The History of Maroon 5

It is true that now that I have a music blog I could probably put this on there but I can see that if the past 48 hours some one has revived my blog (yes, I finally got some views on this) and I really want to start blogging regularly again, even if that means blogging about something on this blog that I should blog about elsewhere.  Whatever.  You guys have no choice in this.

In the beginning Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Micky Madden and Rick Dusick started Maroon 5 as a garage band under the name of Kara’s Flowers in 1994.  In 1997 released an album.  Shortly after they re-formed with James Valentine and went the pop way as Maroon 5.  They based their sound off of Micheal Jackson, The Police, Talking Heads, Shabba Ranks and Prince.  Adam Levine also cited Stevie Wonder as a hero (not surprising, I mean have you guys heard “Superstition”?  It would be hard not to…).  In 2006 Rick Dusick left the band and Matt Flynn took his place as drummer.  Through out the years they got chances to tour with bands like The Rolling Stones (which would be so cool!  I just love “Sympathy for the Devil” LOVE!),  Michelle Branch, Nikka Costa, Vanessa Carlton, Graham Colton, Cowboy Mouth, Gavin DeGraw, Matchbox Twenty, Sugar Ray, Counting Crows (who can say that they don’t just love this band?), Phantom Planet, The Hives, Dashboard Confessional, Big City Rock, The Like, Simon Dawes, Jason Mraz, The Thrills, Thirsty Merc, Marc Broussard, The Donnas, The RedWest, Michael Tolcher and Guster.  Let’s not forget that they became more known to the world of children with their song “Moves Like Jaggar” though it still remains a mystery how many kids didn’t know about them before.  And at the 54th Grammy Show, this past February, they got to preform with Foster the People (love this band!) and The Beach Boys (love this band more!) for The Beach Boy’s 50th anniversary.

There is a lot of information out there on this band but I am afraid that it would take too long to type.