Talk About Rock Music

Virgin/EMI are suing 30 Seconds to Mars for an apparent breach of contract!  That’s not the funny part.  They’re suing the increasingly successful band in excess of $30,000,000!!!!!

The case, which was filed on 15th August, was supposed to be kept away from the public but has managed to get out into the big wide world.

Jared Leto, front man for 30 Seconds To Mars responded to the proceedings.

“So, as you may have heard we are being sued by our former record company for the ridiculously oversized, totally unrealistic and pretty silly (but slightly clever) sum of $30,000,000.  Insane? Yea that’s what we said too.”

In a more official response on the 30 Seconds to Mars official site.

“We have been sued by the corporation quite simply because roughly 45 days ago we exercised our legal right to terminate our old, out of date contract, which, according to the law is null and void,” the statement continued. “If you think the fact that we have sold in excess of two million records and have never been paid a penny is pretty unbelievable. Well, so do we. And the fact that EMI informed us that not only aren’t they going to pay us AT ALL but that we are still 1.4 million dollars in debt to them is even crazier. That the next record we make will be used to pay off that old supposed debt just makes you start wondering what is going on. Shouldn’t a record company be able to turn a profit from selling that many records? Or, at the very least, break even? We think so.”