PJ

Paul Morton

PJ Morton (nacido como Paul Morton Jr., el 29 de marzo de 1981, Louisiana, Estados Unidos), es un músico y productor musical estadounidense, ganador de un Grammy; actualmente también es el tecladista de la banda de pop-rock Maroon 5.

El 27 de marzo de 2012, P.J. lanzó su proyecto solista, un EP de distribución libre llamado "Following My First Mind", en el sello de Lil Wayne, Young Money Entertainment; el mismo está compuesto por 7 temas, con diferentes estilos e instrumentos. El primer sencillo, Heavy, cuenta con la colaboración de Adam Levine, el cantante y líder de la banda Maroon 5 y entrenador del programa de NBC The Voice. Otros artistas invitados en el disco son Lil Wayne, Jazmine Sullivan y Chantee Cann. P.J. está actualmente trabajando en completar su álbum debut.

Nacido en Nueva Orleans, creció en un entorno musical y cultural muy rico, en el cual pudo desarrollar su talento. Aunque la música con la cual creció fue el gospel, estuvo influenciado por artistas como Los Beatles y James Taylor, así como por leyendas del soul como Stevie Wonder. Tales influencias diversas alentaron a P.J. a encontrar su veta artística y a crecer musicalmente.

El trabajo de P.J. en solitario atrajo la atención del presidente de Young Money Entertainment, Mack Maine, quien convenció a P.J. de firmar para su compañía productora Soothe Your Soul Entertainment y para su sello en 2011. Maine reconoció al instante el talento de Morton, junto con los directivos de Cash Money Record Ronald "Slim" Williams y Brian "Birdman" Williams, y el capitán de Young Money Entertainment, Lil Wayne. Con respecto a Morton y su EP, Maine expresó:

«Firmé con P.J. porque su música no solamente endulza tus oídos, sino que endulza tu alma. Su música verdaderamente impacta tus emociones y se cuela en tu mente. Hemos sabido que P.J. es un artista especial por muchos años, y ahora con Young Money Entertainment siendo capaz de compartir su música a gran escala, el mundo entero lo sabrá»

Por su parte, P.J. declaró:

« Estaba emocionado desde el principio por la oportunidad con Young Money, porque son casi el único sello que habla sobre creatividad e individualidad. Ellos tienen una lista de estrellas, pero cada acto es artísticamente único. Son los únicos haciendo las cosas como los viejos sellos lo hacían en los viejos tiempos cuando estaba Marvin Gayecreando algo muy diferente a Stevie Wonder, quien hacía las cosas muy diferente a Donny Hathaway; aun así, todo ello era celebrado, todo tenía éxito»

El salto para Morton se dio en 2010, cuando el director musical de Maroon 5 y amigo de P.J. Adam Blackstone le pidió audicionar para el rol de vocalista/tecladista en la banda. P.J. fue el primero en ser evaluado y dejó una marca indeleble en el grupo. Desde entonces, ha tocado con Maroon 5 en conciertos y otras presentaciones en vivo y actualmente está reemplazando al tecladista de la banda, Jesse Carmichael, quien se ha tomado un descanso de la banda (confirmada por el grupo en marzo de 2012).

Luego de ganar un Grammy por componer y producir el álbum de India Arie "Interested", P.J. ganó sus nominaciones en los certámenes Dove y Stellar, dos entregas de premios a la música gospel. Su colaboración con el cantante de dicho estilo DeWayne Woods dio lugar a un enorme salto en su carrera. El testimonio que P.J. articuló en "Let Go, Let God" lo catapultó a los primeros puestos de las listas por 17 semanas y recibiño numerosos premios y reconocimientos. Llamó asimismo la atención del compositor ganador del Oscar, A.R. Rahman (responsable de la música de "Quién quiere ser millonario?"). A. R. aprovechó la ocasión para pedirle su contribución con el tema "Sajna" para la banda de sonido de la comedia Sólo para Parejas, protagonizada por Vince Vaughn. P.J. ha producido y escrito además para artistas dignos de mención y ganadores dedisco de platino como Jermaine Dupri, LL Cool J, Jagged Edge, Monica, India Arie, la estrella del gospel Fred Hammond y Heather Headley.

Matt Flynn

Matthew Flynn

Matthew "Matt" Flynn (born May 23, 1970) is the drummer of American pop rock band Maroon 5. In 2006, after being the band's touring drummer for two years, Flynn has officially replaced the original drummer of Maroon 5, Ryan Dusick, who left the group due to serious wrist and shoulder injuries sustained from constant touring after the release of their first album, Songs About Jane in 2002.

