Soft rock band 30 Seconds to Mars were formed in 1998 by actor/musician Jared Leto and his brother Shannon. The name apparently 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. The brothers felt that this summed up their music nicely.
The band have gone through a number of line up changes since their formation, with the current lineup including vocals, rhythm guitar and some bass guitar by Jared Leto, his brother Shannon on drums and percussion, Tomo Mili?evi? playing lead guitar, keyboard, violin and some bass, and Tim Kelleher on bass guitar and keyboard when the band is touring.
Songs include ‘The Kill’, ‘Buddha for Mary’ and ‘From Yesterday’. Their third album ‘This is War’ is due for release in late April 2009.
Check them out at their official website – http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/
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Jared Joseph Leto (born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician though his career has incorporated many other varied roles over the years. He is most well known, in the emo scene, for his role as the front man of rock band 30 Seconds to Mars. However his film roles include a heroin addict in ‘Requiem for a Dream’(2000), King Alexander’s childhood friend Hephaestion in ‘Alexander’(2004) and Nicholas Cage’s chef brother Vitaly in ‘Lord of War’ (2005).
