30 seconds to Mars

Biography

30 Seconds To Mars started out in 1998 when a Hollywood actor Jared Leto decided to take a shot at music and asked his brother Shannon to assist as drummer. Initially the band was intended to be a family project, but things started to speed up quickly for the musicians and soon bass guitar and keyboard player Matt Wachter joined the band along with two guitarists, Kevin Drake and Solon Bixler. Work on the first album took quite a long time, in many ways because of Jared Leto's acting schedule, who at that time was involved in producing of such famous films as Fight Club, American Psycho and Requiem For A Dream. Despite the growing popularity as an actor, Jared decided not to use his name to promote his music. The band’s debut work was released in 2002 and represented a combination of post-grunge, screamo and melodic hard rock, the lyrics were devoted to human struggle and space themes. Originally the album was intended to be named Welcome to the Universe, but Jared decided to make it self-titled. Soon after the release it was clear that the disc didn’t meet the musicians’ expectations – critical reviews were mixed and the sales barely amounted to 100 000 copies.

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