How I started liking 30STM and how I met them :)

It all started when I was 10 and I had just heard From Yesterday on Kerrang TV when I went shopping in my local town with my dad. We were walking around when I asked him to go into HMV and I picked up A Beautiful Lie and kinda waved all in my dad's face saying 'Can I have this!?' and he said 'haha, fine...' and I have been an Echelon ever since :)

I met 30 Seconds To Mars on June 13th 2010 and it was the best day of my life! I hopped onto the train to London and got on the London Underground to Leicester Square and walked to the outside of the hotel where I met some of the UK Echelon who I'd met before and had known on twitter. We were sitting outside Starbucks for about 4-5 hours before Tomo came out at 3pm, after he'd just woken up, and we shouted 'IT'S TOMO!' and he looked and laughed at us. We all got a picture with him and a hug, and he also signed my [ECHELON] wristband. After he came out with 2 coffee's for him and Vicki, I got another picture with him. At about 4pm we could see Shannon inside the hotel talking to Emma and his mum Constance. He went to sit down on a chair which was directly opposite us but inside the hotel and we took pictures of him but he turned his chair round to talk to his mum. Shannon strolled outside to go shopping with Constance, and I was like 'Hey Shannon!' and he waved at me! :O. Jared came out an hour after that and my friend tapped me on the shoulder saying 'it's Jared!' so I turned around and said 'Hi Jared! :D' and he motioned 'come on' with his hand and all of us gave him a hug :D but he wouldn't have any pictures :(, he came back after some shopping though and pictures with all of us and he signed my wristband :D.. at 7pm Shannon finally came back and we had pictures with him too and he said 'Ok, you can have a hug' and I rushed in :L, and gave him a huge hug and the other Echelon hugged him too :) Shannon smells lush!! After that I got home and nearly died when I got home xD

I have let people set me aside, and trample on me as if it was a daily routine all my life. But throughout the past few years I have started on a voyage, and reached out of my hermit type personality. With some kind advice and words of wisdom I no longer struggle being weird and unusual. Alongside the songs by 30 Seconds to Mars I now applaud my sense of creativity, they may seem outer worldly. I have notice a lot of my own traits within the band, as the like to focus on bigger things than themselves, they are all very selfless, and cherish the simple things. I remember a time when I was a small child and my mother asked me what I wanted to be when I got older, and I replied “I want to be mother nature”, she than asked “Why”, I said “Because being surrounded my something that is bigger than yourself makes the world not so horrible”. I feel like I have lived by this philosophy my whole life, and have the impression that the band also lives this way. Knowing that their music is so much more than just a song, it’s a scripture of poetic words reciting are own feelings. Knowing that it’s bigger than the band, it’s a way of life for some people, and it’s a group of fellow companions who you can confide in. This maybe a cult, but who cares when it reaches into people and allows them to understand things they may have been afraid of once before. Jared, Shannon, and Tomo give you a sense of comfort in your own skin, and want to help you break down those walls and show people the real you. That is what I believe this band has done the most for me, knowing I can step back for myself and smile as well as feel happy for the things I have accomplished. No other band gives you that soft of impact on your life. Ill finish this story off with two of my favorite quotes, “Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix” by Christina Baldwin. “They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself” by Andy Warhol

By Brittany Adler

I discovered 30STM in 2005. LOST 250LBS! and noticing changes. I turned to Q101 FM Chicago, and "THE KILL" was playing. I called the station immediately after I heard the lyrics,"i tried to be someone else....this is who I really am. That was me. I was told 30SECONDSTOMARS. I said 30 Seconds to who baby? The DJ fell out laughing told me where to find their music & I saw them about 5 times. They launched a bigger tour in the US for about 2yrs. I saw them at least 30 times. Those were the great old days.

30SECONDSTOMARS changed my life in a simple way. I didn't know who I REALLY WAS. I knew who Angela Love was for many years. There was another side of me that I didn't know existed until I lost the weight. "THE KILL" helped me realize that.There were times I felt like the song "SAVIOR". There is a song on A Beautiful Lie for everyone. I always knew to follow my dreams, & that I could do anything with GOD. The band helped me by cementing all my hopes and dreams. If they could do it, I can too. I've always wanted to be an actress so I Have bit parts in MERCURY RISING with Bruce Willis, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE with David Schwimmer. I have also met Morgan Freeman, Keanu Reeves, Richard Gere, Laurence Fishburn, Brad Renfro just to name a few. I've met a lot of Rock Bands, and I love to write and have tons of stories.When someone says no to me that makes me more determined to prove them wrong.
30SECONDSTOMARS has been a big part of my l'm thankful for the echelon.

-Angela Love