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{{Infobox Musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
{{primarysources|date=December 2006}}
| Name = 30 Seconds to Mars
{{Infobox VG| title = Voyage Century Online
| Img = 30 Seconds to Mars.jpg
|developer = [http://www.snailgame.net/ Snail Game]
| Img_capt = 30 Seconds to Mars perform at Rock Am Ring in Germany, 2007
|publisher = [[IGG]]
| Landscape = yes
|engine =
| Background = group_or_band
|released = [[December 22]], [[2006]]
| Origin = [[Los Angeles, California]], [[United States|USA]]
|genre = historical [[MMORPG]]
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]<br />[[Progressive rock]] <br /> [[Progressive metal]]<ref> http://www.popstarsplus.com/music_30secondstomars_history.htm </ref> (earlier material)<br>[[Post-hardcore]] (later material)
|modes = [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
| Years_active = 1998–present
|ratings = 8.1 [http://mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/setView/overview/gameID/278 mmorpg.com] player reviews
| Label = [[Immortal Records|Immortal]], [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
|platforms = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]: [[Windows 98]], [[Windows 2000]], [[Windows ME]], [[Windows XP]], and [[Windows Vista]].
| Associated_acts = [[Angels & Airwaves]]<br />[[Great Northern (band)|Great Northern]]<br />[[The Used]]
|media = [http://voyagecenturyonline.com/download.php Download]
| URL = [http://www.30secondstomars.com/ Official website]
|requirements = Intel Pentium III 500&nbsp;MHz, 2.5 GB Hard Drive Space, NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 or above
| Current_members = [[Jared Leto]]<br />[[Tomo Miličević]]<br />[[Shannon Leto]]
|input = [[Computer keyboard|Keyboard]], [[Computer mouse|mouse]].
| Past_members = [[Matt Wachter]]<br />[[Solon Bixler]]<br />Kevin Drake
}}
}}
'''30 Seconds to Mars''' (or '''Thirty Seconds to Mars''' and often abbreviated to '''30STM''') is an [[United States|American]] [[Rock music|rock]] band from [[Los Angeles, California]], featuring [[actor]] [[Jared Leto]] as the lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter.


==History==
===Formation===
Created in 1998 by Jared Leto with his brother, Shannon. 30 Seconds to Mars began as a small family project. Matt Wachter later joined the band as bassist and keyboard player. After working with a number of guitarists (as the band's first two guitarists, Kevin Drake and Solon Bixler, left the band due to issues primarily related to touring), the three auditioned Tomo Miličević to round out the band's roster.


According to an interview from [[Virgin Records]], the band's name <blockquote>"actually comes
'''''Voyage Century Online''''' (航海世纪/王者世紀) is a free nautical [[MMORPG]] developed by Snail Games and published by [[IGG]], the distributors of [[Myth War Online]]. It is set in 17th century Earth and features accurate historical representations of several coastal cities. Players are not required to choose a career path at the beginning of the game. This gives players a rather varied gameplay in which you can either specialize in one skill and trade for resources, or make use of all the skills. (i.e. You are strictly a tailor and want to make clothing. You can pay someone who can fight to gather wool for you, or you can learn to fight and gather it yourself. etc.) Combat occurs both on land and on the sea, where players risk the threat of pirates when venturing further from the more populated areas<ref>http://vc.igg.com/getting/index.php?ac=81 Game Introduction</ref>. The game profits off of optional cash shop items that are available for players to purchase with real money<ref>http://vc.igg.com/mall/mall.php "Item Mall", payed for items</ref>. Unlike many other [[MMORPG]]s where players can only succeed through battle, Voyage Century Online gives players the option of embarking on several unique professions. The game is very similar to [[Pirates of the Caribbean Online]].
from a thesis that the band found online that was written by a former [[Harvard University|Harvard]] professor. And one of the subsections of the
thesis was titled 'thirty seconds to mars{{sic}}' and he goes on to talk about the exponential growth of technology that relates to humans and saying that we are quite literally thirty seconds to mars. What it means to us is, we thought it best described our music, in short."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.usanetwork.com/series/virginrecords/theshow/characterprofiles/30seconds/index.html| title = Character Profile: 30 Seconds to Mars| accessdate = 2007-03-13}}</ref></blockquote>


===''30 Seconds to Mars'' (2002–2005)===
==History==
The band's debut album ''[[30 Seconds to Mars (album)|30 Seconds to Mars]]'', produced by [[Bob Ezrin]], was released in 2002 to mixed reviews and achieved sales of just over 100,000{{Fact|date=September 2008}}. The album produced two singles, [[Capricorn (A Brand New Name)]] and [[Edge of the Earth]]. The former peaked at #31 on the [[Mainstream Rock Tracks|U.S. Mainstream Rock]] chart.
[[Image:Voyagecenturypic.jpg|thumb|right|A picture of a ship sailing on Voyage Century Online]]
Prior to its English launch, Voyage Century Online was available to players in China, South Korea, and Germany. An alpha test open to 1000 players began on the English version on [[December 8]] [[2006]] and an open beta version was launched on [[December 22]] [[2006]]. A warm-up event was staged the day before the open beta launch where players could take pictures of their characters with the GMs. The game's full version was released [[April 8]] [[2007]]<ref>[http://igg.com/aboutigg/aboutigg.php A Timeline of IGG Events].</ref>


