Founded in 1998 by
brothers Shannon Leto
and Jared Leto, 30 Seconds to Mars began as a small
family project. American rock band from Los Angeles, Since 2007, the band has
consisted of actor Jared Leto
lead vocals, rhythm guitar and songwriter, Shannon Leto drums & percussion and Tomo Miličević
as lead guitar & keyboards. Following the departure of Matt Wachter in 2007, Tim Kelleher became
the bassist for the group, performing live only with both Jared and Miličević
recording bass for studio recordings, while Braxton Olita keyboardist was added
to the touring lineup in 2009. Previously, the group also featured guitarists Solon Bixler and Kevin Drake 30 Seconds to Mars' music has
been associated mostly with neo-prog,
progressive metal
and post-grunge, but they have also included emo, screamo, space rock and synthrock into their music. They have been
compared to Pink Floyd and Tool because of their use of philosophical
and spiritual lyrics, concept albums and their use of experimental music.Matt Wachter later
joined the band as bassist and keyboard player. 
After working with a number of
guitarists the three auditioned Tomo Miličević to round out the band's roster.Jared
and 30 Seconds To Mars told MTV News that their
third album had its release date pushed back from April 2009 to some time in
September 2009. Although the released dates were changed many times, 30 Seconds
to Mars released this Is War on December 8, 2009. On February 19, 2010, 30
Seconds to Mars began their worldwide Into the Wild Tour
in Nottingham to support This Is War. Their Studio albums 30 Seconds
to Mars (2002),A Beautiful Lie
(2005) ,This Is War (2009), Love,
Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013).
The tour had 7 legs that ended on
December 18, 2010. They also appeared at the 2010 MTV VMAs on September 12,
2010. Also, they presented on the inaugural headliner of the new International Lollapalooza Festival in Santiago, Chile at O'Higgins Park on April 3, 2011.
In September 2011 they headlined Split Works' inaugural Black Rabbit
festival in China alongside Ludacris, amongst
others. They performed their final show of the tour on December 7, 2011, at the
Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC.On April 25, 2012 MTV Buzzworthy confirmed that
they are working with famed record Producer Steve Lillywhite (U2, The Killers).
Jared Leto's official Twitter account has also confirmed that the album is
nearing completion, however a release date has not been hinted at yet. Jared
Leto has announced on Twitter that the band has finished working on "Up In
The Air", and it could be the first single.On February 28, 2013, it was
announced via Twitter that "Up in the Air"
would be the first single from the new album. A CD copy of the single was sent
to NASA and SpaceX for launch aboard the Dragon spacecraft
on SpaceX CRS-2. The mission was launched
atop a Falcon 9 rocket on March 1, 2013, sending
the first ever commercial copy of music into space. The spacecraft will berth
with the International
Space Station on March 3, 2013, making the single available to play
by the Expedition 35
crew aboard the station. The song will make its worldwide debut aboard the
station on March 18, 2013. The single will be released for digital download the
following day on March 19, 2013.They have won and nominated lot of awards Billboard Music
Awards,Kerrang! Awards, Los
Premios MTV Latinoamérica, MTV Australia
Awards, MTV Europe Music
Awards, MTV Video Music
Awards.
They have Nominations 146 times & Awards won 74 times.
IT’S AMAZIIIIIING…..
