The album sold around 5,000 copies and the band was dropped after six months. According to Levine, the failure of the album was 'a huge disappointment' that nearly led them to break up in 1998. 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. In 1997, when the band was playing at 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 – 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 EMH 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 EMH 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 5Īdam Levine was introduced to Ryan Dusick by a mutual friend and guitarist, Adam Salzman. Maroon 5 has sold more than 20 million records and 48 million singles worldwide. In 2014, the band signed with Interscope Records and released their fifth studio album, V (pronounced 'five'). The same year, the group's friend and long-time collaborator, as well as the bass player of Phantom Planet - Sam Farrar - joined Maroon 5 as a touring member, playing many different instruments (including guitars, percussion and additional keyboards), singing backing vocals and also providing samples and other special effects. The addition of PJ Morton meant that for the first time, Maroon 5 had six official members. In 2012, keyboardist PJ Morton became an official member of the band, after gaining little success with his previous albums as an R&B vocalist. All four singles of the album were highly successful on the Billboard Hot 100, including second single 'One More Night', which reached number one for 9 weeks straight. The band released their fourth album, Overexposed, on June 26, 2012. While the original version of the album received mixed reviews, 'Moves like Jagger' reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100. In September 2010, Maroon 5 released their third studio album Hands All Over, which was re-released in 2011 to include the single 'Moves like Jagger' featuring Christina Aguilera. The album reached 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 then recorded their second album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long and released it in May 2007.

In 2006, Dusick officially left Maroon 5 after suffering from serious wrist and shoulder injuries and was replaced by Matt Flynn. For the next few years, Maroon 5 toured extensively worldwide in support of Songs About Jane and produced two live recordings: 2004's 1.22.03.Acoustic and 2005's Live – Friday the 13th. The band won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005. In 2004, the album went platinum and has been dubbed 'the sleeper hit of the millennium'. The album's lead single, 'Harder to Breathe', received heavy airplay, which helped the album to debut at number six on the Billboard 200 chart. After these changes, the band signed with a subsidiary of J Records, Octone Records, and released their debut album as Maroon 5, Songs About Jane, in June 2002. At this point, Carmichael switched to playing keyboards, which has since become his main instrument in the band.

In 2001, the band changed its image by adding guitarist James Valentine and pursuing a different direction under the name Maroon 5. After the album garnered a tepid response, the band parted ways with the record label and the members attended college. The band self-released an album called We Like Digging?, then signed to Reprise Records and released the album The Fourth World in 1997. Original members Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and drummer Ryan Dusick first came together as Kara's Flowers in 1994, while they were still in high school. It currently consists of lead vocalist Adam Levine, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Jesse Carmichael, bassist Mickey Madden, lead guitarist James Valentine, drummer Matt Flynn and keyboardist PJ Morton. Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California.

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