===''A Beautiful Lie'' (2005–present)===
==Ships==
Their sophomore album, ''[[A Beautiful Lie]]'', was released on [[August 30]], [[2005]]. Because the album was leaked five months before its release, the band decided to include two bonus tracks: "Battle of One" (an original song that was also set to be the album's title track when it was first announced) and "Hunter" (a cover of the [[Björk]] song). To further promote the album, the band also enclosed "golden tickets" in 12 copies, which granted their owners access to any 30 Seconds to Mars concert free of charge, along with backstage access.
There are three types of ships in Voyage Century: the Battle Ship, Raider Ship and Merchant ships. The battle ship is able to hold the most amount of cannons and can take the most amount of damage. The raider is the fastest ship and can hold the most amount of sailors. The merchant ship is the slowest ship of all and does not do well in battle but it has the highest loading capacity. Players are able to own any number of ships. There are 10 levels of ships along with a special, beginner-only ship called the "Dragon Head Gunboat". Each type of ship is leveled up differently. The Battle Ship is leveled by fighting other ships in the battlefields. The raider is leveled up by exploring and spending time at sea and the merchant ship is leveled by trading. Once a ship has met the requirements, players must gather or buy the necessary materials needed to upgrade the ship. The Dragon Head Gunboat is a newly introduced ship which is given to new players. It is roughly equivalent to a level 5 battle ship and can go very fast but has a somewhat limited loading capacity. Also, you can encounter steering problems with the gunboat.
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On [[August 31]], [[2006]], the band won the [[MTV Video Music Award - MTV2 Award|MTV2 Award]] for "[[The Kill]]" at the [[MTV Video Music Awards]], one of their two nominations. The second nomination was for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video|Best Rock Video]]; however, they lost to [[AFI (band)|AFI]]'s "[[Miss Murder]]". In the video members of the band reenact scenes from ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]''. ''A Beautiful Lie'' was certified [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in January for distribution of over 1,000,000 albums.
==Ranks==
The table below shows what ranks are achievable in Voyage Century Online. It also includes what nation, reputation, and silver is needed to gain them. Ranks are needed to wield certain weapons and armor. In order to get to a higher rank, you must have a certain amount of reputation.Reputation plays a great part of Voyage Century. Reputation is achieved by log books (from discoveries), treasures (from treasure maps), completing various quests, and sinking ships. Higher reputation will also cause your name to become more blue than others<ref>[http://vc.igg.com/getting/index.php?ac=10&aid=94 Description of Noble titles and Reputation]</ref><ref>[http://vc.igg.com/getting/index.php?ac=10&aid=95 List of Noble Titles]</ref>


In October, the band began their "Welcome to the Universe" tour, sponsored by [[MTV2]]. They were supported on this tour by [[Head Automatica]], [[The Receiving End of Sirens]], [[Cobra Starship]], and several other bands including [[Street Drum Corps]]. The tour was "environmentally sound" according to a 2006 interview with then-bassist Matt Wachter. "Jared and Shannon put together this thing called Environmentour which is illustrating ways—alternatives—to kind of clean up some of the mess we leave behind. We fueled the bus with vegetable oil," he explains.<ref>{{cite web| last = Pascarella| first = Tony| authorlink = | coauthors = | title = 30 Seconds to Mars (Matt Wachter)| work = | publisher = [[AbsolutePunk.net]]| date = 2006-12-04| url = http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=193334| format = | doi = | accessdate = 2008-01-28}}</ref> On [[November 20]], MTV2 premiered the video for "[[From Yesterday]]"; the video is the first [[United States|American]] [[Rock music|rock]] [[Music video|video]] ever shot in its entirety in the [[People's Republic of China]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/main.asp| title = 30 Seconds to Mars News 3/26/2007| accessdate = 2007-04-02}}</ref> The music video is loosely based on the film ''[[The Last Emperor]]''.
[[Image:Rank System.gif]]


On [[April 29]], [[2007]], the band performed at the Australian [[MTV Australia Video Music Awards]], where they were nominated for three awards, winning "Best Rock Video" and "Video of the Year" for "The Kill".
'''== In the above image, the Level 0 Pirate is actually Wanderer, not Vagrant
''''


As of Spring 2007, the band is supporting [[The Used]] as a part of the "[[Taste of Chaos]]" tour and have scheduled a string of dates in [[Europe]] supporting [[Linkin Park]]. They are also scheduled to play [[Roskilde Festival|Roskilde]], [[Rock am Ring]], [[Pinkpop]], [[Give It A Name]] Festival and [[Download Festival|Download]]. Following other commitments, they will begin working on their third album. As heard in the MTV Malaysia interview with Leto, he announces they are currently in the middle of the new album. Some of the songs seem to have been sang at their overseas tour.
==Logistics system==
The logistics system is full of players who produce raw materials or craft goods that can be sold for a profit. These professions include: miner, logger, farmer, fisher, blacksmith, tailor, alchemist, and shipbuilder<ref>[http://vc.igg.com/getting/index.php?ac=10&aid=83 List of Skills, Description]</ref>.


However, in August of 2008, [[Virgin Records]] filed a $30 million lawsuit, claiming the band refused to deliver three albums as required by its contract. According to the lawsuit, the band "repudiated" a 1999 contract in July.<ref>{{cite web| last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Virgin Records sues Jared Leto's band for $30M | work = | publisher = [[Associated Press]]| date = 2008-08-15| url = http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PEOPLE_JARED_LETO?SITE=PASUN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT| format = | doi = | accessdate = 2008-08-16}}</ref> There is not an official release date for their third upcoming album, but recently a blog on the band's MySpace page has denied all rumours that there will be no third album - and also explains their side of the lawsuit, referring to California law and the current state of [[EMI Records]].
==Skill/Stunt system==
Like [[Runescape]], skill levels, or the sum of them, determine a player's level. Each skill is currently capped at 120, and skills, with the exception of Voyage, is capped at level 31 unless promoted into the second phase. Players can promote a maximum of eight skills, after that, players must obtain a skill promoting book (either from the item mall or other players) to promote other skills. Stunts are subskills<ref>[http://vc.igg.com/getting/index.php?ac=10&aid=316 Description of Stunts, or subskills]</ref> within a skill, once a skill gets to the end of phase two which is level 100 you can then promote the skill into phase 3, and continue leveling that skill up to level 120.


