RUST (band)
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RUST is a post-grunge
/metal
band from Helsinki
, Finland
formed in 2001. Their debut album, Softly, was released in Finland in August 2004 and it reached Top 50 on the national album chart with promising reviews on music papers, magazines and web magazines in Europe. Finland's top nationwide Rock radio network YleX chose "Softly" as the album of the week in August 2004. Singer/bassist Mikko Herranen
has produced all of the band's recordings, including two full-length albums, two EP's and five singles.
Post-grunge
Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as a derivative of grunge, using the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable tone...
/metal
Metal
A metal , is an element, compound, or alloy that is a good conductor of both electricity and heat. Metals are usually malleable and shiny, that is they reflect most of incident light...
band from Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
formed in 2001. Their debut album, Softly, was released in Finland in August 2004 and it reached Top 50 on the national album chart with promising reviews on music papers, magazines and web magazines in Europe. Finland's top nationwide Rock radio network YleX chose "Softly" as the album of the week in August 2004. Singer/bassist Mikko Herranen
Mikko Herranen
Mikko Herranen is a Finnish hard rock multi-instrumentalist best known for being the singer/bass player and frontman of the rock band RUST.-RUST:...
has produced all of the band's recordings, including two full-length albums, two EP's and five singles.
Members
- Mikko HerranenMikko HerranenMikko Herranen is a Finnish hard rock multi-instrumentalist best known for being the singer/bass player and frontman of the rock band RUST.-RUST:...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Arto "Zenko" Kuronen – guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Kimmo "kN" Nissinen – guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Atte Sarkima – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Former members
- Antti Leminen – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Risto Niinikoski – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Mikko Kaakkurinniemi – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Jura Sarlin – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Discography
| Title | Release Date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| The Black EP | July 8, 2003 | RUST/TCM |
| Miss You -single | January 26, 2004 | TCM |
| Ordinary World Ordinary World "Ordinary World" is the first single from Duran Duran's self-titled 1993 album, better known as The Wedding Album. The song peaked at No. 3 in the American charts and No. 6 in the British charts... -single |
May 7, 2004 | TCM |
| Softly | August 13, 2004 | TCM |
| Addiction (Levottomat 3) Movie Soundtrack compilation | January 16, 2004 | Poko |
| Pray -single | September 3, 2004 | Edel Records |
| Slave -single | July 27, 2005 | TCM |
| Away -single | June 8, 2006 | 92dawn |
| Songs of Suffocation | August 30, 2006 | 92dawn |
| Scars -EP | June 4, 2007 | 92dawn |
Videography
- I Don't Belong - Tuuliajolla 2006
- Ordinary World 2004
- Hate Me - Live @ Nosturi 2004
- Down 2003