HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO CRAFT AMAZING WORLDS OF INNER STRUGGLE ON AN EPIC SCALE WITH HIS BAND 30 SECONDS TO MARS. FROM THE APOCALYPTIC POWER OF THEIR DEBUT, TO THE INTROSPECTIVE BEAUTY OF THEIR NEW ALBUM, A BEAUTIFUL LIE, THEY HAVE CARVED OUT THEIR OWN NICHE IN THE MODERN ROCK WORLD. NIGHT WATCHMAN CAUGHT UP WITH LETO AND GUITARIST TOMO MILICEVIC BACKSTAGE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE PASSION THAT DRIVES THEM, AND THE REASON THAT 30 SECONDS TO MARS IS THE BAND THAT DISPROVES THE NOTION THAT ACTORS CANNOT BE MUSICIANS.
Night Watchman: Just so you know, our interviews are direct transcriptions, and the magazine is for adults, so swear as much as you like.
Jared Leto and Tomo Milicevic: Fuck!
All: (laugh)
JL: Let me turn my phone off. Were having a big day today because our single came out, and it was the number one most-added song in America. We knew we were getting a good response to it, but it took everybody by surprise. We also got The Used tour today, so its like a double whammy.
NW: Oh, thats great!
JL: We are now booked through September.
NW: Very cool. It seems like you guys have built a name for yourselves very quickly, especially for having only one album out before A Beautiful Lie.
JL: In some ways, yes. But my brother [Shannon Leto, drummer] and I have been making music together since we were kids, playing shows for years and years and years now-- decades. (laughs) But we were signed in 98, so it hasnt been overnight at all. Its been a long, long road-- interesting, but long.
NW: I know you took a couple years to make the first album.
JL: The first album came out in August of 2002, and this one is going to come out in August of 2005-- three years. Most of the bands I really like take a long fucking time to make a new album: Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, and Tool.
NW: I know that first album was written entirely by you, and you recorded most of the instruments yourself-- besides your brothers drums-- while this album was done with more band collaboration. How did the band dynamic change how you created the album?
JL: Well, Im still writing the songs.
TM: Yeah.
JL: Its funny; thats the first thing everyone starts with. Its mine!
All: (laugh)
JL: No, but there was much more. I had two other guys to bounce ideas off of this time, and before I just had my brother. I got quickly bored of that, and many times it would just end up being me alone in front of some recording device. But these guys helped elevate a lot of songs, and certainly they added all kinds of contributions-- some songs a lot more than others. But even if its seemingly small, it ends up being something that becomes very important to the song. They participated in every single song, pretty much.
TM: Yep, except "A Modern Myth".
JL: "A Modern Myth" and "The Story". But even a song like "Was It A Dream?", Tomo played this one guitar part pretty much on his own, and its in the second chorus. No... its in the chorus.
TM: No, the bridge.
JL: In the bridge. But you also did something in the second chorus, and its obviously the coolest guitar part in the song, arguably.
TM: I dont know, man. That first guitar part is pretty sick!
Ok. Aki kibírta ép ésszel a Conan O'Brien-showt ma este a CNBC Europe csatornán, az megtekinthette a 30STM élő fellépését. Én nem bírtam ki (mármint ép ésszel), de azért természetesen megnéztem, felvettem, stb. Jóccakát.
Amíg a holnap esti showt várom/várjuk, a fellépés már megtekinthető a www.jared-leto.org oldalon. Nagyon jó volt. A fellépésről még nincsenek képek, itt van néhány korábbi.
What if I wanted to break? Laugh it all off in your face What would you do?
What if I fell to the floor Couldn't tear this anymore? What would you do, do, do?
Come break me down Bury me, bury me I am finished with you
What if I wanted to fight? Beg for the REST OF MY LIFE What would you do, do, do?
You say you wanted more What are you waiting for? I'm not running from you
Come break me down Bury me, bury me I am finished with YOU Look in my eyes You're killing me, killing me All I WANTED WAS YOU!!!!!
I tried to be someone else But nothing seemed to change I know now This is who I really am inside I finally found MYSELF Finally for a chance now I know now THIS IS WHO I REALLY AM!!!!!!!!
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Come break me down Bury me, bury me I am finished with YOU YOU YOU!!!!!! Look in my eyes You're killing me, killing me All I wanted was you
Come break me down Break me down, break me DOWN!!!!
(You say you wanted more) What if I wanted to break (All I wanted was you)
I won't suffer, be broken, get tired or wasted surrender to nothing or give up what i started and stop this from end to begining a new day is coming and i am finally free
run away, run away, i'll attack, run away, run away, go chase yourself, run away, run away, i'll attack, i'll attack, i'll attack!
sceams
i would have kept you forever but we had to sever it ended for both of us faster than a... kill off this thinking it's starting to sink in, i'm losing control now, without you i can finally see.
run away, run away, i'll attack, run away, run away, go chase yourself, run away, run away, i'll attack, i'll attack, i'll attack!
your promises they look like lies your honesty like a back that hides a knife i promise you i promise you i am finally free!
run away, run away, i'll attack, run away, run away, go chase yourself, run away, run away, i'll attack, i'll attack, i'll attack
A www.jared-leto.org oldalon mától megtekinthető a második album első maxijának, az Attacknak a klipje.
Ma ünnepli 26. szülinapját az együttes basszusgitárosa, Tomo Milicevic. Ennek örömére el akarja készíttetni első tetoválását, ami lényeges, mivel ebből a szempontból sehol sincs az együttes másik 3 tagjához képest.
Csak a szokásos. A csapat aug. harmincegyedikén fellépett a David Letterman-showban, az egész megtekinthető a www.jared-leto.org oldalon. Szeptember hatodikán a Conan O'Brien-showban lesz jelenésük.
Szokásos topikfeldobás. A tegnapi mozgalmas napon után az új CD 30.000 példányban kelt el odaát, a toplistákon is elég szépen jönnek felfelé. Ráadásul az új lemez egy hangyányit könnyebben hozzáférhető nálunk is, lásd www.cdpince.hu
Jó estét. Még felhoznám egyszer-kétszer a topikot, hátha valakinek megakad a szeme-füle ezen a zenebonán. A www.jared-leto.org lapra felkerült egy élő fellépés, www.jared-leto.org/multimedia.html oldalon pedig ott van az együttes első két klipje.
Nos, ezzel sokan vannak hasonlóképpen. Ezekben a pillanatokban születik újjá az együttes hivatalos honlapja, az új lemez megjelenésének örömére, és hihetetlen a hangulat a message-boardon. Ha jól látom, a második lemez első maxijának klipje is felkerült az új kezdőlapra. Hónapok óta vártunk erre.
Ha szeretnéd meghallgatni a számaikat, ajánlom az említett oldalakat. Most iszkiri van klipet nézni.
Gyanítom, hogy az esemény nem fogja megrengetni a térséget, de mert a dolog szerintem megér egy misét (na jó, annál jóval többet), hadd írjam ide, hogy a mai napon jelenik meg a 30 Seconds to Mars nevezetű együttes A Beautiful Lie című második albuma az Egyesült Államokban. Mivel nálunk már az első, azonos című lemezükhöz is csak neten keresztül, külföldről való megrendelés és hasonló hókuszpókuszok árán lehetett hozzájutni, tartok tőle, hogy a A Beautiful Lie is hasonló utat fog bejárni. Mindamellett - megéri az erőfeszítést.
Ha valakinek esetleg szándékában áll zenét hallgatni, annak itt van két cím:
