MAROON 5

By JUAN PABLO LLANO BARBOSA

BIOGRAPHY
MAROON 5 IS AN AMERICAN POP ROCK BAND FROM LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA. ORIGINAL MEMBERS LEVINE, CARMICHAEL, MADDEN,
AND DRUMMER RYAN DUSICK FIRST CAME TOGETHER AS KARA'S
FLOWERS IN 1994, WHILE THEY WERE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AFTER SELF-RELEASING THEIR INDEPENDENT ALBUM WE LIKE
DIGGING?, THE BAND SIGNED TO REPRISE RECORDS AND RELEASED
THE ALBUM THE FOURTH WORLD IN 1997. THE ALBUM GARNERED A
TEPID RESPONSE, AFTER WHICH THE RECORD LABEL DROPPED THE
BAND AND THE MEMBERS FOCUSED ON COLLEGE. IN 2001, THE
BAND RE-EMERGED AS MAROON 5, PURSUING A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION AND ADDING GUITARIST VALENTINE.
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. AIDED BY ITS LEAD SINGLE, "HARDER TO
BREATHE", WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY AIRPLAY, THE ALBUM PEAKED
AT NUMBER SIX ON THE BILLBOARD 200 CHART, AND WENT
PLATINUM IN 2004. THE BAND WON THE GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST
NEW ARTIST IN 2005. IN 2006, DUSICK LEFT THE BAND AFTER
SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS WRIST AND SHOULDER INJURIES AND
WAS REPLACED BY MATT FLYNN.
SONGS
SONGS ABOUT JANE (2002)
IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG (2007)
HANDS ALL OVER (2010)
OVEREXPOSED (2012)
V (2014)
RED PILL BLUES (2017)

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