THE ECHELON EMPIRE
From The Echelon to The Echelon
Thirty Seconds To Mars is an american band, founded by the Leto brothers, Jared and Shannon, in 1998. It was when they signed a contract with the record label.
Their first album was released in 2002, and Solon Bixler, Kevin Drake and Matt Wachter joined the band.
Kevin Drake and Solon Bixler were only in the band for about a year. In 2003 they letf the band, and Tomo Milicevic joined.
The album produced two singles - Capricorn and Edge of The Earth.
In 2005 their second album was released - A Beautiful Lie, that produced 4 singles - Attack, The Kill, From Yesterday and A Beautiful Lie. At this time Jared Leto decided to direct their own videos, and by his hand it was produced videos known as the short films of their singles.
In 2007 Matt Wachter left the band for personal reasons.
The third album came out in 2009 and it was produced in middle of a lawsuit. In August 2008 their record label, EMI, prosecuted the band in $30 million, claiming the band refused to deliver three albums as required by its contract. While the band was dealing with the label, they were also creating the new album, This Is War. It was an intense period in the band's life and Jared Leto and his band mates decided to document it. They shoot more than 40.000 hours of their lives in 2009 and the result of that is the documentary Artifact, released in 2012, where they show their battle in the music industry.
The album produced 4 singles, Kings and Queens, Closer To The Edge, Hurricane and This Is War. Due to the nature of the theme chosen by Jared Leto for the Hurricane's video, sex, the short film was censored and created some controversy.
After 2 years and in tour, Thirty Seconds To Mars returned home, LA, and kept working on the new album. Love Lust Faith and Dreams was released in 2013, and to celebrate this event the band decided to launch the CD into space.
In 6 months the album produced 3 singles, Up In The Air, Do Or Die (in Europe) and City Of Angels (only in USA).
In 2017, on August 22th it was released the last work of Thirty Seconds To Mars. After four years, the band has a new single, that belongs to the next album, wich there isn't a date for the release yet. The song is available on itunes, and spotify for steaming and there is a lyric video on youtube.
History
Discography
Track List
1. Capricorn
2. Edge Of The Earth
3. Fallen
4. Oblivion
5. Echelon
6. Buddha for Mary
7. Welcome to Universe
8. The Mission
9. End Of The Beginning
10. 93 Million Miles
11. Year Zero
Hidden track -The Struggle
Japan Edition - 12. Anarchy of Tokyo
30 Seconds To Mars - August 27, 2002
Singles: Capricorn (July 23, 2002); Edge Of The Earth (March 3, 2003)
A Beautiful Lie - August 30, 2005
Singles: Attack (May 3, 2005); The Kill (January 24, 2006); From Yesterday (November 7, 2006); A Beautiful Lie (December 17, 2007)
This Is War - December 4, 2009
Singles: Kings and Queens (October 13, 2009); Close To The Edge (August 20, 2010); Hurricane (November 15, 2010); This Is War (March 26, 2011)
Love Lust Faith + Dreams - May 21, 2013
Singles: Up In The Air (March 18, 2013); City Of Angels (July 30, 2013);
Do Or Die (September 9,2013)
Extended Plays
AOLSessions Undercover
March 13, 2007
To The Edge Of The Earth
March 25, 2008
MTV Unplugged: 30 Seconds To Mars
August 19, 2011
B-sides and Rarities
Anarchy in Tokyo, Occams Razor, Phase 1 Fortification, Revolution, Valhalla, Time To Wake Up (instrumental)
Filmography
Track List
1. Attack
2. A Beautiful Lie
3. The Kill
4. Was It a Dream
5. The Fantasy
6. Savior
7. From Yesterday
8. The Story
9. R-evolve
10. Mordern Myth
Hidden track - Praying for a Riot
Special Edition - 11. Battle Of One;
- 12. Hunter
Track List
1. Escape
2. Night Of The Hunter
3. Kings and Queens
4. This Is War
5. 100 Suns
6. Hurricane
7. Close To The Edge
8. Vox Populi
9. Search And Destroy
10. Alibi
11. Stranger In a Strange Land
12. L490
Deluxe Edition - 13. Hurricane;
- 14. Bad Romance; - 15. Stronger
Track List
1. Birth
2. Conquistador
3. Up In The Air
4. The Race
5. City of Angels
6. End Of All Days
7. Pyres Of Varanasi
8. Bright Lights
9. Do or Die
10. Convergence
11. Northern Lights
12. Depuis le Début
Artifact is a documentary directed by Bartholomew Cubbins.
The film is about a making of tird Album- This Is War and a legal's battle betwenn Thirty Seconds To Mars and their record label, EMI.
The film inclued several interviews to a musicians, and another specialists and a period of the life of the band. It was filmed in 2008 and 2009 and it taked more than three thousand houres tapped.
Artifact premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2012, and won the People's Choice Documentary Award 2012. It was select too to 2012 DOC NYC New York Documentary Film Festival and won Audience Award.