30 Seconds To Mars in Guitare Xtreme Magazine (revista francesa)

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Revista GUITARE XTREME MAGAZINA [Francia]

Traducción Francés-Ingles:

There are some people who dream of becoming movie stars, rock idols or models. And there are those who blessed life, managed to be there all the time like Jared Leto. Successful actor, singer and guitarist of a mega band of rock n 'roll, sex symbol .. The young man has it all. Guitar extreme left to encounter this phenomenon a few weeks before the release of "This Is War".

Organize a meeting with a Hollywood star is not an easy task. Canceled, postponed and then canceled again, the encounter between Jared L. and Guitar Extreme finally takes place within the walls of a palace in Paris, not far from Place Vendome. Jared is not here to talk about movies. The promotion of his new film Mr. Nobody which will be released on January the 13rd had not yet begun at the time of the interview and Jared was taken to a certain degree of confidentiality. Jared wants to talk about guitar, music, to add value as a musician ( the success is obvious after Elysee Montmartre sold out concert on 11/18/2009 30STM is of course being to sold out Bercy in March 2010). He insists on Tomo presence in the interview. But things began badly: a nearby construction site is in full swing and the sound of other cranes and jackhammers is not the taste of our host. Irritated, he did a little fancy and asked to the receptionist to stop this racket. We asked, however, to ask our first question.

Jared, why did you choice to play guitar?

Jared: My mother had a folk guitar, Some people came at home : foreigners, vagabonds, gypsies to play guitar, They all knew something. During my childhood there has always been the presence of a guitar. I think it was a Taylor. I started to compose my first songs with in total self-taught, I watched how others placed their hands on the handle. I lived in Washington DC at the time and I had the misfortune to lend it to a guy who I had never done. I wonder if it was not Dave Grohl. He lived in the same neighborhood as me ..

Dave Grohl altogether!

Tomo: I think he is being to bamboozle

Jared: it's true that Dave is not otherwise it would be easy to go and recover. But if oneday I fall on the bastard who stole my itch, I kill him! So as I said, I learned guitar by myself. Today it is part of me.

And you tomo?

Me my story is different since I started the violin. I was destined to become a classical musician. I decided to quit the conservatory to become a guitarist when I discovered Pantera, I will regret all my life not to have met Dimebag Darrell. The night he died, I went out to see friends play in a club in hollywood. On leaving, I saw all these kids crying on the sidewalk. I asked if something happened , they said: "dimebag is dead!"
I could not believe it (at that time the situation becomes surreal, the receptionist comes back and mumbles "Mr. Leto, just to tell you that we were unable to stop the construction, we are sorry .. Jared shot the girl's eyes and screaming in French "damn" and bursts of laughter before adding "this will not worry, the French people are so nice!" it is time to put our discussion)

And you jared are you a fan of metal?

I listen to good metal. The old albums of Iron Maiden are fantastic. Judas Priest also done good things. I really like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin of course. I was lucky to see them in concert when I was a child. But I have rather followed the progressive movement Rush, Genesis and Yes. But strangely I never wanted to take music from my favorite bands. I reserve the guitar for my personal expression.

So do you always create the song with a guitar?

Yes, any guitar. For "This Is War" I borrowed the red fender jazz master of Tomo. A marvel from 1964. I wrote "vox populi" with it. This guitar belongs to Steve Jones of Sex Pistols. She has inspired me. I never wrote such a thing on another guitar.

Let's talk about your hardware ...

Jared : I try to stay as simple as possible. My big basic sound I have created it by recording the first album. I am always pulled for my love for classic beautiful rock sounds and my attraction for the experimental and barred sounds,

Tomo: We designed the guitars three times to achieve perfection. This work was exhausting and alienating to try all those different microphones and amplifiers. But the game was worth it. The textures of guitars on « this is war » is to fall down.

Which amps do you use?

Jared: We always come back to the same references. The Vox AC30 is unbeatable for clean sounds, The Marshall JMP and JCM900 crunch by tearing, and mesa boogie / triple rectifier is a dream for the big sound.

Tomo: we tried other things like the divide by 13, but for our style, it doesn't work. In live, in addition to my Triple rectiifer, I have a buddah for clean sounds. It is great but it lacks a little something for the studio.

Jared, how looks like your rig on stage?

I have a Vox AC30 standard, and a Mesa Boogie / triple rectifier,one of the first. For big dsitorted sound, I mix the mesa with another gear that I don't reveal the name. It's a little discovery that I keep to myself. Otherwise, I only need 2 Boss pedals : a chorus and a delay dirty.

Tomo: We love connect our pedals directly to the entries in our heads. The mouths of effects tend to smooth their record too. Personally, I have a huge floarboard with a score of pedals. I need at least all of them create all the textures of our album on stage.

Jared: We have many vintage pedals but we used it only in the studio. It's frightening to see the price of these antiques. I bought my old Univox Super Fuzz, 10 years ago for that slab. The other day I went to vintage gear, a shop on Sunset Boulevard and now we must spend at least $ 500 to have one.

Jared being an actor helps you to make the show, and communicate with people?

Not the acting profession is very technical., We need to fetch buried emotions deep inside yourself. and use it to succeed in slipping into the skin of another character. On stage with 30stm, I project an exaggerated version of what I am in real life but I am myself.

Fuente: WebTeam30STM