Formed in 1998 with brother Shannon, Leto and the rest of the band -- Shannon on drums and guitarist Tomo Milosevic (longtime bassist Matt Wachter left the band in March) -- are still touring off of "A Beautiful Lie" on the strength of such breakout tracks as "The Kill" and "From Yesterday," for which a video was shot near Shanghai, China.

Based upon the opulent film "The Last Emperor," the video shoot was the first shot in China by an American band. Leto told VH1.com that the experience remains a memorable one in the band's personal history. "It's one of those things that, regardless of the result of the video, it changed our lives, it really did," he said. "It was one of those unique things where we got to be a part of (China's) history and they gave us something incredible in return.

"What we wanted to do was have an experience as powerful or more powerful than the result of the video, and it was just that. I mean, to go halfway across the world and to do something that hadn't really been done before was a special gift."