The Seattle Times - Mai 2010

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Jared Leto's Thirty Seconds To Mars recruits legions of fans with 'This is War'

Jared Leto, of "My So-Called Life" fame, brings his band Thirty Seconds to Mars to Showbox SoDo on May 10.

By Charles R. Cross

Special to The Seattle Times


If there ever were a battle of the bands among actors with musical side projects, at the end of the day, Jared Leto would come out on top. Leto fronts Thirty Seconds to Mars, a band that has sold more than a million albums. The group comes to the Showbox SoDo on Monday, for an all-ages show.

The band has found such a large audience that it would be hard to attribute their success to anything other than the quality of their music, which sits well with Leto. "It's mind-blowing to get this kind of response," he says by phone. "It's a challenging time in the music business, and it's been a challenging time for our band."

After their first two hit albums, Virgin Records filed a $30 million-dollar lawsuit against the band, alleging that their delay in delivering a third was a contract violation. "It was a couple of years filled with turmoil," Leto says. "Yet it was an important time because even as it weighed on us heavily, it really pushed us as well." Eventually the label and the band settled.

The result was "This is War," released in the fall of 2009 to rave reviews. The title was inspired by the lawsuit, by world events and by internal struggles Leto felt at the time, as well. "The central theme of this record is that conflict is inevitable," he says. "It's about fighting for what you believe in, and coming through on the other side. There's an Aristotle quote that goes,'We go to war, so we may live in peace.' Conflict is not always a bad thing."

"This is War" has been a hit with radio, but also has spawned a popular video for "Kings and Queens," and it was here where Leto's Hollywood experience most helped. "We've always taken the approach that these short little films are important," he says. "I've been directing these quietly and under an alias."

That video single has also given Thirty Seconds to Mars a leg up with a large Seattle demographic — bicyclists. The video showed a Los Angeles night ride shutting down the streets. Before the band's upcoming L.A. show, a ride to the venue is planned. Could a Seattle ride also work? Leto's unsure, but open. "We should at least arrange for bike parking," he says. It's a charming sincerity that comes through in Leto's interviews, his acting and his music

Merci birth' pour l'article et Buddha_4_Mary pour la trad' ! ^^

merci d'avoir pris le temps de traduire

merci pour la traduction

Y a pas de quoi! d'ailleurs si quelqu'un a compris la phrase que j'ai pas reussi a traduire je suis preneuse

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That video single has also given Thirty Seconds to Mars a leg up with a large Seattle demographic — bicyclists.

Voilà la signification :

Le clip du single a également permis aux Thirty Seconds To Mars d'avoir un avantage auprès d'une large population de Seattle - les cyclistes.

Merci GirlOfMars, j'avoue que je trouve la phrase bizarrement faite mais j'ai encore des progrès a faire en anglais

Buddha_4_Mary a écrit:

Merci GirlOfMars, j'avoue que je trouve la phrase bizarrement faite mais j'ai encore des progrès a faire en anglais

C'est de l'argot c'est pour ça. Hihihihi !

ah ba j'ai une excuse alors! merci. Ce sont des petites choses comme ca qui me font dire que je vais vraiment galérer l'année prochaine

Pourquoi ça ? Tu sais on ne peut pas connaître tout l'argot anglais... c'est comme en français, perso je ne gère pas tout. Et puis apprendre sur le tas a son propre charme et créé des situations parfois comiques !

Ba disons que l'argot est souvent utilisé et que mon anglais reste très classique quoi! mais bon j'apprendrais sur le tas et puis les situations cocasse j'ai l'habitude xD

Merci pour l'article et la trad'!