Prior to joining Maroon 5, Flynn has played drums for The B-52's, Chicago, Gavin DeGraw and Gandhi.




Flynn was born in Woodstock, New York. When Flynn was 14 years old, he picked up his first pair of drumsticks in his father's basement and immediately started drumming the beat to "Jump" by Van Halen, impressing his father greatly. Later that year he came third in his high school talent show, behind stand up comedian Daniel Tosh and a dance crew known as "Tropic Lightning".




Flynn graduated from Gunn High School and briefly attended San Diego State University.

Flynn is married to Heidi Ford, who has a fraternal twin named Jenny "Jenni" Ford. On June 5, 2007, Flynn's wife gave birth to their second child, named Michael Ford Flynn. His elder daughter is named Ryan.




Over the years, Flynn has played Yamaha drums, as well as Sabian and Zildjian cymbals, among other brands. Currently, he endorses Ludwig drums (since 2010), Paiste cymbals (since 2014), Remodrumheads and Vater drumsticks.

Jesse Carmichael

Jesse Carmichael

Jesse Carmichael (2 de abril de 1979, Boulder, Colorado) es un músico estadounidense, conocido por formar parte del grupo de rock-pop Maroon 5. Se mudó con su familia a Los Ángeles cuando estaba en edad escolar, comenzando a tocar la guitarra en la preparatoria. Junto con sus amigos Adam Levine, Ryan Dusick y Mickey Madden formaron el grupo Kara's Flowers en 1994, con influencias de grupos como Pearl Jam y Nirvana.


Kara's Flowers firmó un contrato con Reprise Records y produjo el álbum The Fourth World. El álbum tuvo poco éxito lo cual llevó a la disolución del grupo. Levine y Carmichael asistieron a Five Towns College en Long Island. Sin embargo, Levine y Carmichael sólo duraron un semestre en la universidad antes de la deserción y de su regreso a California, luego de lo cual los dos habían adquirido experiencia en composición y Jesse cambio su instrumento musical por el teclado.

Los miembros de Kara's Flowers finalmente se reunieron y con la adición de James Valentine como guitarrista, formaron la banda Maroon 5. Con la banda, lanzaron su primer álbum, Songs About Jane en junio de 2002, que tuvo buenas ventas los años siguientes y alcanzó la distinción de Disco de platino en 2004. Tuvieron varios cortes de difusión exitosos, ganaron hasta la fecha 2 premios Grammy, y realizaron varias giras para promocionar este disco, así como sus sucesores It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007) y Hands All Over (2010).




El 8 de marzo de 2012, previo al lanzamiento del cuarto disco de Maroon 5, Overexposed, se anunció que Carmichael tomaría un descanso temporario de la banda para dedicarse a sus estudios de música, de reiki y meditación. P.J. Morton, el teclista que solía acompañar a la banda en las giras, tomó su lugar desde esa fecha en adelante. Jesse anunció que volvería a la banda cuando decidieran sacar su quinto álbum de estudio.

Ryan Dusick

Ryan Dusick

Ryan Michael Dusick (born September 19, 1977) is the former and original drummer of American pop rock band Maroon 5.  Dusick is the grandson of Jack Dusick and cousin of David Farentino. He attended Brentwood School and UCLA.

In 1994, Ryan Dusick joined friends Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael and Mickey Madden, whom he met in French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, to form the band Kara's Flowers.

The quartet scored a record deal with Reprise Records. In 1997, the band released an album titled The Fourth World. That same year the band appeared on an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210. The album had little success, and its only single, "Soap Disco", failed commercially. Due to the album's mediocre success Reprise released the band from their contract.

Following the termination of their deal, the band went on hiatus and everyone went their separate ways.

In 2001, Dusick reunited with Levine, Madden and Carmichael. This time, they were joined by former Square guitarist James Valentine. The group changed their name to Maroon 5 and set to work writing new songs that owned a fresh groove-based element dissimilar from their previous songs, with tracks mostly inspired by one of Levine's failed relationships. The band scored a new deal with Octone Records and in June 2002, they released the album Songs About Jane.

