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History
Created in 1998 by Jared Leto and his brother, Shannon, 30 Seconds to Mars began as a small family project. Things began to speed up quickly, however, and Matt Wachter later joined the band as bassist and keyboard player. After a small revolving door of guitarists (as the bands 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 bands roster.

According to an interview from Records, the bands name actually comes from a thesis that the band found online that was written by a former Harvard professor. And one of the subsections of the thesis was titled thirty seconds to mars and he goes on to talk about the expediential growth of technology that relates to humans and saying that we are quite literally thirty seconds to mars. What it means to us is, we thought it best described our music, in short. 1

Although Leto is a Hollywood actor, he originally preferred not to use this information to promote the band; in fact, the band used to refuse to play at ves that used his fame to promote shows.

30 Seconds to Mars first, self-titled, album, produced by Bob Ezrin, was in 2002 to mixed reviews and achieved sales of just over 100,000. The bands 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 Jareds film career. The album was produced by Josh Abraham, whose producing credits also include , 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 albums 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 tickets in 12 copies, which grant their owners access to any 30 Seconds to Mars concert free of charge, along with backstage access.

On August 31, 2006 the band won the MTV2 Award for The Kill at the MTV Video Music Awards, one of their two nominations. The second nomination was for best rock video; however, they lost to AFIs Miss Murder. The music video is loosely based on the film The Shining. A Beautiful Lie was certified platinum by the RIAA in January for distribution of over 1,000,000 albums.

In October, the band began the Welcome to the Universe tour, sponsored by MTV2. They were supported on this tour by Head Automatica, The Receiving End of Sirens, Cobra Starship, and several other bands including The Street Drum Corps. On November 20, MTV2 premiered the video for From Yesterday; the video is the first American rock video ever shot in its entirety in the Peoples Republic of China.

As of Spring 2007, the band is supporting The Used as a part of the Taste of Chaos tour and have scheduled a string of dates in Europe supporting Linkin Park. They are also scheduled to play Roskilde, Rock am Ring, Pinkpop, and Download festivals; on April 29 they will perform at the AVMAs for which they have been nominated for three, and will then begin working on their third album.

On March 1, 2007, bassist Matt Wachter announced his departure from the band live on stage during the bands El Paso, Texas Taste of Chaos set. This was confirmed the following day with a statement on the bands website.2 He has since been replaced by Tim Kelleher (not the actor), who has been seen playing at the bands concerts. It is unknown if this is a temporary or permanent change.


Logo
The bands phoenix logo (which the band named Mithra) bears the phrase Provehito in Altum, the bands motto. Roughly translated from Latin, this means Launch forth into the deep. The logo was primarily used for promotion of the bands debut, whereas for A Beautiful Lie, the new Trinity logo was created consisting of three skulls, along with the bands name and motto.


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 bands songs, putting up posters, posting to band forums or related bulletin boards online, and maintaining zines or websites dedicated to the band. It is also a name of one of their songs in the album 30 Seconds to Mars.


Non-album 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. Revolution was also recorded for the self-titled album, but wasnt included because it didnt fit the theme of the album, and because of fear that listeners would take the lyrics too literally, especially after the September 11, 2001 attacks.3 Occams Razor was also recorded, but was never included on any of the bands releases. As a result, it is considered the most difficult to locate of the five unreleased tracks.

Demo versions of songs on the bands 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. Also made available are the demo versions of Buddha For Mary and 93 Million Miles; the latter originally had lyrics referring to the band Deadsy, whose members Dr. Nner and P. Exeter Blue I provided extra instrumentation on several tracks, but the lyrics were changed after the two bands were involved in a small feud.

During recent live shows, the band has premiered two new songs, one of which may end up on the new album: Some Other Son/The Believer which was initially written for the self-titled album but was sped during recording, and Sisters of Heresy. Fans that have heard the new material have stated the songs are more of a progressive style, similar to that of the bands self-titled debut album, as opposed to the alternative rock style of A Beautiful Lie.citation needed

On December 11, 2006, the band sent their fans a stocking stuffer in the form of a holiday song called Santa Through The Back Door.


Discography

Albums
Album cover Release date Title Label U.S. Billboard Peak U.S. Sales
August 27, 2002 30 Seconds to Mars Immortal Records #107 108,000
August 30, 2005 A Beautiful Lie Records #36 839,480

A Beautiful Lie debuted at number 51 in the UK.

Singles
Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. Modern Rock U.S. Mainstream Rock UK Singles Chart
2002 Capricorn (A Brand New Name) - - #31 - 30 Seconds to Mars
2002 Edge of the Earth - - - - 30 Seconds to Mars
2005 Attack - #22 #38 #148 A Beautiful Lie
2006 The Kill #65 #3 #14 - A Beautiful Lie
2006 From Yesterday #76 #1 #11 - A Beautiful Lie


Music videos
Capricorn (A Brand New Name) (2002) from 30 Seconds to Mars
Edge of the Earth from 30 Seconds to Mars
Attack (2005) from A Beautiful Lie
The Kill (2006) from A Beautiful Lie
From Yesterday (2006) from A Beautiful Lie

Songs featured in media
Echelon (The Core) (2003)
Battle of One (Madden NFL 07) (2006)
Attack (ATV Offroad Fury 4) (2006)

References
^ Character Profile: 30 Seconds to Mars. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
^ A New Beginning. Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
^ Redmon, Jess (May 2006). 30 Seconds To Mars: Welcome To Their Universe. Shoutweb.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-24.