• AOL
  • MAIL
    • You might also like: 
    • Music | 
    • Movies | 
    • TV | 
    • Celebrity News
    •  and More
    Sign In / Register
Spinner
  • Main
  • Spinner RPM
  • Features
    • The Hit List
    • Spinner Interview
    • Music Appreciation
  • Songs
    • Free MP3 of the Day
    • Play Full Albums Free
  • Videos
    • The Interface
    • Sessions
    • Video of the Day
    • All Videos
  • Radio
    • AOL Radio
    • AOL Radio Toolbar
    • Shoutcast
  • AOL Music Sites
    • The Boot
    • The BoomBox
    • Noisecreep
    • AOL Music Blog
  • Tour Dates
  • Signature Sounds
    • This Week's Feature:

    • Sample the sights and sounds of Music City.
  • Send Feedback
  • Taylor Swift

    See Who Joined Taylor Swift on Maxim's Hot 100
  • Adam Lambert

    Why Adam Lambert Made History This Week
  • Alicia Keys

    Alicia Keys Announces Album Release Update
  • 2 Chainz

    Rapper 2 Chainz Arrested in New York

Spinner Exclusives

  • The Interface - Live Performances
  • Listening Parties - New CDS for Free
  • Spinner Radio
  • Listening Parties - New CDS for Free

Features

  • Best Songs 2011
  • Top Albums of 2011
  • Sad Songs
  • Music Geeks in Film
  • Best Opening Lyrics

All Categories

  • After Hours(4)
  • Call and Response(1)
  • Monthly Mixtape(4)
  • A Day in the Life(5)
  • All About Jazz(96)
  • Awards(277)
  • Free MP3 Download of the Day(1778)
  • Around the World(205)
  • Between the Notes(36)
  • Book Club(95)
  • Celebrity Doppelganger(18)
  • Clash of the Cover Songs(49)
  • Coming Out Stories(24)
  • Concerts and Tours(6975)
  • Count Five(84)
  • Exclusive(6231)
  • Guest Blogger(138)
  • Holy Hell(1046)
  • I Fought the Law(118)
  • I Freakin' Love This Song(252)
  • In House(16)
  • Listen Up!(18)
  • Movies(433)
  • Music Appreciation(126)
  • New Music(997)
  • New Releases(746)
  • News(13028)
  • News Today, Oh Boy!(604)
  • PhotoSynthesis(88)
  • Picture Book(31)
  • Politics as Usual(66)
  • Pop Culture(96)
  • Potent Quotables(777)
  • Q + A(540)
  • Quizzes & Trivia(6)
  • R.I.P.(510)
  • Road Report(63)
  • Rock Almanac(366)
  • Rock Hall(51)
  • RPM(340)
  • Spinner Says(19)
  • Spinner Interview(218)
  • Television(269)
  • The Chum Bucket(777)
  • The Hit List(1402)
  • Twisted Tales(194)
  • Video(1886)
  • Video of the Day(1300)
  • What's That Song?(135)

30 Seconds to Mars Forced to Censor 'Hurricane' Video

  • Posted on Nov 30th 2010 1:00PM by Emily Tan
  • Comments
Email This

Ian Gavan, Getty Images

While 30 Seconds to Mars' collaboration with Kanye West on an early version of 'Hurricane' sparked some buzz, the track's racy new music video is causing way more of a stir. The first cut of the short film was deemed too explicit for US television, frontman Jared Leto wrote on his blog.

The singer posted a partially redacted letter that contained notes on over 30 scenes that censors found to be overtly violent or sexual. One explicit scene between two women had to be covered for the video to even be aired at all, while several segments -- which feature stabbings and bondage -- can only be aired after certain times at night.

This version of 'Hurricane' has already been edited down from a more explicit version, Leto told Entertainment Weekly, and they do hope to post the uncut video online at some point. "That's a great opportunity, and we're going to take full advantage of that," he said.