The band scored several hit singles. At the 47th Grammy Awards in 2005, the band was named Best New Artist. The next year, they won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the live version of "This Love". The quintet toured constantly in support of the record. However, the constant performing proved to be detrimental to Dusick, who wound up hurting his arm so badly from the continuous shows that he was forced to stop playing in late 2004. As he temporarily sat out to undergo tests and attempt to heal, Maroon 5 continued their heavy touring regime with musicians such as Ryland Steen (former drummer of Square and current member of Reel Big Fish) and Josh Day taking Dusick's place behind the drum kit.

Matt Flynn officially replaced Ryan Dusick in September 2006 (Flynn had already been Maroon 5's touring drummer from 2004 to 2006), although Dusick was credited as the "Musical Director" in the liner notes of the band's second studio album It Won't Be Soon Before Long, which was released in 2007.

James Valentine

James Valentine

James Burgon Valentine (5 de octubre de 1978 en Lincoln, Nebraska, Estados Unidos) es el guitarrista del grupo estadounidense de pop rock Maroon 5. También era guitarrista de una banda de pop llamada Jjamz.

Valentine se considera un mormón activo o practicante; de pequeño solía asistir a la iglesia con su familia, pero ahora debido a sus compromisos y al poco tiempo libre del que dispone, sólo asiste esporádicamente cuando visita su casa familiar, su familia es un pilar importante para él, según ha declarado en una entrevista:

«Cuando estamos de gira, nos rodeamos de mucha gente que quiere algo de ti todo el tiempo. Es maravilloso tener una sólida base familiar sobre la cual apoyarse, mucha gente no tiene eso, me siento realmente afortunado».

JJAMZ es una banda compuesta por James Valentine (Maroon 5), Jason Boesel (Rilo Kiley/Conor Oberst), Alex Greenwald (Phantom Planet), Michael Runion (solista), y Z Berg (The Like). El grupo se inició luego de una noche de karaoke en Hollywood. El nombre de la banda es un acrónimo usando la primera letra del nombre cada miembro. El grupo representa un medio de escape de cada miembro de sus respectivas bandas. «JJAMZ comenzó en un momento interesante en la vida de cada uno de nosotros. Todos necesitamos algún tipo de escape de nuestras relaciones o nuestras otras bandas. Fue un tiempo tumultuoso, y las letras salieron. Fue como un vómito de palabras. No puedo recordarlo.», dijo Z Berg, vocalista de The Like. La banda realizó su primer concierto en el Echo Plex el 27 de enero de 2009. Lanzaron su primer disco, Suicide Pact, el 10 de julio de 2012.

Valentine tocaba en las bandas Kid Quarkstar, Mondello y Happy Dog en Nebraska. En 2000, Happy Dog cambio su nombre por el de Square y se trasladó a Los Angeles, California desde Anaheim, California en donde tenía clases particulares de guitarra en su hogar.

Valentine también ha tocado con Reel Big Fish, cuando el guitarrista Aaron Barrett se había fracturado una mano, y más tarde en 2001 cuando Barrett se cayó por unas escaleras. Valentine muestra una foto de Reel Big Fish en el programa MTV Cribs cuando apareció junto a Maroon 5. Eventualmente, los integrantes de Square y de Kara's Flowers se convirtieron en amigos, y cuando Kara's Flowers estaba en busca de otro guitarrista, Valentine se les unió. 

Durante su infancia, mostró gran interés por la música, creando instrumentos de cartón para jugar con sus amigos. Debido a ello, sus padres lo anotaron en clases de guitarra (primero en un programa escolar, luego con un profesor privado). Recibió su primera guitarra de regalo al conseguir una insignia de Eagle Scout (la más alta del rango de insignias) en su grupo de boy scouts.

Durante su adolescencia, fue invitado a tocar con el ensemble de jazz de la Universidad de Nebraska, compartiendo escenario con músicos del doble de su edad. Gracias a ello, desarrolló muchas conexiones con otros músicos y recibió reconocimientos, pero al no percibir la carrera de músico como lucrativa, consideró estudiar la carrera de Publicidad. Pero en el año 2000, Valentine y su banda Square ganaron el premio Ernie Ball de batalla de las bandas en Nebraska, por lo cual viajaron a Los Ángeles, donde fueron los ganadores de la final del certamen. Luego de ello, conoció a los miembros de Kara's Flowers uniéndose a la banda, e incorporando a la misma su estilo de componer y sus conocimientos de jazz. El nuevo grupo cambió su nombre a Maroon 5 apenas firmó con el sello BMG. James declaró:

«Me siento muy afortunado por haber seguido con la música, porque ciertamente hay tiempos difíciles. Supongo que esa fue una de las grandes lecciones que aprendí  que tus metas pueden alcanzarse».



