30 Second to Mars Biography

Hey guys, this time i wanna share about this Jared Leto's Band, a band which called himself 30 second to mars. I think their band names was so unique like a film. They have created an amazing video from yesterday which kinda so cool.


Okey, enjoy their biography which i found from some source :-)


30 Second to Mars is Los Angeles Bands which was formed in 1998. Their current member since 2007 is Jared Leto on Vocals and rhythm, Shannon Leto on Drums and Tomo Miličević on Lead Guitar.

30 Seconds to Mars began as a small family project by the brother Jared an Shannon. Matt Wachter later joined the band as bassist and keyboard player. After working with a number 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 Miličević to round out the band's roster.

For the band, the name 30 Seconds To Mars has little to do with space, the universe or anything like that. It is a name that works on several different levels. Most importantly, it is a good representation of our sound. It's a phrase that is lyrical, suggestive, cinematic, and filled with immediacy. It has some sense of otherness to it. The concept of space is so overwhelming and all encompassing I doubt there is a song written that doesn't fall within it.

It represents a lot of things. This professor had a thesis. It was talking about where technology was going; the evolution of man and how that plays a role. A sub-category was 30 Seconds to Mars. It was like the exponential growth of humans. We are literally 30 seconds away from Mars. Everything is right here and right now; everything is just so crazy and fast.

That 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 exponential 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."

Even though Jared Leto is a Hollywood actor, he prefers not to use this position to promote the band; in fact, he refuses to play at venues if they have used his name to promote the band.

The band music style was associated with Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal and Post-Grunge. They also have included Screamo, Emo, Space Rock, Synth Rock and Post-Hardcore.

The band was released three Studio Albums : 30 Second to Mars in 2002, A Beautifull Lie in 2005 and This is War in 2009. They also have three extended plays AOL Sessions Undercover in 2007, To the Edge of the Earth in 2008 and also appeared on MTV in2001 with MTV Unplugged: 30 Second to Mars. 

The band’s have a phoenix logo which named “Mithra” bears the phrase "Provehito in Altum", the band's motto. Roughly translated from Latin, this means "Launch forth into the deep"; a more stylized version would be "Rocket in(to) High(ness)". It can also be translated as "March on into higher grounds" or "Launch forth into higher grounds". The logo was primarily used for promotion of the band's debut, whereas for A Beautiful Lie, the new Trinity logo was created consisting of three skulls and three arrows pointing inwards, along with the band's name and motto.

The band also made acoustic versions of songs from their second album A Beautiful Lie. Some of the acoustics have been included in some versions of the album. After playing in MTV Unplugged, the band released an EP composed of acoustic versions of some of the songs from the album "This Is War". It contains songs such as "Hurricane" and "Kings and Queens". It also contains a cover of U2's "Where Streets Have No Name" performed by 30 Seconds to Mars.