Great news for people who are into really half-ass sounding world records that no one realizes exist and people who are into really half-ass sounding music that everyone reluctantly acknowledges as existing, because hobo-astronaut chic studyhallcore heroes 30 Seconds to Mars are set to break the world record for "Most Amount Of Shows Performed During A Single Album Cycle" which is only slightly less impressive than their previous world record for most wristbands worn by a forty year old in eyeliner.
Thirty Seconds To Mars will celebrate their 300th and final show in support of their critically acclaimed third studio album This Is War with a special Tribus Centum Numerarae concert at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom on Dec. 7th, 2011. They will also set a new Guinness World Record for the most shows played during a single album cycle. This Is War was released in December, 2009 and the band has since circled the globe numerous times, playing over 300 shows in almost 60 cities in 6 continents.
"We thought documenting this for posterity with the Guiness Book of World Records would be fun especially as we aren't any good at growing our fingernails very long or cultivating the world's largest squash,” said frontman Jared Leto, which, OK, is pretty funny.
By the way, I'm a fucking poseur, because I still bump those "Beautiful Lie" and "Attack" tracks from time to time when I go running, but that's partly because I can't figure out how to load any new songs onto the iPod nano I tricked out with the playlist "epic prog emo jock rock jams of the 2kz" five years ago. Also considering the old band I used to be in was basically a worse-sounding version of this type of stuff, I'm not really in a position to talk shit.
Funny story about 30 Seconds to Mars. Well, not funny as in funny, but funny as in coincidental: the drummer, Jared Leto's brother, whose actual name is Jared Leto's brother I'm pretty sure, was one of the single most difficult subjects I have ever had to struggle through a phoner with a few years ago. Read the interview below in which I said "I needed to take a shower after speaking with drummer Shannon Leto, part self-aggrandizing 'artiste' and part vapid band douche who somehow managed to let stray cracks of genuine humanity and excitement about his fans slip through his exasperating persona." Lest you think my questions sounded boring, which they are, keep in mind that this stumbling turd of an interview consists of the good, usable material I got out of it.
Still though, <3 that "Kings and Queens" song I hear at the gym these days. Gets me pumped up to lift weights/cry/choreograph dance with a team of street urchins.
The word has long been out that Requiem For A Dream star Jared Leto's doom and gloom screamers Thirty Seconds to Mars are the real deal. The band's second record A Beautiful Lie is a perfectly competent serving of teenage melodrama that's just been certified gold. Leto's whisper to a scream vocals impress, and the bands hyper-polished guitar sheen suggest comparisons to bands like Muse and My Chemical Romance. But I needed to take a shower after speaking with drummer Shannon Leto, part self-aggrandizing "artiste" and part vapid band douche who somehow managed to let stray cracks of genuine humanity and excitement about his fans slip through his exasperating persona.
How long have you been playing music with your brother?
All of our lives. Ever since we were little toddlers. I remember being at some festival as a kid, playing bongos. We were around a lot of hippy music. I don't know if we knew we were writing songs, we were just playing on instruments. We were signed to Virgin records in 1998, so it's been a long time with this band.
What were you doing before then?
Hunting werewolves in the Alps.
That must have helped with your drumming. Was it ever a struggle to get people to pay attention, or did success come right away?
It's always been a challenge for 30 Seconds. We needed to tour, tour, tour. Follow our hearts. We do what we do, man. Write how we write. Perform how we perform. We come up with our own artwork. We have control over every aspect of the band. Whether people latch on to these ideas is one thing. If they don't, it's fine too. We're not concerned with it. It's an amazing experience to be touring. To be able to express ourselves. A true gift.
You've played with some pretty amazing bands. Ever been star struck?
Never been star struck in my life. Never in my whole existence on this planet. I've been excited to see other bands and how they express themselves.
What's your relationship like with your fans?
They are devoted, dedicated people who love to express themselves. Go to our website to see what I'm talking about. They are amazing people. A lot of them are artists themselves. I think it's important to be involved with your fans. We do a signing every night. Take pictures and talk to them every single night.
How long ago did the movie star questions get old?
The only people that bring it up are journalists. Bands don't pay attention to it, man. Jared's the first guy that's pulled it off. It's not an issue anymore, man. It was a challenge at the beginning, but I'd rather have that challenge than something else. Someone addicted to heroin or something. We're not concerned with what people care about.
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Take that, crazy successful, handsome, and talented movie star/rock star bro.
Yeah, but you like 30 Seconds to Mars, so...
Huey Lewis, yes. 30 Seconds to Mars... um, no.
The answers to dude's questions don't seem too awful by themselves. But when you know who they come from the drummer from this fucking band, and his name is Shannon? I have to go to the bathroom
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