Hey! :)
I Love The Cure and also love 30 Seconds To Mars - they remixed The Cures Only one and Leto wished they would work together on This Is War, but Robert didnt had time...
ANYWAY - i feel that 30STM has COPIED certain elements from The Cure. 1) When I Listened to 30STM song Story that guitarr riff immensely resembles if not copies Prayers For Rain -
http://youtu.be/L-YZKg3SjwQ?t=15s/ (http://youtu.be/L-YZKg3SjwQ?t=15s/)
Play At 0:15
2) The Drum Beat Figurehead like
http://youtu.be/0aSLS2GhyXA (http://youtu.be/0aSLS2GhyXA)
Play At 3:17
Thats it Cure Fans....best artists steal i think...30 Seconds To Mars Are Definitely nothing compared to Cure, but in 2000s they really stand out of their peer Rock artists....if i have to characterize them i would say they are The Cure Sound+U2 sound mixed to gether with little NuMetal