional music and thing like that, than yes, The Rasmus is emo. I actually think that bands like My Chemical Romance and stuff are more emo. I think we do like Scandinavian music – we have a lot of nature and a lot of different melancholic vibes in our music and a lot of feelings too.
So it that sense it is emo, but I don’t know. We’re not in this emo scene too much.
THE FINISH SCENE HAS BEEN VERY FAMOUS FOR THE MELANCHOLY, AS YOU SAID, BANDS LIKE AMORPHIS AND EVEN H.I.M. TEND TO BE VERY MELANCHOLIC IN A WAY. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU STARTED THE BAND A WHILE AGO, BUT YOU’RE STILL VERY YOUNG. WHAT WERE THE FINNISH BANDS THAT INSPIRED YOU WHEN STARTING?
Well, not only Finnish bands, but also bands like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Metallica. But obviously for the band, we wanted to sing in English, we wanted to go up-road and go to your country, we want to go to the UK, we want to go to the US.
And sometimes I think we’re too blind about everything else and we have our goals set too high. We really want to reach the top.
But like you said, there is a lot of music coming from Finland. The scene there is very good and lively. So, we’re spreading the word.”
read the entire interview here