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Bandology


This section includes important highlights in 30 Seconds to Mars career.
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30 Seconds to Mars Band Members Are:
Jared Leto Vocals/Guitar
Tomo Milicevic Guitar
Shannon Leto Drums
Tim Kelleher Bass (Touring 2007 - )

Former Band Members

Matt Wachter Bass (2001-2007)
Solon Bixler (Earlimart, Great Northern) Guitar (2002-2003)
Kevin Drake Guitar (2001-2002)

 

Pre-2001

N/A Played gigs under various names (names unknown).  One show Jared mentioned in an interview with Edge 102 was a show at The Horseshoe in Toronto, Ontario in 1999.

Buddha For Mary and 93 Million Miles  The following songs are said to be demos or have demo versions: "Buddha for Mary" and Valhalla - Unreleased (1999 Demo)
Occams Razor - Unreleased (Early Demo)

2001

May 23 30 Seconds to Mars were in the studio in Los Angeles working on their debut CD titled "Welcome to the Universe" with producer Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Kiss, Alice Cooper).  The band compiled well over fifty songs in preparation for this project, and only twelve made it on the CD which was later self-titled.ys...

September 13

Artwork for upcoming release, "Welcome to the Universe" was discontinued due to graphic content of the images.  Included were 10,000 posters that had an image of a fighter jet exploding in mid-air with the pilot ejecting safely from the plane. At this time the images are inappropriate due to the events of 9/11.

2002

April 1 30 Seconds to Mars first interview as a band and Canada's
Chartattack were the lucky ones to be there.
May 10 Shout Web interview with Jared.
May 23 Video shoot for first single, "Capricorn."

September 26

 30 Seconds to Mars Live Chat.
September 06 "Capricorn" is added to Muchmusic USA's Oven Fresh.

October 01

"Capricorn" airs on MTV2.

November 18

Perform "Capricorn" on "Last Call with Carson Daly" to be aired on  November 27.
   

2003

January 17  Perform "Edge of the Earth" on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
January 27 "Edge of the Earth" is released as second single.
February 3 Perform "Edge of The Earth" on "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn."
March 17 Perform "Edge of The Earth" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
March 18 Perform "Edge of The Earth" on "Last Call with Carson Daly."

March 22

World premiere of "Edge of the Earth" video on 30STM site.
   

2004

March 15

30 STM in studio working on second release which is tentatively titled, "The Battle of One."

April 21

"Echelon" played on Indie 103.1 in LA.

May 3

Official Year Book went on sale.

2005

April 1

30 STM's second full length release is complete and will be titled "A Beautiful Lie."

May 25

30 STM are on Fuse TV's Daily Download.

July/August

Video shoot for "Attack."

August 1

Exclusive performance of "Attack" on Comcast High Speed Internet or Digital Cable for month of August.

August 03

30STM interviewed on K-Rock in NY.

August 16

Original release date for "A Beautiful Lie."
August 29

30STM perform and present the world premiere of the video for "Attack."

 August 30

Release date for "A Beautiful Lie."

August 31

 Performance of "Attack" on The Late Show with David Letterman.
September 06 Performance of "Attack" on Conan O'Brien.

September 22

 Performance of "Attack"  on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson .
October 6 Jared visited  Toronto's Edge 102 and the whole band appeared on Muchmusic's Much on Demand. 
The video for "Attack" premiered in Canada on Muchmusic during MOD.  The video was added to medium rotation a couple of days later.
October 14 "Attack" was #1 in Providence, RI on 95.5 WBRU's 12 Most Requested Songs.
October 16 Played "The Story" for the first time live in Montgomery, AL.
November 25 Performance of "Attack" and "The Kill" on Last Call with Carson Daly. 

2006

March - June Forever Night, Never Day Tour with The Red Apparatus Jumpsuits, Aiden, Emanuel and Keating.
April 02

Video shoot for "The Kill" at the Carlu in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

May 01

Video for "The Kill" premiered on Fuse's Daily Download.

May 04

Live performance and interview on CD USA.

May 05

Performance on Jimmy Kimmel.

May 09

"The Kill" is #1 on the Hot 5 Videos at MTV.com
May 12

Performance on Last Call with Carson Daly.

August

"The Kill" is nominated for Best Rock Video at the MTV Awards.

August 04

Performance of 'The Kill" on Jay Leno.

August 14

"The Kill" is nominated for a MTV2 VMA.

August 24

The First Televised Music and Horror Themed Awards (fuse and Fangoria - Chainsaw Awards) are taking place on October 15 and "The Kill" has been nominated in the category of "Video Inspired by Film" and Jared has been nominated in the category of "darkest male artist in music video."

August 31

The band won  fan-voted MTV2 Award for the unforgettable clip "The Kill."

September 05

Won the "Sound off with Cingular Battle" to play for  Fashion Rocks at Radio Music City Marquee in New York on September 8th.

September 13

The guys were nominated for a "Live Action Woodie" for this year's mtvU Woodie Awards and won on November 2.

October 15

Jared  won the title of Prince of Darkness (Darkest male in a music Video) and the band has won Best video Inspired by a Movie for "The Kill"  at the Chainsaw awards.

October 17- November 25

30STM Headline MTV$2 Tour and tour with Head Automatica, Cobra Starship, Rock Kills Kid, Pink Spiders, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Men, Women and Children

November 11

"A Beautiful Lie" is released in Australia

November 20

"From Yesterday" (first American music video shot in the People's Republic of China) Movie Video Premiere on MTV and MTV2.