==Awards==
Examples of some skills and their stunts<ref>[http://vc.igg.com/getting/index.php?ac=10&aid=316 Description of Stunts, or subskills]</ref>:
Following the release of "From Yesterday" as a single, the band posted a link on their [[MySpace]] blog to vote for the next single from ''A Beautiful Lie''. The choices available were "A Beautiful Lie", "The Fantasy", "Savior", and "The Story". Another vote was done later between the top two songs, "A Beautiful Lie" and "The Fantasy". On [[May 2]], [[2007]], the band announced that "A Beautiful Lie" had won and would be the next single.


On [[August 8]], [[2007]], ''[[Kerrang!]]'' announced that 30 Seconds to Mars has been nominated for two categories of the Kerrang! Awards 2007 - Best International Newcomer and Best Single - The Kill. On [[August 24]] they had only won the award for 'Best Single,' which was The Kill. The other award was lost to [[Madina Lake]]. On [[November 1]], [[2007]], the band won the [[MTV Europe Music Award]] for "Rock Out", one of the two categories they were nominated in.
'''Voyage'''
*Alert
*Full Sail
*Pursuit
'''Sea Battle'''
*Cannon Fight
*Grappling
*Ramming
'''Eloquence'''
*Purchasing
*Negotiation
*Vending


On [[December 21]], [[2007]], 30 Seconds to Mars won Fuse's Best of 2007 Award. They beat out [[Korn]] and had amassed over 7 million votes. 31 other bands and artists such as [[Justin Timberlake]], [[Linkin Park]], [[Gwen Stefani]] and [[Avenged Sevenfold]] were also included in the contest.
==Battle system==
On [[March 22]], [[2008]], the band was voted the second greatest band in ''Kerrang!'''s 100 Best Rock Bands Ever.
While any player can wield a weapon, the battle system creates characters that excel in combat. This system includes combatants on both land and sea, and also consists of pirates. The pirates are not a big threat, unless you are totally ambushed. There is always flotsam and jetsam on the water for you to pick up. Also, as you are on the high seas, there is chance of imperial ship attacks. "Imperial" in this case means attacked by country's ships. Depends on amity, you should stay clear of ships unless you want to kill them. Notice also that the high seas is a PvP area, so you can get blasted to kingdom come by Royal Highnesses, and the super gangsters. So, stock up with the newest stuff you can get!


On [[March 21]], [[2008]], 30 Seconds to Mars performed at 'My Coke Fest' in South Africa, which saw the band back on South African soil since the inception and recording of ''A Beautiful Lie''. At a Press Conference Leto describe the experience as deeply personal, with the added hope that some new material may see the light of day on African Soil. The band played to a sold-out crowd in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
There are 4 ways to fight a sea battle:


On [[August 2]], [[2008]], 30 Seconds to Mars won the Best Video Stars awards for "[[A Beautiful Lie]]" music video at [[MTV Asia Awards 2008]], in [[Genting]], [[Malaysia]].<ref>{{cite web| last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Winners Of The 2008 MTV Asia Awards Revealed| work = | publisher = [[MTV Networks]]| date = 2008-08-02| url = http://www.mtvasiaawards.com/Malaysia/News/200808/03000096.php| format = | doi = | accessdate = 2008-08-27}}</ref>
====Cannon fight====
In arming your ship, there are several types of cannon to choose from, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. The normal cannon gives a balanced range of attributes, whereas others are more specialized - The howitzer cannon has the greatest firing range but smallest firing angle, the buckshot has the widest firing angle but low range, and the quick-firer has the highest firing speed but lowest firepower. The higher the cannon fight level, the higher level cannons one can equip. Cannonballs differ too.


In a highly-publicised lawsuit, Virgin Records sued 30 Seconds to Mars in August 2008 for a failure to deliver on albums within a certain time period. The fine against 30 Seconds to Mars was revealed by Jared Leto in a blog to fans and is believed to be $30,000,000. The case is still pending.
====Grappling battle====
Grappling in battle means boarding an opponent's ship. The screen will be switched to a scene of a grappling battle where players can win by eliminating enemy sailors,the captain, damage their mast or they can cut themselves loose. Land fighting performance and sailor amount is vital to winning. If a player fails to grapple the enemy’s ship, there is a 20 second delay before another attempt at grappling is allowed. Putting points in the stunt grapple will improve accuracy and will allow you to equip better grappling guns. Grappling is great for raiders because of their high sailor capacities. However, only the captain and few of his men can board. That means everybody will not board. So, you have to be of a very high attack level to actually survive boarding a ship.


On August 21 2008, 30 Seconds To Mars won two of the four Kerrang awards that they were nominated for. They won "Best International Band" and "Best Single - From Yesterday"
====Ramming====
The simple process of ramming another ship to do damage. A ram must first be bought from the shipyard boss and equipped. Larger ships and faster sailing speed will increase ramming damage. Ramming does damage to the hull only, and it is very useful when taking out a lower level ship in one blow.


The band is currently working on their third album which currently has no release date or album name. The Echelon (fanbase of the band) have been waiting for this album for a long time and are excited for its arrival. {{Fact|date=October 2008}},
====Mines====
Mines have the potential to do high amounts of damage to massed enemies, but can also do damage to friendly ships. There are many different kinds of mine, each with different attributes. There is a 20 second delay after the placement of a mine before it detonates.


====Land Battle====
==Logo==
[[Image:31129069l0ly.jpg|200px|thumb|The band's phoenix logo.]]
There are four different types of weapons you can use for land battles:swords, axes, falchions and guns. Each has its own special abilities and advantages, one is often suited for one type of battle more than another, but unfortunatly axe and gun users cannot compete with falchion and sword users at higher levels, although a sword user will be reluctant to admit it, falchion is widely excepted by high level players to be the best weapon in both 1v1 and group battles.
The band's [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] [[logo]] (which the band named "[[Mithra]]") bears the phrase "''Provehito in Altum''", the band's [[motto]]. Roughly translated from [[Latin language|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, along with the band's name and motto.
* Sword has the lowest attack but has the hardest hitting ultimate skill, and is the most accurate.
* Falchion has average attack but has low accuracy, with 20% more defense.
* Axe has high attack but is quite slow, with -20% defense.
* Gun has extremely high attack but low accuracy, with -70% defence.


