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Name: Lauri Markus Johannes Paävo Ylönen
Date and Place of Birth: April 23td, 1979, Helsinki, Finland
City: Helsinki
Nickname: Lintu (Bird in Finnish), Karitsa (Lamb in Finnish)
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Marital Status: Single
Profession: Musician
Height: 169 cm
Weight: 62 kg
Hair: His natural colour is light brown; he had it red, blonde and now he has it black. He cuts his own hair since he was 6 and he doesn't let anyone touch his hair and always puts gel on it. He also wares crow feathers in his hair
Eyes: Green and he already wore black contact lenses
Family: Father Matti, mother Liisa and sister Hanna (three years older)
In the band: Sing and write lyrics
Hobbies: Bycicle, Parties, Skateboard, Ride BMX
Interests: His family, the music, his bycicles, womans and the volume
Food: Pizza with Ketchup, Thai and Mexican food
Drink: In the morning he drinks orange juice, in the evening finnish beer and the national drink, Salmiakki, and during the day a lot of coffee
Colour: Dark blue and black
Animal: Fox
Band: The Beatles, Wezzer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, Metallica, Kent, but his muse is Björk
Movies: Dancing In The Dark, The Crow and Hitchcock's movies
Car: Convertible Cabrio
Game: Tony Hawk
First musical idol: Motley Crue
Cigarettes: "Marlboro Mint", he smokes since he was 16
Tattoos: Two tattoos
Religion: Doesn't have one but believes in something superior

MORE ABOUT LAURI

He's Eero's best friend
He's the one who speaks English more fluently in the band
Lauri doesn't like his hears, first because he thought they were too big, now he thinks they're too small
He gets along pretty well with Aki
He and Pauli are partners
He bet (and lost) to Aki to kiss Eero. The picture was published, which he didn't liked
Lauri doesn't like to talk about the first time he had sex but Pauli said once, in an interview, that it was after he was famous, when he was around 20 years old
Lauri believes in love
When he has kids, he would like to name them Dexter and Milou
He likes girls who ware skirts instead of pants
When he travels, he buys all the kinds of souvenirs
Doesn't like saunas
He started to play the piano at 5
He knows how to play guitar, keys, the drums and piano
He gave his first kiss when he was seven to his neighbour
The first thing he does when he gets up his to drink water
He doesn't like nosy fans, people who only like him for his looks and those who say stupid things or lies about him
He's afraid of dogs
Doesn't like meat
He loves to write songs, travel to exotic countries, his band, his BMXs (one is called Rauha [peace] and the other Sota [war]), his family, women, the northern lights and horror movies
His favourite subjects in school were biology, Finnish, English and music
The women of Lauri's dreams is the Icelandic singer Björk
To Lauri, a woman should have self confidence, be smart, romantic, that makes him laugh and must be very interesting
For now he says his not married yet because he hasn't find the right person. He says his heart belongs to The Rasmus
He's inpatient
Knows how to listen
The most important person in his life is his older sister Hanna
He Co-Managed "Killer" with Pauli before their split
His older sister is a doctor, he lived with her when he left home at the age of 16
He owns the Record Label "Dynasty Recordings" with Pauli
He collaborated on a song called "Bittersweet" with Apocalyptica and Ville Valo (H.I.M.) and on another song called "Life Burns" with just Apocalyptica
He appears on a track called "Chillin' At The Grotto" with Killer and Kwan, and "All I Want" by Killer
He only paints the nails on his left hand black
He loves skateboarding
His sister Hanna maked him notice that he should sing
He left the Sibelius Secondary School in first class because Rasmus took too much time

WHEN LAURI WAS A CHILD

LAURI's TATTOOS

The first tatoo is a bird, it represent the nordic singer Bjork (Lauri is a big fan of Bjork).

The second Tatto is the text "Dynasty" written using gothic letters. Dynasty is the union between Kwan, Killers and The Rasmus.