Watch the Censored -- and Still NSFW -- Video for 'Hurricane'
30 Seconds To Mars - Movie Trailers - Movies Blog
  • Filed under: News, Video, Holy Hell
  • Email This

All the 30 Seconds to Mars info you want to know

  • Articles
  • Videos
  • Photos
  • Events

30 Seconds to Mars to Enter Guinness…

Noisecreep

facebook.com Drumroll, please... 30 Seconds to Mars will make musical…

Kanye West's Best (and Worst) Non-Rap…

Spinner

AP Photo, Jason DeCrow As…

30 Seconds to Mars Clean Up at 30th…

Noisecreep

WireImage 30 Seconds to Mars were the big victors at the 30th Annual…

See all 30 Seconds to Mars »

Add a Comment

Sign in »
*0 / 3000 Character Maximum
6

9 Comments

Filter by:
jad

Annoying. I am 50+ and it keeps saying I am "too young to view this video." So I can't actually say anything substantive about the video itself.

December 01 2010 at 4:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
bigron420

that was the dumbest thing ive seen in a while. it had me crackin up, the part with the catholic the jew and the muslim all together throwing their holy books in the fire was hilarious to me, IT SUX!!!!!!!

December 01 2010 at 2:30 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
ben grimm

that video sucked!!! self indulgence bullsh*t.

December 01 2010 at 12:12 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
1 reply to ben grimm's comment
Ralph

These nuts have no talent. Censor them all together and that would be fine. America does not like such unwholesome noise. God bless America.

December 01 2010 at 5:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Faye-chan

THAT WAS AMAZING! I had to go back and rewatch it several times just to take in the complete awesomeness. Being the person that I am, I'm totally fine with the censored version and would probably go blind if I watched the explicit. 30 Seconds to Mars is one of my favorite bands, and their music videos never cease to amaze me.

And please, people. Get a life and go post your spam somewhere else.

November 30 2010 at 11:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
rtsxl4178

Spinner, please activate some kind of spam blocker. I just started reading the comments here and 1 comment was on this topic and three of them are spam junk. Activating a spam blocker/filter would help people easily read the comment section without having to swim through dozens or thousands of spam junk.

Any help you can provide on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

November 30 2010 at 10:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Francine

30 Seconds to Mars is amazing! This video is still good even censored.

November 30 2010 at 5:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
2 replies to Francine's comment
mashens

The first cut of the short film was deemed too explicit for US television, frontman Jared Leto wrote on his blog. My boyfriend thinks the same with me. He is 10 years older than me, lol. We met online at agelessmat e.c om a nice and free place for younger women and older men, or older women and younger men, to interact with each other. Maybe you wanna check out or tell your friends.

November 30 2010 at 8:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
A.D.

It reminds me of a lame watered down live action version of Trevor Brown's collective artwork set to mediocre music.

December 01 2010 at 5:17 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

All the 30 Seconds to Mars info

  • Articles
  • Videos
  • Photos
  • Events
Listen to 30 Seconds to Mars Radio

Follow Us

  • Newsletter
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • RSS

Sign Up for Spinner's Newsletter! Get free MP3s, play a selection of each week's new albums free, read features, win sweet music swag and more!




  • Contact Us
  • Send News Tips
  • Advertise with Us

SIGN UP FOR SPINNER'S NEWSLETTER

  • Get free MP3s, play a selection of each week's new albums free, read features, win sweet music swag and more!

  • Sign Up!