==The Echelon==
Sword is 2nd only to falchion for 1 vs 1 PvP. It might be for captain duels, but you'll get mugged by the others. Falchion is best for killing mobs and boss's because you can hit all targets around you with the soul of sabre skill (get it at level 61). Otherwise, you can go "hyper" and destroy all enemies. Axe is best known for its special skill Rage Of god which does a hit on the enemy with 50% more damage with a 100% strikeback, which is a lot of damage if you have high attack, and falchion give a bonus 20% defense. However, it has some setbacks like accuracy. The axe usually hits stationary objects, objects walking away from you, and objects walking sideways. The gun is best for the runners and is best to use it when you are in a team of people where you know you are protected, because you will die easy when you have gun out because of the -70% defence. You might want to shoot someone and then turn and run for your life.
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, 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''.


==Band members==
Skills chosen for each weapon also effects the style it performs best in. Weapon skill has four subskills for each weapon type and three for barehand. Bare hand experience is gained by fighting normally, preferably with or without a weapon. Barehand level affects a character's hitpoints, dodge (when a weapon isnt equiped), accuracy and running speed. Experience is gained by causing damage to enemies and a bonus is given for finally killing the enemy.
===Current===
* [[Jared Leto]] – [[vocals|lead vocals]], [[rhythm guitar]], (sometimes [[lead guitar]]) <small>(1998–present)</small>
* [[Tomo Miličević|Tomislav "Tomo" Miličević]] – lead guitar, [[violin]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]]/[[synth]] <small>(2003–present)</small>
* [[Shannon Leto]] – [[drum kit|drums]], [[percussion]] <small>(1998–present)</small>


====Siege====
===Former===
* [[Matt Wachter]] – [[bass guitar]], keyboard/synth <small>(2001–2007)</small>
The game hosts a number of port cities that are able to be "sieged" this means that your established guild, can own a port, and level it up by puting materials into it and it will give your guild the ability to buy materials or cannonballs and sometimes items from the item mall, depending on which cities and how high you level it up to. the siege day includes a bidding process in which the day before you have to talk to an NPC as the leader of a guild and place a monitary bid, at some point before the next day a prompt will come up letting you know if your bid was accepted or if someone else bid higher, making yours obsolete. If your bid is accepted, you and everyone in your guild will automatically have a "Guild Task" in which any hostile guilds can ruthelessly attack any member from your guild, no matter how dramatic the difference in level is, as long as both parties are above level 32 in seabattle and barehand. this is when your guild takes action, banding together to protect each other, This is the time period, up to an hour before the sieging starts, to set the deopt ship, a destroyable team spawn in which to gather forces on the high seas and bumrush the port city's offshore. Guild ranks Director and up start inviting allies to help in the siege during this time as well(3 directors, 1 vice-leader, 1 leader per guild)but be careful, if you're not, you might accidentally invite an enemy, who will die, spawn at the depot ship, and tell the rest of your enemies where it is, once the flag on your depot ship is destroyed, you lose the siege and the previous occupants of the city keep it. When the siege starts, all of the attacking forces meet the defending forces when they go into the offshore scene, the defending ships will be waiting for the attack, they fight it out in there until the attackers get some people on land. This is the land battle portion of the siege, when you run up a barbette for the city's flag and destroy it, if you succeed, you capture the city. Be careful though, the defenders can enter this scene and try to kill your attacking forces off, sending them to the depot ship, making another offshore scene necessary to get back to the flag.
* [[Solon Bixler]] – guitar <small>(2001–2003)</small>


===Touring===
==Exploration system==
* [[Tim Kelleher (musician)|Tim Kelleher]] – bass guitar, keyboard/synth <small>(2007–present)</small>
The exploration system is one part of the game which has a lot of content and a huge scope for the player to explore. The exploration system is the long, vast, ocean inside '''Voyage Century Online'''. Thus, the exploration system holds a large amount of the file. This is because the ocean is much larger than the land in Voyage Century, a more realistic figure compared to other MMORPGs which may have little or even no seas. Voyagers may come across islands, passages, and many other interesting obstacles while sailing the seas. Some of these obstacles are [[storms]], [[pirates]] and even other players. Luckily, there are also patroling [[NPC]] ships and [[privateers]] to help you. The ocean is actually a scaled down map of the earth's oceans with some variations.
* Kevin Drake – guitar <small>(2001–2002)</small>