November 21

CD/DVD package of a Beautiful Lie will be in stores.  The package will include a special cover, content and bonus DVD.

November 28 "From Yesterday" premieres on Muchmusic

2007

February 15

30STM co-headlines with The Used on Taste of Chaos Tour which kicks off in Seattle.

January 28 - February 03

First European tour

March 01

Matt Wachter leaves 30STM to spend more time with family.

March 01

"A Beautiful Lie" hits the Finnish Chart at #33.

March 02

30 Seconds To Mars have been nominated for not two, but three different Australian VMA Awards.  The nominations are: Video of the Year - The Kill, Best Rock Video - The Kill, and Viewer's Choice - The Kill

March

"A Beautiful Lie" is certified Gold in Canada with 50,000 units sold!

March 20

"A Beautiful Lie" Deluxe Edition is released in Canada and includes a bonus DVD featuring videos, behind the scenes footage, and a special documentary on the making of 'The Kill [Bury Me]' - the award winning video filmed in Toronto. The Deluxe Edition also comes with a personal dedication to the 30STM echelon members, and features elaborate fold-out packaging with a lenticular cover.

April 03

"The Kill' was #5 on MTV Italy's TRL countdown! It's been on the chart 33 times so far.

April 06

30 Seconds To Mars have been nominated for BEST NEW ARTIST for MTV Italy's TRL AWARDS happening in Milan on April 14th. They are the only act being nominated for a TRL award without having been a guest of the show.

April 29

30STM perform "The Kill" live on the Australian VMA Awards and win Video of the Year - The Kill and Best Rock Video - The Kill on the Australian VMA Awards.

April 30

The UK release of "The Kill" hits stores this week.  The limited numbered  picture disc  features an acoustic version of "Attack" recorded live at CBGB's in New York last year. The CD features a live version of The Kill recorded for VH-1.

May 02 - 04

First Australian Tour

May 03

"A Beautiful Lie" has been voted by the fans to be the next single. 

August 23

 "The Kill" won "Best Single" at the Kerrang! Awards

October13

30 Seconds to Mars is nominated for BEST ALTERNATIVE INTERNATIONAL and BEST NEW ARTIST INTERNATIONAL at the TMF Awards.

October 18 30 Seconds to Mars is nominated for BEST INTERNATIONAL ROCK ARTIST at the Latin MTV Awards.
October 24 First ever South American Tour
November 01 30 Seconds to Mars has been nominated in both ROCK OUT and INTER ACT categories. for MTV's European Music Awards.
November 13 Won the coveted "Rock Out" award at this years European MTV awards held in Munich, Germany.
November 29 Nominated for one of Fuse's Best of 2007.
December 01 Nominated for Best International Breakthrough Award at Sweden's Bandit 2008 Radio Awards.
December 21 With over 7 million votes, Thirty Seconds To Mars won the Fuse Best of 2007 Award.

2008

January 4 30STM has  2 nominations  up on Virgin Media Music Awards: the video for "The Kill" and Jared Leto for Most Fanciable Male.
January 30 A Beautiful Lie (first video ever shot in Greenland and first global Myspace video premiere).
January 31 The video for "A Beautiful Lie" premiered on Fuse.
February 4 "From Yesterday" will hit stores in three collectible exclusive formats, including the option to purchase your very own limited edition storage box, inclusive of a free 30 Seconds to Mars poster.
March 10 MTV has added A Beautiful Lie into its rotation. Additionally, MTV2 has moved the video into its Elite 8!
August 7 30 Seconds to Mars is tied for the lead at the 2008 Kerrang! Awards with 4 nominations! They now need your votes to help secure the actual awards. Click here to vote and don't stop until your fingers bleed!!!
August 8 Voting starts to get "A Beautiful Lie" nominated for MTV's Best Rock Video Award.
November 6 Vote for 30STM in MTV EMA in the categories of "Rock Out" and "Video Star."
November 18 30STM won two MTV EMA Awards in the categories of "Rock Out" and "Video Star" for the song, "A Beautiful Lie."

 2009

October 06 First Single from third release premiered called "Kings and Queens"
November 04 The soundtrack of Dragon Age: Origins contains the song "This Is War."  The song made its' debut in the game before the CD was released.
November 13 "Kings and Queens" Video released
December 04  Third CD titled "This is War" released in Australia, Austria, France, Germany,  Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey.
December 07  Third CD titled "This is War" released in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, India, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden, United Kingdom.
December 08  Third CD titled "This is War" released in Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United States, Venezuela.
December 10 Performed "Kings and Queens" on Conan O'Brien
December 29 "This is War" is honoured with album of the month by Rock Sound Magazine

 2010

January 18 "Kings and Queens" is #1 on the Radio Charts
January 30 Seconds to Mars raises $100,100 for Haiti through an Ebay Auction that included concert tickets, an exclusive backstage meet and greet, and dinner with the band.  30 Seconds to Mars has also supported the people of Haiti through the Echelon Project “House for Haiti” and the “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon.
March 01 "This is War" released as second single.
March 04 "Kings and Queens" is featured in a trailer for an upcoming film called, "Legend of the Guardians."
March/April Made a video for "This is War"
April 16 Jared pitched ceremonial first pitch to Chicago Cubs James Russell.
May 16 Teaser for "This is War" video released.
June 07 Video for third single, "Closer to the Edge" filmed by Jared and Shannon during their "Into the Wild" tour around the world. It was released in New Zealand televisions on June 7 and released in US later in the week.

 

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