- Their second single, "The Kill" from "A Beautiful Lie", made history by being the longest-running song in history on the modern rock billboard charts for a year. Eventually the song was taken off because of a new rule that a song can last only a year on the charts.
- Their third single from " Beautiful Lie" "From Yesterday",also made history by being the first American rock video ever shot in China.
- Members have included Jared Leto (vocals and guitar), Tomo Milicevic (guitar) and Shannon Leto (drums).
- The band's bass player Matt Wachter decided to spend more time with his family at home and left the band. On March 1st 2007, was his last performance in El Paso, Texas.
- The band has won numerous awards such as the MTV2 award at the 2006 VMAs, the video most inspired by a film at the 2006 Chainsaw Awards, the Best live Action Video at the Woodie Awards, while lead singer Jared Leto has won the Prince of Darkness award at the 2006 Chainsaw Awards, and the Best Crossover Artist at the 2006 Breakthrough Awards.
- The band became good friends with filmmaker John Robert Mariani, receiving a copy of his independent feature, Lost Suburbia (2007).
- The bands second album: A beautiful Lie has been certified gold by the RIAA for sales over 500,000. (September 2006)
- In 2009 the band is recording their third studio album 'This is War'. (2009)
- A beautiful lie has been certified platinum by the RIAA for sales over 1 million. (January 2007)
- The band is co-headlining the Taste Of Chaos tour with the headliners The Used, Senses Fail, Saosin, Aiden, Evaline, and Chiodos (February 2007)
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