===Discoveries===
==Discography==
===Albums===
In order to get discoveries, players need to sail on the high sea and look for sparkling spots near the shore, which means that something special is hiding nearby. Players can begin their exploration by clicking the explore button in the operation menu and input the number of sailors dispatched. Equipping higher level telescopes will help to find more findings. Players will acquire the discovery logbook of their findings if they find something. By giving the discovery logbook to the authenticator, the players can get some money and boost their reputation. Higher level discoveries offer more money and reputation, reputation is your social standing in the world. Reputation is used to gain higher noble titles, higher level noble titles allow a user to wield equipment that is stronger than a regular equipment. For example, an ensign command falchion that requires 11 falchion and level 2 noble title, is much stronger than a weapon that requires 17 falchion.
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! width="40"| <small>[[Billboard 200|U.S.]]</small>
! width="40"| <small>[[United Kingdom|UK]]</small>
! width="40"| <small>[[Australia|AUS]]</small>
! width="40"| <small>[[Italy|ITA]]</small>
! width="40"| <small>[[Finland|FIN]]</small>
! width="40"| <small>[[New Zealand|NZ]]</small>
! width="40"| <small>[[Portugal|PT]]</small>
! width="40"| <small>[[Germany|DEU]]</small>
! width="40"| <small>[[Swiss|SCH]]</small>
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! width="40"| <small>[[Netherlands|NED]]</small>
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| 2002
| ''[[30 Seconds to Mars (album)|30 Seconds to Mars]]''
*Debut studio album
*Released: [[August 27]], [[2002]]
*Formats: CD, digital download
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| 2005
| ''[[A Beautiful Lie]]''
*Second studio album
*Released: [[August 30]], [[2005]]<ref>[http://www.virginrecords.com/kttunstall/ KT Tunstall at VirginRecords.com]. [[Virgin Records]]. Retrieved [[July 20]], [[2007]].</ref>
*Formats: CD, CD/DVD, LP, digital download
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== Criticisms ==
===Singles===
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Although it has been given an overall positive rating<ref>http://mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/setView/overview/gameID/278 mmorpg.com Game Review</ref>, there are still a number of problems that plague the overall game.
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!width="45"|<center><small>[[Hot Modern Rock Tracks|U.S.<br />Mod.<br />Rock]]</small>
!width="45"|<center><small>[[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|U.S.<br />Main.<br />Rock]]</small>
!width="45"|<center><small>[[UK Singles Chart]]</small>
!width="45"|<center><small>[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Singles]]</small>
!width="45"|<center><small>[[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]]</small>
!width="45"|<center><small>[[Italy|Italian Singles Chart]]</small>
!width="45"|<center><small>[[Portugal|Portugal Singles Chart]]</small>
!width="45"|<center><small>[[Germany|Germany Singles Chart]]</small>
!width="45"|<center><small>[[Austria|Austria Singles Chart]]</small>
!width="45"|<center><small>[[Los 40 Principales|Argentina Singles Chart]]</small>
!width="45"|<center><small>[[Chile|Chilean Singles Chart]]</small><ref>[http://top100chile.blogspot.com Chilean Singles Chart]</ref>
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|"[[Capricorn (A Brand New Name)]]"
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*<sup>1</sup> "[[From Yesterday]]" was released as a single in the UK after "[[The Kill|The Kill (Rebirth)]]", on [[February 4]], [[2008]], with download sales two weeks earlier.
=== Stability Issues ===
*<sup>2</sup> "[[The Story]]" was released only in Argentina.
Although it is updated regularly with bug patches and new game content, major bugs still exist<ref>http://forum.vc.igg.com/viewthread.php?tid=14174&extra=page%3D1 Possible Game Fixes</ref>. It is thought that the majority of these issues steam from the client being poorly coded and/or ported to its English equivalent, as is seen through random game crashes and run-time errors. For example, there have been cases of unintentional guild disbandments<ref>http://forum.vc.igg.com/viewthread.php?tid=15743&highlight=Disband%2B%2B Guild Unintentionally Disbanded</ref> which have been triggered by accessing certain parts of the game, and even entire character deletion to active players, without warning.


=== Customer Support ===
===EPs===
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Customer support from the developers is both good and bad in different respects. One bad aspect is that there is very little and/or very confusing documentation on IGG's site as of to how to play the game and slow-if any response to inquiries and complaints. In particular, accounts that are hacked/hijacked are rarely recovered, even though IGG maintains an [[IP]] log of account activity. The game also suffers from poor translation into English (with dialogues and notices) both in-game and on the IGG website ([http://vc.igg.com/support/faq.php Example, the FAQ is written with poor English). On the flip side, IGG does award those who invest heavily into their game with a priority support service representative available via [[MSN Messenger]] in their VIP program<ref>http://vc.igg.com/news/newscon.php?aid=1087</ref>. In addition, players who cuss openly on the game's public chat are often silenced if screenshots are taken of such activity.
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|align="center"|[[2002]]
|align="left"|''[[Acoustic Live Radio Show (30 Seconds to Mars EP)|Acoustic Live Radio Show]]''
* Released: [[2002]]
* Formats: digital download
|align="center"|[[Virgin Records]]<br/>[[Immortal Records]]
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|align="center"|[[2007]]
|align="left"|''[[AOL Sessions Undercover (30 Seconds to Mars EP)|AOL Sessions Undercover]]''
* Released: [[13 March]] [[2007]]
* Formats: digital download
|align="center"|[[Virgin Records]]<br/>[[Immortal Records]]
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|align="center"|[[2007]]
|align="left"|''[[A Beautiful Lie (30 Seconds to Mars EP)|A Beautiful Lie]]''
* Released: [[17 December]] [[2007]]
* Formats: digital download
|align="center"|[[Virgin Records]]
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|align="center"|[[2008]]
|align="left"|''[[To the Edge of the Earth]]''
* Released: [[25 March]] [[2008]]
* Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download
|align="center"|[[Virgin Records]]<br/>[[Immortal Records]]
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=== Item Mall Overuse ===
===Acoustic songs===
The band made acoustic versions of songs from their second album ''[[A Beautiful Lie]]''. Some of the acoustics have been included in some versions of the album.
The use of the tagline, "Navigate your way to adventure ''for free''" (Previously "''Forever Free and Forever Fun''") isn't necessarily fully accurate given that there are a number of items required for advancement in the game (example: Phase 3 Scrolls <ref>http://vc.igg.com/mall/item.php?item_type=8&p=1</ref><ref>http://mmorpg.qj.net/Voyage-Century-Online-Phase-3-skill-manual-now-available/pg/49/aid/113302</ref>) that must be payed for via the Item Mall<ref>http://vc.igg.com/mall/mall.php "Item Mall", payed for items</ref>, generating frustration and anger by players of whom may not necessarily have the monetary means to purchase such equipment. The Item Mall system in general has also been criticized as upsetting the balance of the game and wreaking havoc on the in-game economy<ref>http://forum.vc.igg.com/viewthread.php?tid=7313</ref>. In particular interest are double-XP scrolls (which give the player one full hour of experience points gained at twice its normal rate)<ref>http://vc.igg.com/mall/item.php?item_type=8</ref>, refining tools (which allows the player to add extra bonuses to armor, weapons, etc.)<ref>http://vc.igg.com/mall/item.php?item_type=9</ref>, and auto-scrolls (which allow the player to level skills without actually playing the game)<ref>http://vc.igg.com/mall/item.php?item_type=8&p=2</ref>. Refining tools are however limited in terms of probability of success based upon extent of refinement, thus giving some sort of upper limit on refinement<ref>http://forum.vc.igg.com/viewthread.php?tid=26146</ref>. IGG has partially made up for these criticisms by offering these items for free via its in-game tournaments and events (even at times simply awarding all accounts with various items)<ref>http://forum.vc.igg.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=80</ref>, making the items as rewards from killing certain in-game bosses, and by offering promotions where items are at a significantly reduced cost. Nonetheless, a simple observation by players remains that those who invest into the Item Mall have an advantage over those who do not (commonly referred to as "super toons")<ref>http://forum.mmosite.com/topics/187/200709/04/46,1.html</ref><ref>http://forum.vc.igg.com/viewthread.php?tid=20598</ref>.
* [[Jared Leto]] - [[vocals]], [[acoustic guitar]], [[acoustic bass guitar|acoustic bass]]
* [[Tomo Miličević]] - [[acoustic guitar]], [[violin]]


