Why I hated 30 Seconds to Mars

I  put the 30 seconds to Mars discography on shuffle and came across a beautiful song titled Alibi. It's my favorite Mars song, in fact, i love it so much that I thought to myself "This probably sounds good on vinyl"... so I ordered a picture vinyl of the This is War album from their website. (It is the most expensive spontaneous thought I've ever had so far). But I was right. I am currently listening to it now and thanking the heavens for conveniently making Alibi the first song on side D.

I just landed myself into the Echelon, which is the organized fandom of 30 seconds to Mars. So organized that they have a name! (I was thinking of the name for Kasabian fans, and I remembered there's none haha) Seriously, this fandom feels like a mafia. More appropriately, a cult.

But before that landing into the Echelon was a struggle. I first encountered 30 Seconds to Mars in a discussion with my friend Kevin, when he entered it as a query in whatthefuckshouldilistentonow.com. They had a concert here in 2011 but I can't be arsed. I remember saying to my cousin, "I can't seem to find respect for [30 Seconds to Mars]." Here are my reasons why I didn't like this band for a long time:

1. "30 Seconds to Mars is an emo band." Also lots of screaming which is too loud for my liking. Apparently I haven't listened to Alibi back then.

2. "Jared Leto is an actor. And what, he's trying to sing?!" I never knew it's possible for an actor to be an extremely f-ing good singer and songwriter. Hey, don't blame me, I'm from the Philippines.

3. "The frontman and the drummer are brothers. You can't have brothers in a band, that's Oasis." We all know that Oasis wins any given day.

4. "They look like they're trying too hard." Remember the time when Jared had a mohawk and dyed his hair in a funny sort of way?

But those days are over, people. I think I'll treasure this fandom more now that I have realized that the band is so damn good, because I really tried. In fact I think they are now officially in my definitive top 10 list of greatest bands ever (even if they're American hahaha). You know what made me listen to Mars? Watching Fight Club. Yup, it's weird I know, but Jared is one hot space monkey.

PS. In other news Blogger is being an evil little psycho villain for not letting me set my default font and resize photos. I HATE IT