Artifact
Artifact

Artifact

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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

Self

Jared Leto
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Shannon Leto

Self

Shannon Leto
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Tomo Miličević

Self

Tomo Miličević
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Chester Bennington

Self

Chester Bennington
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Serj Tankian

Self

Serj Tankian
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Bam Margera

Self

Bam Margera
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Flavor Flav

Self

Flavor Flav
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Irving Azoff

Self

Irving Azoff
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Brandon Boyd

Self

Brandon Boyd
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Angelica Cob-Baehler

Self

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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

Self

Damian Kulash
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Amanda Palmer

Self

Amanda Palmer
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Jed Smith

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Matisyahu

Self

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

Self

D.A. Wallach
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Annabelle Wallis

Self

Annabelle Wallis
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Lisa Worden

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