=== Racism ===
===Non-album tracks===
In addition to the tracks on their two full-length releases thus far, the band has also recorded a few other tracks. Among these tracks are "Phase 1: Fortification" and "Valhalla", the latter of which was present on an early demo. "Phase 1: Fortification" was released on an overseas single for "Capricorn (A Brand New Name)". Another track featured on certain imported ''30 Seconds to Mars'' titles is "Anarchy in Tokyo", a song that was recorded during the process of their self-titled debut. "Revolution" was also recorded for the self-titled album, but wasn't included because it didn't fit the theme of the album, and because of fear that listeners would take the lyrics too literally, especially after the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.shoutweb.com/interviews/30secondstomars0502.phtml| title = 30 Seconds to Mars: Welcome to Their Universe| accessdate = 2007-02-24| author = Redmon, Jess| month = May | year = 2006| publisher = Shoutweb.com}}</ref> "Occam's Razor" was also recorded, but was never included on any of the band's releases. As a result, it is considered the most difficult to locate of the five unreleased tracks.
There has been in the past versions of the game in which several NPCs make what some could consider as racist remarks, such as usage of the phrase "The niggers here just make me sick!"<ref>http://forum.vc.igg.com/viewthread.php?tid=6069</ref><ref>http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/8164/jimkkkhp2.jpg</ref>, and several quests which cannot be completed if the character has a Japanese-based noble title<ref>http://forum.vc.igg.com/viewthread.php?tid=12235</ref> (which may just simply be an offshoot of modeling an [[Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea]]). New patches have since corrected some of these typos and errors.


Demo versions of songs on the band's self-titled debut were also slightly different, along with different names. For example, "Fallen" was previously called "Jupiter", and "Year Zero" was previously called "Hero". Also made available are the demo versions of "Buddha for Mary" and "93 Million Miles"; the latter originally had lyrics referring to the band [[Deadsy]], whose members [[Renn Hawkey|Dr. Nner]] and [[Elijah Blue Allman|P. Exeter Blue I]] provided extra instrumentation on several tracks, but the lyrics were changed after the two bands were involved in a small feud.


During recent live shows, the band has premiered two new songs, one of which may end up on the new album: "Some Other Sun" and "The Believer", which were initially written for the self-titled album but was scrapped during recording, as well as live songs such as "Sisters of Heresy" and "Under Pressure / Pressure" (Name of song unsure, name based on lyrics).


On [[December 11]], [[2006]], the band sent their fans a "stocking stuffer" in the form of a holiday song called "Santa Through the Back Door". It was featured on a [[KROQ]] (Los Angeles) compilation which coincided with the station's annual [[KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas|Almost Acoustic Christmas]] festival. The song also featured a spoken word intro performed by the band's roadie Mike "Colonel Buck" Bobroff who also performed the intro prior to the band's set at the festival on [[December 9]], [[2006]].
==External links==

* [http://www.igg.com/ Official English site]
In September 2007, the band also recorded a cover of [[Kanye West]]'s "[[Stronger (Kanye West song)|Stronger]]" for [[BBC Radio 1]]'s [[Live Lounge]].
* [http://vc.woniu.com/ Official Taiwan site - Simplified Chinese]

* [http://mmohub.org/2008/voyage-century ''Voyage Century'' Review on MMOHub.org]
In February 2008, the band had premiered a song during the first European blood ball in Milan, Italy. Leto said the song is called "Old Blues Song".
* [http://vc.igg.com/getting/index.php?ac=81 Game Intrduction, English Site]

===Music videos===
* "Capricorn (A Brand New Name)" (2002, directed by Paul Fedor) from ''[[30 Seconds to Mars (album)|30 Seconds to Mars]]''
* "Edge of the Earth" (2002, directed by Kevin McCullough) from ''[[30 Seconds to Mars (album)|30 Seconds to Mars]]''
* "Attack" (2005, directed by Paul Fedor (uncredited)) from ''[[A Beautiful Lie]]''
* "The Kill" (2006, directed by [[Jared Leto]] as Bartholomew Cubbins) from ''[[A Beautiful Lie]]''
* "From Yesterday" (2006, directed by [[Jared Leto]] as Bartholomew Cubbins) from ''[[A Beautiful Lie]]''
* "A Beautiful Lie" (2008, directed by [[Jared Leto]] as Angakok Panipaq) from ''[[A Beautiful Lie]]''

===Songs featured in media===
* "Echelon" (''[[The Core]]'') (2003)
* "Battle of One" (''[[Madden NFL 07]]'') (2006)
* "Attack" (''[[ATV Offroad Fury 4]]'') (2006)
* "A Beautiful Lie" (Commercial for ''[[Without a Trace]]'') (2007)
* "The Kill" (''[[The Invisible (film)|The Invisible]]'') (2007)
* "From Yesterday" (Commercial for ''[[New Amsterdam (TV series)|New Amsterdam]]'') (2007)
* "The Kill" (''[[Without a Trace]]'') (2007)
* "The Kill" (''[[Hollyoaks]]'') (2007)
* "The Kill" (''[[Rock Band]]'') (2007)
* "Attack" (''[[Rock Band]]'') (2007)


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Thirty Seconds to Mars

30 Seconds to Mars (or Thirty Seconds to Mars and often abbreviated to 30STM) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, featuring actor Jared Leto as the lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter.

