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30 Seconds to Mars Forced to Censor 'Hurricane' Video

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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'

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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 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 rate up rate down Reply
ben grimm

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

December 01 2010 at 12:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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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 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 rate up rate down Reply
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November 30 2010 at 10:48 PM Report abuse 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 rate up rate down Reply
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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 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 rate up rate down Reply