According to Levine, the failure of the album was "a huge disappointment" that nearly led them to break up in 1999. Despite high expectations from the band and record company, the album failed to catch on and their lead single, "Soap Disco", was a failure. However, after the release of The Fourth World, during Levine and Madden's senior year of high school in 1997, it had morphed into a band with a style reminiscent of 1960s Britpop. Producer Rob Cavallo's management team heard the record Allen and DeNicola produced, which eventually led Cavallo to offer them a deal with Reprise Records, re-recording the album. While they were playing a beach party in Malibu, independent producer Tommy Allen heard them play and offered to manage them and record a complete record with his partner, songwriter John DeNicola, who is known for his work on Dirty Dancing (1987) – including " (I've Had) The Time of My Life". The name was taken from a girl that went to their high school that the band had a "collective crush" on. While attending Brentwood School, Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael joined up with Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick to form Kara's Flowers, a rock band. The four original members of the band met while attending Brentwood School in Los Angeles. Three of the five members of the band started playing together at age 12. Levine was 15 years old and Dusick was 16. History 1994–2001: Kara's Flowers and the formation of Maroon 5 Īdam Levine was introduced to Ryan Dusick by a mutual friend and guitarist, Adam Salzman.
It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and the lead single " Makes Me Wonder", became the band's first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. The band's second album It Won't Be Soon Before Long was released in May 2007. In 2006, Dusick left the band after suffering from serious wrist and shoulder injuries and was replaced by Matt Flynn. In the same year, the band won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Aided by the singles " Harder to Breathe", " This Love" and " She Will Be Loved", the album peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 chart and went quadruple platinum in 2005. The band signed with Octone Records, an independent record label with a separate joint venture relationship with J Records and released their debut album Songs About Jane in June 2002. In 2001, the band re-emerged as Maroon 5, pursuing a different direction and adding guitarist Valentine. The album garnered a tepid response, after which the record label dropped the band and the members focused on college. Original members Levine, Carmichael, bassist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick first came together as Kara's Flowers in 1994, while they were still in high school.Īfter self-releasing their independent album We Like Digging?, the band signed to Reprise Records and released the album The Fourth World in 1997. It currently consists of lead vocalist Adam Levine, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Jesse Carmichael, lead guitarist James Valentine, drummer Matt Flynn, keyboardist PJ Morton and multi-instrumentalist and occasional bassist Sam Farrar.
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California.