Shannon Leto

Biography

Shannon Leto (/lɛtoʊ/; born March 9, 1970) is an American musician best known as the drummer of rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. He co-founded the group in 1998 in Los Angeles, California, with his younger brother Jared. Their debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars (2002), was released to positive reviews but only to limited success. The band achieved worldwide fame with the release of their second album A Beautiful Lie (2005). Their following releases, This Is War (2009) and Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013), received further critical and commercial success. As of September 2014, the band has sold over 15 million albums worldwide. Leto has worked on several side projects during his career, including a collaboration with Antoine Becks, a recording with the short-lived supergroup The Wondergirls, and performing on occasional dates with Street Drum Corps. His creative contribution to music has received praise from musicians and critics. He is noted for his dynamic drumming style and his energetic live performances. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shannon Leto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

My So-Called Life

as Shane

Highway

as Kid #2

Prefontaine

as Bar Patron

Artifact

as Self

Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington

as Self (archive footage)

MTV Video Music Awards

as Self

30 Seconds To Mars | MTV World Stage

as Narrator (voice) / Self

30 Seconds To Mars: Live in iTunes Festival

as Narrator (voice) / Self

Bartholomew Cubbins 2006–2014

as Self

30 Seconds To Mars | Rock In Rio 2013

as Self