AOL Radio

Listen to AOL Radio Now
play arrow
Top Indie - Today's best indie rock and pop
play arrow
Indie Rock Mix - A mix of new and old indie rock
play arrow
New Indie First - The latest in indie music
Online Radio Guide

Listen to Full CDs

  • Gossip, 'A Joyful Noise'
  • Kimbra, 'Vows'
  • Paul McCartney, 'Ram'
  • The Cult, 'Choice of Weapon'
  • Various, 'Kitsune America'
  • Play More Albums Free

Most Popular

  • Billboard Music Awards Red Carpet 2012 (PHOTOS)
    Like

    82

  • Peter Jones Dead: Crowded House Drummer Dies of Brain Cancer at 45
    Like

    712

  • Jennifer Lopez, Casper Smart TV Show: J.Lo to Star in Reality Series With Boyfriend (REPORT)
    Like

    21

  • Miranda Lambert, W Magazine Interview: Songstress Talks Marriage, Touring and Taylor
    Like

    199

  • Loretta Lynn Three Years Older Than She Claims: Records Show She's 80, Not 77
    Like

    233

  • 'Big Bang Theory' Star Officially Revealed As Gay
    Like

    11K

  • Eddie Blazonczyk Dead: Grammy Award-Winning 'Polka King' Dies at 70
    Like

    150

  • PHOTOS: When Your Last Names Spell Disaster
    Like

    6K

  • Selena Gomez Earthquake: Singer Caught Up in 'Scary' Bulgaria Quake
    Like

    16

  • SUPERSIZED MEALS: Nearly All Restaurant Entrees Exceed USDA Nutrition Recommendations
    Like

    2K

  • Usher, Tameka Foster Trial: Crooner Claims Ex-Wife Attacked, Spat on Girlfriend
    Like

    16

  • PHOTOS: Most And Least Mormon States In America
    Like

    142

  • George Jones in Nashville Area Hospital Undergoing Tests
    Like

    265

  • Zimmerman's Witnesses Change Their Stories
    Like

    2K

  • Chris Brown Fans Send Death Threats to John Legend's Fiancee Chrissy Teigen
    Like

    44

  • 'Dancing With The Stars' Crowns A New Champion
    Like

    1K

  • 'I Knew I Needed To Get Healthy For My Daughter'
    Like

    116

  • Teenage Girl 'Kidnapped For Vatican Sex Parties'
    Like

    7K

  • 9 Ways You're Wasting Money At The Grocery Store
    Like

    264

  • Colin Powell Trashes Mitt Romney's Team Of Foreign Policy Advisers
    Like

    5K

  • Casey Anthony Found In Hiding
    Like

    3K

  • Study: Fox News Viewers Least Informed
    Like

    33K

  • WATCH: Anderson Cooper Kicks Guest Off Show
    Like

    3K

  • Lolo Jones: Staying A Virgin Is Harder Than Training For The Olympics
    Like

    511

  • Woman Shot Grandson Eight Times
    Like

    385

  • The 14 Best Series Finales Ever
    Like

    113

  • The Top 25 Bike-Friendly Cities In The U.S.
    Like

    2K

  • Archeologists Discover Physical Evidence Of Ancient Biblical City
    Like

    2K

  • LISTEN: 911 Dispatcher Snores During Emergency Call
    Like

    746

  • Hatred In Harlan's Hills
    Like

    1K

  • Sarah Leon: PHOTOS: Why I Still Wear My Prom Dress
    Like

    114

  • Rebecca Dolan: Exploring Bermuda's Abandoned NASA Outpost
    Like

    102

  • The Ultimate Argument For Keeping Old Balloons
    Like

    330

Also on AOL

Quick Links

  • Slipknot Masks
  • Saddest Songs
  • Funny Music Videos
  • SXSW 2011

Also on AOL Music

  • Concert Tickets
  • Grammys 2012
  • Music Videos
  • New Music Releases

Blogs on AOL

  • Country Music
  • Hip Hop Music
  • Metal Music
  • Pop Music News

More on AOL

  • Best Lyrics
  • Best Metal Songs
  • Break Up Songs
  • Online Radio

More on AOL

  • Christmas Music
  • Classic Rock Songs
  • Best Songs of 2010
  • SHOUTcast

Help Links

  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Trademarks
  • About Our Ads
  • Follow Spinner on Twitter
  • The Interface
  • Free MP3
  • Full CDs
  • RSS

Spinner.com © 2012 AOL Inc. All Rights Reserved.