Maroon 5 is a punk rock band that originated in Los Angeles. It has 6 band members, Adam Levine, James Valentine, Jesse Carmichael, PJ Morton, Matt Flynn, and Mickey Madden. Ryan Dusick was the original percussionist, due to some injures on tour, he left Maroon 5 and went and bought his 1.199 million dollar house where he currently stays. But Maroon 5 was not always Maroon 5. They were once known as Kara’s Flowers back when they were high schoolers. Once they released their CD, it only sold roughly 4 to 5 thousand copies. So once they were dropped by their record deal, where they had gotten from gigs in their hometown. They decided to quit the band and go to college. Adam and Jesse went to Five Towns College in New York and Ryan and Mickey went to UCLA in their hometown. The band members back then where only Adam, Jesse, Ryan, and Mickey. They just recently added James, Ryan, and PJ. Maroon 5 has been around much, much longer longer than since they became popular. They 1st became Maroon 5 in 1994. They blew up in the early 2000’s and won their first grammy for best new artists in 2004. Then best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal in 2005 with “This love”. And best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal again in 2007 with “Makes me wonder”. And came out with their albums “Songs about Jane”, “It won’t be soon before long”, and 1 single called “Pure imagination”. …show more content…
Which most were made in the late 1990’s. Adam Levine and Ryan Dusick were introduced to each other through a mutual friend. But their album only sold 4,000 - 5,000 copies which their producer quickly dropped them from their label. The literally first time they got on a big stage together as Kara’s Flowers, was the last time. They went on playing little gigs but not before long, they decided to split up. They all went to college but not in the same