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everybody's a winner

Kerrang! Awards Prove That At Least A Few People Who Aren't EMI's Lawyers Still Care About 30 Seconds To Mars

Last night, the troubled British rock magazine Kerrang! held its annual awards show, and the slate of nominees and winners represented something of a slight stylistic shift for the mag, which has probably noticed the circulation gains experienced by Metal Hammer and adjusted its coverage accordingly. Out go My Chemical Romance and 30 Seconds To Mars; in come the Dillinger Escape Plan and, um, 30 Seconds To Mars, which was the "big" winner on the evening because it won two awards (Best International Band and Best Single). Full list of winners after the jump. More »

10:30 AM on Fri Aug 22 2008
By Maura Johnston
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EMI has issued a statement on its $30 million lawsuit against the Jared Leto-fronted outfit 30 Seconds To Mars that says in part: "The hard work of EMI's global team and of the band has resulted in sales of 3 million albums and singles, multiple awards and a growing, global fan base. However, we have been forced to take procedural, legal steps in order to protect EMI's investment and rights during contract renegotiations initiated by the band and management." So should we translate this frosty corporate missive as "videos shot in China cost money, you dumbasses" or "sure, we'll keep the publicity stunt going so people remember who you are when your next record comes out"? [Earlier]

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they write (open) letters

Jared Leto To EMI: F U, Pay Me (And Those Other Dudes In The Band)

Late Friday, EMI announced that it was suing the Jared Leto-led outfit 30 Seconds To Mars, whose last album for the label's Virgin subsidiary came out in 2005, for $30 million dollars because of breach of contract issues. While the exact amount of damages sought was probably the result of "cuteness" more than anything, EMI's grievance seemed somewhat solid—after all, the band "repudiated" its contract, on which it had one album left, last month. In response to the suit, the former Jordan Catalano penned an open letter to his fans, his band's former label, and any other parties who might be interested. More »

9:30 AM on Mon Aug 18 2008
By Maura Johnston
743 views, 7 comments

Latest by Norman: I have a few friends in bands who sell lots of records for major labels. In separate conversations with them, it seemed like there was a general consensus with major label math: If you spend a substantial but not ridiculous more »

burning questions

Which News Item Will Cause Music Snobs To Complain Louder?

The one about the Hold Steady playing a couple of shows in Europe as a support act for Counting Crows, or the one about the new Cure single featuring remixes by 30 Seconds To Mars' Jared Leto, My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way, AFI's Jade E. Puget, and Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump? I think it's a toss-up, although I have heard that there are a lot of Counting Crows fans lurking in the shadows out there... [AHN / NME]

11:30 AM on Tue Aug 12 2008
By Maura Johnston
484 views, 24 comments

Latest by DocStrange: @D.R. Mosby: I really liked that last Cure album. "The End of the World" was Smith's best single since "Mint Car" (or maybe even "Friday I'm In Love") more »

rebirths

Jared Leto Finally Acting A Bit Like Jordan Catalano Again

When heartbroken friends sigh about the transformation of Jared Leto from TV dreamboat to emo assclown, my natural reaction is to laugh long and hard, for reasons jealous and Brian Krakow-like in nature. But when I read that Leto tried to yank some posters off the walls at CBGB during its demolition, I smiled a little. More »

8:45 AM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Anthony Miccio
2,223 views, 2 comments

30 seconds to mars

Middling Music Inspires Middling Violence

Page Six has been pretty skimpy with music-related nonsense this week, but how often do you get an item that ties together a Black Crow, a Jewish rapper, and a 30 Seconds To Mars Bar member? More »

8:45 AM on Fri Jan 26 2007
By Brian Raftery
74 views, Comment

stereogum

Jared Leto Gives Stereogum First Taste of the VIP High-Life

Jared Leto may not know how to act, but he certainly knows how to act up: The 30 Seconds To Mars Bar singer (and blog hater) reportedly attacked Stereogum.com founder Scott Stereogum at last night's mtvU Woodies awards (we can't believe we just wrote that). From the Best Week Ever blog: More »

3:42 PM on Thu Oct 26 2006
By Brian Raftery
988 views, 6 comments

30 seconds to mars

Who Was That Masked Man At The Inland Invasion?

Earlier today, we asked you which frontman performing at the KROQ Inland Invasion would be silly enough to dress up in a full-on Star Wars outfit as he walked onstage for his band's set. Of course, the clear majority of you (almost 80%!) realized that only one lead singer could be so idiotic, and that person is 30 Seconds to Mars singer Jared Leto. (M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold ran a distant second.) More »

2:59 PM on Mon Sep 25 2006
By mjohnston
524 views, 6 comments

30 seconds to mars

Jared Leto Has Forgotten What They Did To Pluto

Apparently, 58-year-old 30 Seconds to Mars singer Jared Leto hates the blogs. From a rant on G4TV, via Stereogum:

"I think that blogging should die a sudden death. It's just ridiculous. It's like a playground for four-year-olds. People say and do things in the world of blogs that they would never do in real life, and I think it's a false experience...The blog is yesterday's parachute pants. It's here now but it's gone tomorrow."
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4:34 PM on Thu Sep 21 2006
By Brian Raftery
1,061 views, 25 comments