Where does the name 30 Seconds To Mars come from?
Shannon: It comes from this old book that my brother had found. It’s in this paragraph that explains the exponential growth of human technology and how it plays in our society and how everything is in a constant state of projection. It is more conceptual than anything. If that makes any sense [laughs]. In your opinion, what’s the biggest milestone for the band since you started out? Shannon: I love playing music. I love that we are able to keep going and to be doing what we are doing after all of these years. A lot of our friends have been dropped from labels and like I said we were signed in 1998, so to be still signed and allowed to do what we have been doing for so long it’s a blessing. Tomo: Honestly, since I have been in the band, Lollapolooza was a milestone because that is when I noticed a big change in the amount of people that knew about us. That was a tour that the label really didn’t think was important for us to do. We spent our own money to put us on that tour because we k
