1. 30 SECONDS TO MARS By Ali Myers Exploring Music HON

2. BIOGRAPHY 30 Seconds To Mars started out as a small family project started by Jared and Shannon Leto. Things started to pick up and Matt Wachter joined the band as a bassist Former band members (Kevin Drake & Solon Bixler, Matt Watcher) Tomo Milicevic auditioned to be one of the guitarists by the three band members and is now the guitarist.

3. ABOUT THE BAND… American Rock Band from Los Angeles CA Formed in 1998 Lead vocals. Rhythm guitar, songwriter: JARED LETO Drums. Percussion: SHANNON LETO Lead guitar: TOMO MILICEVIC Keyboards: Braxton Olita Bass Guitar: Tim Kelleher Released 3 albums 30 Seconds to Mars (2002); A Beautiful Lie (2005); This Is War (2009) Have received 42 awards of 65 nominations

4. STYLE OF MUSIC Difficult to categorize Associated mainly with progressive rock/metal and post-grunge, alternative rock, neo-progressive, also use electronic music, hard rock, scream-o Known for philosophical and spiritual lyrics Concept albums Experimental music

5. NAME OF BAND Jared Leto told said in an interview, "For us, 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.” Shannon Leto said in an interview, ""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.”

6. TOUR DATES: Honolulu, HI Sept 29 Riga, LV Nov 2 Villnius, LT Nov 3 Lodz, PL Nov 8 Paris, FRA Nov 12 Hohenems, AUS Nov 25 Wien, AUS Nov 26 Frankfurt, GER Nov 28 Cologne, GER Nov 29

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