History

Formation

Created in 1998 by Jared Leto with his brother, Shannon. 30 Seconds to Mars began as a small family project. Matt Wachter later joined the band as bassist and keyboard player. After working with a number of guitarists (as the band's first two guitarists, Kevin Drake and Solon Bixler, left the band due to issues primarily related to touring), the three auditioned Tomo Miličević to round out the band's roster.

According to an interview from Virgin Records, the band's name

"actually comes

from a thesis that the band found online that was written by a former Harvard professor. And one of the subsections of the

thesis was titled 'thirty seconds to mars [sic]' and he goes on to talk about the exponential growth of technology that relates to humans and saying that we are quite literally thirty seconds to mars. What it means to us is, we thought it best described our music, in short."[2]

30 Seconds to Mars (2002–2005)

The band's debut album 30 Seconds to Mars, produced by Bob Ezrin, was released in 2002 to mixed reviews and achieved sales of just over 100,000[citation needed]. The album produced two singles, Capricorn (A Brand New Name) and Edge of the Earth. The former peaked at #31 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart.

A Beautiful Lie (2005–present)

Their sophomore album, A Beautiful Lie, was released on August 30, 2005. Because the album was leaked five months before its release, the band decided to include two bonus tracks: "Battle of One" (an original song that was also set to be the album's title track when it was first announced) and "Hunter" (a cover of the Björk song). To further promote the album, the band also enclosed "golden tickets" in 12 copies, which granted their owners access to any 30 Seconds to Mars concert free of charge, along with backstage access. Template:Sound sample box align right

"The Kill" (2005)
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On August 31, 2006, the band won the MTV2 Award for "The Kill" at the MTV Video Music Awards, one of their two nominations. The second nomination was for Best Rock Video; however, they lost to AFI's "Miss Murder". In the video members of the band reenact scenes from The Shining. A Beautiful Lie was certified platinum by the RIAA in January for distribution of over 1,000,000 albums.

In October, the band began their "Welcome to the Universe" tour, sponsored by MTV2. They were supported on this tour by Head Automatica, The Receiving End of Sirens, Cobra Starship, and several other bands including Street Drum Corps. The tour was "environmentally sound" according to a 2006 interview with then-bassist Matt Wachter. "Jared and Shannon put together this thing called Environmentour which is illustrating ways—alternatives—to kind of clean up some of the mess we leave behind. We fueled the bus with vegetable oil," he explains.[3] On November 20, MTV2 premiered the video for "From Yesterday"; the video is the first American rock video ever shot in its entirety in the People's Republic of China.[4] The music video is loosely based on the film The Last Emperor.

On April 29, 2007, the band performed at the Australian MTV Australia Video Music Awards, where they were nominated for three awards, winning "Best Rock Video" and "Video of the Year" for "The Kill".

As of Spring 2007, the band is supporting The Used as a part of the "Taste of Chaos" tour and have scheduled a string of dates in Europe supporting Linkin Park. They are also scheduled to play Roskilde, Rock am Ring, Pinkpop, Give It A Name Festival and Download. Following other commitments, they will begin working on their third album. As heard in the MTV Malaysia interview with Leto, he announces they are currently in the middle of the new album. Some of the songs seem to have been sang at their overseas tour.

However, in August of 2008, Virgin Records filed a $30 million lawsuit, claiming the band refused to deliver three albums as required by its contract. According to the lawsuit, the band "repudiated" a 1999 contract in July.[5] There is not an official release date for their third upcoming album, but recently a blog on the band's MySpace page has denied all rumours that there will be no third album - and also explains their side of the lawsuit, referring to California law and the current state of EMI Records.

Awards

Following the release of "From Yesterday" as a single, the band posted a link on their MySpace blog to vote for the next single from A Beautiful Lie. The choices available were "A Beautiful Lie", "The Fantasy", "Savior", and "The Story". Another vote was done later between the top two songs, "A Beautiful Lie" and "The Fantasy". On May 2, 2007, the band announced that "A Beautiful Lie" had won and would be the next single.

On August 8, 2007, Kerrang! announced that 30 Seconds to Mars has been nominated for two categories of the Kerrang! Awards 2007 - Best International Newcomer and Best Single - The Kill. On August 24 they had only won the award for 'Best Single,' which was The Kill. The other award was lost to Madina Lake. On November 1, 2007, the band won the MTV Europe Music Award for "Rock Out", one of the two categories they were nominated in.

On December 21, 2007, 30 Seconds to Mars won Fuse's Best of 2007 Award. They beat out Korn and had amassed over 7 million votes. 31 other bands and artists such as Justin Timberlake, Linkin Park, Gwen Stefani and Avenged Sevenfold were also included in the contest. On March 22, 2008, the band was voted the second greatest band in Kerrang!'s 100 Best Rock Bands Ever.

