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Artifact

"Sometimes we must fight in order to be free."

2012

1h 45m

7.5(77 votes)

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Overview

Follow 30 Seconds to Mars as they record their latest album, This Is War, and their battle against record label EMI.

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36 members

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Jared Leto

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Shannon Leto

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Tomo Miličević

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Chester Bennington

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Serj Tankian

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Bam Margera

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Flavor Flav

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Irving Azoff

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Brandon Boyd

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Angelica Cob-Baehler

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Sonny DiPerri

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Daniel Ek

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Robert Ezrin

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Jason Flom

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Flood

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Jeff Kempler

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Kenna

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Damian Kulash

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Amanda Palmer

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Jed Smith

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Matisyahu

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Lee Trink

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Stryker

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Bob Lefsetz

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Elio Leoni-Sceti

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Constance Leto

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Daniel Levitin

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Steve Lillywhite

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Peter Paterno

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Ian Rogers

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Jamie Reed Schefman

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Larry Slezak

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Neil Stauss

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D.A. Wallach

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Annabelle Wallis

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Lisa Worden

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