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| Background information | |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Members | Jared Leto (vocals, guitar) Tomo Milicevic (guitar, keyboard) Matt Wachter (bass) Shannon Leto (drums) |
| Past members | Solon Bixler (guitar) Kevin Drake (guitar) |
30 Seconds to Mars is an alternative rock/progressive metal band from the USA, featuring actor Jared Leto as vocalist.
Band history
Created in 2000 by Jared Leto (vocals and guitar) and his brother, Shannon (drums), 30 Seconds to Mars merely began as a small family project. Things began to speed up quickly, however, and Matt Wachter later joined the band as bassist. After a small revolving door of guitarists (as the band's first two guitarists, Kevin Drake and Solon Bixler, left the band due to issues primarily related to touring), the three auditioned Tomo Milicevic to round out the band's roster. Milicevic also plays keyboards for the band.
Although Jared Leto is a Hollywood actor, he prefers not to use this information to promote the band; in fact, the band refuses to play at venues that use his fame to promote shows.
30 Seconds to Mars' first – self-titled – album, produced by Bob Ezrin, was released in 2002 to critical acclaim, but only acheived sales of just over 100,000. The band's second album, A Beautiful Lie, was released on August 30 2005. For this effort, the band traveled (during the course of three years) to four different continents, including five different countries, to perfect their sound and also to allow for Jared's film career. The album was produced by Josh Abraham, whose producing credits also include Orgy, Velvet Revolver, and Linkin Park.
Because A Beautiful Lie was leaked five months before its release, the band decided to include two bonus tracks: "Battle of One" (an original song that was also set to be the album's title track when it was first announced) and "Hunter" (a cover of the Björk song of the same name). To further promote the album, the band also enclosed "golden passes" in a select number of copies, which grant their owners access to any 30 Seconds to Mars concert free of charge, along with backstage access.
Logo
The band's phoenix logo (which the band named "Mythra") bears the phrase "Provehito in Altum", the band's motto. Roughly translated from Latin, this means "Launch forth into the deep". The logo was primarily used for promotion of the band's debut self-titled album, whereas for their second release, A Beautiful Lie, the new Trinity logo was created consisting of three skulls, along with the band's name and motto.
Other tracks
In addition to the tracks on their two full-length releases thus far, the band has also recorded a few other tracks. Among these tracks are "Phase 1: Fortification" and "Valhalla", the latter of which was present on an early demo. "Phase 1: Fortification" was released on an overseas single for "Capricorn (A Brand New Name)". Another track featured on certain imported 30 Seconds to Mars titles is "Anarchy in Tokyo," a song that was recorded during the process of their self-titled debut.
Demo versions of songs on the band's self-titled debut were also slightly different, along with different names. For example, "Fallen" was previously called "Jupiter", and "Year Zero" was previously called "Hero".
Echelon
Echelon is a street team for the band 30 Seconds To Mars, which helps in bringing friends to the shows, convincing friends to buy band merchandise, phoning local radio stations to request the band's songs, putting up posters, posting to band forums or related bulletin boards online, and maintaining zines or websites dedicated to the band.
Discography
| Date of release | Title | Label | U.S. album-chart position | U.S. sales | U.K. album-chart position | U.K. sales |
| August 27 2002 | 30 Seconds to Mars | Virgin Records | 102,000 | |||
| August 30 2005 | A Beautiful Lie | Virgin Records | 156,600 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album |
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| US Modern Rock | |||
| 2002 | "Capricorn (A Brand New Name)" | — | 30 Seconds to Mars |
| 2002 | "Edge of the Earth" | — | 30 Seconds to Mars |
| 2005 | "Attack" | 22 | A Beautiful Lie |
| 2006 | "The Kill" | 19 | A Beautiful Lie |
Songs featured in films
- "Echelon" (2003) (The Core)