On March 21, 2008, 30 Seconds to Mars performed at 'My Coke Fest' in South Africa, which saw the band back on South African soil since the inception and recording of A Beautiful Lie. At a Press Conference Leto describe the experience as deeply personal, with the added hope that some new material may see the light of day on African Soil. The band played to a sold-out crowd in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

On August 2, 2008, 30 Seconds to Mars won the Best Video Stars awards for "A Beautiful Lie" music video at MTV Asia Awards 2008, in Genting, Malaysia.[6]

In a highly-publicised lawsuit, Virgin Records sued 30 Seconds to Mars in August 2008 for a failure to deliver on albums within a certain time period. The fine against 30 Seconds to Mars was revealed by Jared Leto in a blog to fans and is believed to be $30,000,000. The case is still pending.

On August 21 2008, 30 Seconds To Mars won two of the four Kerrang awards that they were nominated for. They won "Best International Band" and "Best Single - From Yesterday"

The band is currently working on their third album which currently has no release date or album name. The Echelon (fanbase of the band) have been waiting for this album for a long time and are excited for its arrival. [citation needed],

File:31129069l0ly.jpg
The band's phoenix 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, 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, 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.

Band members

Current

Former

Touring

  • Tim Kelleher – bass guitar, keyboard/synth (2007–present)
  • Kevin Drake – guitar (2001–2002)

Discography

Albums

Year Title Chart positions
U.S. UK AUS ITA FIN NZ PT DEU SCH FRA OST NED
2002 30 Seconds to Mars
  • Debut studio album
  • Released: August 27, 2002
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 107 - - - - - - - - - - -
2005 A Beautiful Lie
  • Second studio album
  • Released: August 30, 2005[7]
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD, LP, digital download
 36 21 20 11 12 20 24 30 49 87 10 31

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S.
Hot
100
U.S.
Mod.
Rock
U.S.
Main.
Rock
UK Singles Chart
New Zealand Singles
Australian Singles Chart
Italian Singles Chart
Portugal Singles Chart
Germany Singles Chart
Austria Singles Chart
Argentina Singles Chart
Chilean Singles Chart[8]
2002 "Capricorn (A Brand New Name)" - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Seconds to Mars
"Edge of the Earth" - - - - - - - - - - - -
2005 "Attack" - - - 48 - 90 - 73 - - 92 - A Beautiful Lie
2006 "The Kill (Bury Me)" 65 3 14 64 22 20 20 16 58 41 89 90
2007 "From Yesterday" 1 76 1 11 37 13 33 37 17 72 53 30 76
"The Kill (Rebirth)" - - - 28 - - - - - - 40 -
2008 "A Beautiful Lie" - 37 - - - - 16 11 92 - 1 31
"The Story" 2 - - - - - - - - - - 6 -

EPs

Year Title Label
2002 Acoustic Live Radio Show
  • Released: 2002
  • Formats: digital download
 Virgin Records
Immortal Records
2007 AOL Sessions Undercover Virgin Records
Immortal Records
2007 A Beautiful Lie Virgin Records
2008 To the Edge of the Earth
  • Released: 25 March 2008
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download
 Virgin Records
Immortal Records

Acoustic songs

The band made acoustic versions of songs from their second album A Beautiful Lie. Some of the acoustics have been included in some versions of the album.

Non-album tracks

In addition to the tracks on their two full-length releases thus far, the band has also recorded a few other tracks. Among these tracks are "Phase 1: Fortification" and "Valhalla", the latter of which was present on an early demo. "Phase 1: Fortification" was released on an overseas single for "Capricorn (A Brand New Name)". Another track featured on certain imported 30 Seconds to Mars titles is "Anarchy in Tokyo", a song that was recorded during the process of their self-titled debut. "Revolution" was also recorded for the self-titled album, but wasn't included because it didn't fit the theme of the album, and because of fear that listeners would take the lyrics too literally, especially after the September 11, 2001 attacks.[9] "Occam's Razor" was also recorded, but was never included on any of the band's releases. As a result, it is considered the most difficult to locate of the five unreleased tracks.

Demo versions of songs on the band's self-titled debut were also slightly different, along with different names. For example, "Fallen" was previously called "Jupiter", and "Year Zero" was previously called "Hero". Also made available are the demo versions of "Buddha for Mary" and "93 Million Miles"; the latter originally had lyrics referring to the band Deadsy, whose members Dr. Nner and P. Exeter Blue I provided extra instrumentation on several tracks, but the lyrics were changed after the two bands were involved in a small feud.

During recent live shows, the band has premiered two new songs, one of which may end up on the new album: "Some Other Sun" and "The Believer", which were initially written for the self-titled album but was scrapped during recording, as well as live songs such as "Sisters of Heresy" and "Under Pressure / Pressure" (Name of song unsure, name based on lyrics).

On December 11, 2006, the band sent their fans a "stocking stuffer" in the form of a holiday song called "Santa Through the Back Door". It was featured on a KROQ (Los Angeles) compilation which coincided with the station's annual Almost Acoustic Christmas festival. The song also featured a spoken word intro performed by the band's roadie Mike "Colonel Buck" Bobroff who also performed the intro prior to the band's set at the festival on December 9, 2006.

In September 2007, the band also recorded a cover of Kanye West's "Stronger" for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.

In February 2008, the band had premiered a song during the first European blood ball in Milan, Italy. Leto said the song is called "Old Blues Song".

Music videos

Songs featured in media

References

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  2. ^ "Character Profile: 30 Seconds to Mars". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
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  4. ^ "30 Seconds to Mars News 3/26/2007". Retrieved 2007-04-02.
  5. ^ "Virgin Records sues Jared Leto's band for $30M". Associated Press. 2008-08-15. Retrieved 2008-08-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. ^ "The Winners Of The 2008 MTV Asia Awards Revealed". MTV Networks. 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2008-08-27. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ KT Tunstall at VirginRecords.com. Virgin Records. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
  8. ^ Chilean Singles Chart
  9. ^ Redmon, Jess (2006). "30 Seconds to Mars: Welcome to Their Universe". Shoutweb.com. Retrieved 2007-02-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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