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Shannon Leto is an American actor, photographer, musician and songwriter born on 9 March 1970 in Bossier City, Louisiana. He plays guitar and drum kit, and is a member of the band 30 Seconds to Mars, formed in Louisiana. Leto is the sibling of Jared Leto and has also used the pseudonym Shanimal.
His work in music began in 1998, and the band's material has been released on EMI, Virgin Records and Immortal Records. Leto's genres include alternative rock, space rock, neo-prog and post-grunge, and he speaks English.
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Bossier City, Louisiana, USA
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…
Known for
- 30 Seconds To Mars - Pinkpop 2007 — Self2025
- TRON: Ares — Pizza Parlor Patron2025
- 30 Seconds to Mars | Digital X 2023 — Self2023
- Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington — Self (archive footage)2017
- Bartholomew Cubbins 2006–2014 — Self2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Musical Guest2015
- 30 Seconds to Mars | Live at Download Festival 2013 — Self2013
- 30 Seconds To Mars: Live in iTunes Festival — Narrator (voice) / Self2013
- 30 Seconds to Mars | Hollywood Bowl Live — Self2013
- 30 Seconds to Mars | Rock Am Ring 2013 — Self2013
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1970
Member of
- Thirty Seconds to Marssince 1998
- The Wondergirls
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 467
- Total plays
- 3,426
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Born On March 9th, 1970 in Bossier City, Louisiana, Shannon Christopher Leto is the drummer for the band 30 Seconds To Mars, and older brother of fellow bandmember Jared Leto. Shannon began playing the drums on his family's kitchen pots and pans at age 4, but by 12, he had his very first kit, and has constantly worked on improving his technique, inspired by other drummers such as John Bonham, Stewart Copeland, Keith Moon, Nick Mason, and Lars Ulrich. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Shannon+L
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1970-03-09 ) March 9, 1970 (age 56) , Bossier City, Louisiana , U.S.
- Occupation
- Musician
- Works
- Discography songs recorded
- Spouse
- Cara Santana ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2025 )
- Family
- Jared Leto (brother)
- Genres
- Alternative rock
- Instruments
- Drums percussion guitar vocals
- Labels
- Universal Interscope Virgin EMI Immortal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Shannon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bossier City
- Sibling
- Jared Leto
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- pop rock
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Record label
- Immortal Records
- Official website
- www.thirtysecondstomars.com
- Image
- Thrity Seconds to Mars - 2018152231538 2018-06-01 Rock am Ring - 1D X MK II - 1833 - AK8I3702 (cropped).jpg
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- Shannon Leto
- date of birth
- 1970-03-09
- member of
- 30 Seconds to Mars
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- name in native language
- Shannon Leto
- pseudonym
- Shanimal
- location of formation
- Louisiana
- floruit
- 2018-01-01
- social media followers
- 420038
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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