Jared Leto has said that he was "blown away" to learn about his band's MTV Video Music Award nominations.
The 30 Seconds To Mars frontman found out about the honours while overseas in New Zealand and joked that the moment would "go down in history".
"I was in Auckland, and I woke up after a long slumber, looked over to my BlackBerry, and noticed that the red light seemed to be flashing with an added urgency. So I reached over and quickly found out that this was a day that would go down in history for this little band of ours," he told MTV News.
"I was completely blown away. It was so unexpected that my first reaction was, 'Holy f**king s**t f**k f**k f**k!' We had no idea this was the way these things worked. It was the furthest thing from our minds. And then someone sent me the list of artists we're nominated with, and we couldn't believe that either. It really is exciting."
30 Seconds to Mars have been nominated for four awards, including 'Best Rock Video' and 'Video Of The Year' for their song 'Kings And Queens'.