My Hate Blog

First, some background:

In 2002 (approximately), 30 seconds to Mars released their debut self-titled album. It wasn’t emo, but rather a pretty decent mix of progressive rock and metal. I used to be a big fan. To those who are aware of the band (and that’s pretty much everyone now), 30 Seconds to Mars is Jared Leto’s brainchild. Yes, the same Jared Leto who is a B-list Hollywood actor. And yes, the “pretty” one from “My So Called Life” with that cunt Claire Danes, and the blonde haired one who gets the living shit beaten out of him in “Fight Club”. Back when they launched the band, there was a great deal of mystery surrounding them. On the website biography section it listed pictures of redneck dudes instead of the actual band members, because they claimed that they didn’t want to use Jareds fame to further the bands career. 5-6 years on, we can see the utter hypocrisy behind that statement.

The debut CD didn’t sell well. Nobody knew who the fuck they were, and it wasn’t really marketed or promoted by their label. Despite obtaining quite a cult following on the Internet, they remained relatively off the scope. A couple of TV appearances here and there, but that was about the height of their success. Cue 3 or 4 years later, with a replaced band member and a brand new image, 30 Seconds to Mars became EMO. Clearly they saw how music was changing, and that emo was a “big” thing, so they decided to cash in on the popularity of this trend.

So what went wrong, and why do I hate them?

1. They started as a band who actually said they didn’t want to use Jared’s popularity (particularly with women) to boost their career. Now, Jared is all you fucking see. Yes, I understand that he’s the frontman of the band and he will primarily be in the limelight, but does that REALLY justify the need for merchandise to contain nothing but a PICTURE OF HIM and the 30 Seconds to Mars logo? How is that band merchandise? That kind of bullshit belongs in the Jared Leto fanclub.

2. Your penchant for the dramatics is both old and boring. Yes, you had a huge hit with “The Kill”. Must you really bring out ballet dancers, and people covered in blood when you play the song live? Is that shit really necessary? No, it isn’t. It just makes you look even more like an aging fucking emo asshole who’s trying to milk the song and situation for every penny he can.

We get it, it’s called “The Kill”. It’s an emo-number-1-hit simply because of the name and the complete misinterpretation that it’s about suicide.

3. Can you please explain why your MUSIC VIDEOS are usually 2 and a half times longer than the actual song itself? Did somebody forget to tell you what the concept of a fucking music video is when you were taking amateur directing lessons? People want to listen to the music and see a video, not a goddamn mini Chinese movie. Big wow, you were the first band to film their music video completely in the Peoples Republic of China. Ever think there was a fucking reason for that, you arrogant cunt?

If you’re going to try and use your popularity to tackle “World Issues” then at least tackle something that isn’t proven to be complete bullshit. Maybe something like world hunger? HIV/AIDS? The rise of shitty emo bands?

In your latest video you are attempting to inform people about global warming and “reach out” to viewers, to try and prevent it. If you bothered to pull your fucking head out of your ass for at least 24 hours you’d see that this isn’t something you need to worry about. Global warming is a NATURAL OCCURENCE, historically. Why try and stop nature from taking its course, douchebag? Do you think you’re God or something? You certainly aren’t Bono, if that’s what you’re thinking.

I have no problem with you giving a shit about the environment, but do NOT abuse your status as a musician/actor and try to force your bullshit ideas and concepts on viewers. If you REALLY want to educate people, then invite them to do their OWN research and make up their OWN goddamn mind on the matter. Throwing facts and figures at them is completely unjustified.

4. You’re almost 40 years old, when are you going to stop wearing eyeliner and hooking up with younger celebrities? Either admit the fact you’re a latent bisexual/homosexual (to be debated) or move on. It’s becoming creepy now.

5. When you’re being interviewed, and the interviewer asks the band a question, why don’t you let some of the OTHER members answer them instead of always jumping in and cutting them off? You do realise that THEY contribute to the band too, right?

Your arrogance is astounding, and I’m surprised your fucking head hasn’t exploded yet. But I guess with all that hair-dye and shit you wear it creates enough pressure on your skull to keep everything in.

If you want to be a musician, be a musician. Play your fucking songs, play the crowd a little and then get the fuck off the stage. If you want to be an actor, wear makeup, dresses, wigs, and play out on dramatics.. then fuck off back to Hollywood. Your shit isn’t welcome here.

EDIT/UPDATE: I’ve disabled the posting of comments on this post, because most 30 Seconds to Mars fans are the biggest fucking retards on the face of the planet. They put Jared in a higher light than Jesus Christ himself, and will defend him and the band until the end of time, even if you put forward an infallible argument. Their only defense to the bashings of their-God-Jared is “you’re jealous”. It doesn’t matter what you say, they will respond with “you’re jealous”. Yes, that’s right emo-boy, that makes real fuckin’ sense. If you dislike something you must be immediately jealous of it.

Newsflash: I fucking hate vegetables. Does that mean I’m jealous of them? Eat an AIDS infested cock and die, dickheads.

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