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30 Seconds To Mars biography

The "A Beautiful Lie" video was certified gold by MTV International.

Characteristics

Logo

The band's phoenix logo (which the band named "Mithra") bears the phrase "Provehito in Altum", the band's motto. Roughly translated from Latin, this means "Launch forth into the deep"; but a more stylized version would be "Rocket in(to) High(ness)". The logo was primarily used for promotion of the band's debut, whereas for A Beautiful Lie, the new Trinity logo was created consisting of three skulls and three arrows pointing inwards, along with the band's name and motto.

The Echelon

The Echelon is a publicity street team for the band 30 Seconds to Mars, which helps in bringing friends to the shows, phoning local radio stations to request the band's songs, putting up posters, posting to band forums or related bulletin boards online, voting for the band in official award nominations and maintaining magazines or websites dedicated to the band. It is also the name of one of their songs in the album 30 Seconds to Mars.

Musical style, genre and influence

30 Seconds to Mars have been stated by reviewers and criticts to play within the genres of hard rock, emo, neo-progressive, alternative metal and post-grunge.

Current members

• Jared Leto - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1998-present)
• Shannon Leto - drums, percussion (1998-present)
• Tomo MiliÄ�ević - lead guitar, violin, keyboards (2003-present)

Former members

• Matt Wachter - bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer (2001-2007)
• Solon Bixler - guitar (2000-2003)
• Kevin Drake - guitar (1999-2001)

Touring members

• Tim Kelleher - bass guitar, keyboards (2007-present)
• Braxton Olita - keyboards (2009-present)

Timeline