Mickey A. Madden

Mickey Madden

Michael Allen Madden, also known as Mickey Madden (born May 13, 1979) is an American musician, who is best known for being the bassist in the pop rock band Maroon 5.

Madden was born in Austin, Texas. He began playing in junior high school, playing in garages along with friends Jesse Carmichael (guitar/vocals) and Adam Levine (vocals/guitar). The bands Pearl Jam and Nirvana were among their influences. In 1994, with the addition of Ryan Dusick (drums), the band Kara's Flowers was formed.

After the break-up of Kara's Flowers, Madden attended classes at UCLA. After Madden attended college, before long, however, the guys had reconvened back in Los Angeles to begin writing new songs that featured more groove-based elements than their past songs. The group reformed (with James Valentine (guitar) joining the line-up and Jesse Carmichael mainly playing the keyboards) and pursued a new musical direction, changing their name to Maroon 5.

 After scoring a new deal with Octone Records and writing a bunch of songs directly inspired by Levine's recently failed relationship, Maroon 5 released their debut album, the aptly titled Songs About Jane, in June 2002. The album sold steadily over the next couple of years and was certified platinum by 2004. Maroon 5 scored several hit singles, won two Grammy Awards, and toured constantly in supportThroughout their career, the band has released 5 studio albums: Songs About Jane (2002), It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007), Hands All Over (2010), Overexposed (2012) and V (2014).

Questions Just For Mickey...

1. OK, so originally the band was called Kara’s Flowers. What’s wrong with Kara and her flowers? What made you choose Maroon 5 as a name?

We needed a fresh start when we changed the name. We added a new member, a new direction.  We were all older and into different things. It made the most sense for us, to shed the Kara’s Flowers name and start fresh.  As for the name Maroon 5, it’s a secret that only the band and Billy Joel know the answer to.

2. Oooo, mysterious! Well, it worked and now you guys have toured the world. What is your favorite performance memory?

We played Seoul in early 2008 and the arena was arguably the liveliest we’ve ever played for. Almost everyone in the audience was waving a multicolored glowstick in time with the music, which looked absolutely mind-blowing from on-stage.

3. Maroon 5 has gotten a lot of publicity for the explicit content in your music videos. Why make such steamy videos?

Most of the songs deal with sex or lust on some level, thus the videos reflect that. Also Adam is an exhibitionist.

4. Yeah, I’m not complaining at. all. Moving on, most of your fans expect the success and popularity that came with Songs About Jane for your new album, Hands All Over. Do you think this album will live up to the success that your other albums had? If so, why? What makes this new album different and/or better?

I certainly hope this record finds a big audience, as we’re very proud of it and put a lot of love and energy into it. It’s hard for me to say how it’s different or better since I’m so inside of the process of making it… I can say that Mutt Lange is an exacting and extraordinarily gifted producer, and i do think his fairy dust is present on these recordings.

5. For you, what is the best part about being in Maroon 5? The fans? The guys?

It’s being able to grow up and play with my best friends for the last 15 years.  We’re beyond family members at this point. We’re just a blanket together – well worn and built to last.

Quotes..

Quotes!!!

“It's not always rainbows and butterflies. It's compromise that moves us along.”

- Maroon 5

"Its much more interesting to embrace who you really are rather then waste energy pretending to be someone else".

-Adam Levine

                                                       

                                                                  

                                                                                  

“Not that i didnt care, its that i didnt know, its not that I didn't feel it's what I didn't show” 

-Maroon 5

"If you want to feel rich 

just count all the things you have 

that money can´t buy".

- Adam Levine

"I think the classic Maroon 5 song is minor, and it has some funk, Nile Rodgers-style guitar and the lyrics are probably about getting your heart broken. So minor, funk and heartbreak, that’s the Maroon 5 formula."

-James Valentine

"I would gladly hit the road get up and go if i knew that someday it would lead me back to you".

-Maroon 5

“I’m very romantic about my city, I love what California stands for being progressive and sort of thinking ahead. Californians are a very different kind of people, I think, this amazing bubble of warmth, It’s a great driving town too. I’ve just always really loved it here and thought that I’d live here forever, the singer continues. I’ve never had any desire to live anywhere else".                 

                                           -Adam Levine

"You say its too late to make it,

but is it too late to try?

-Maroon 5

“We spend so much time on the road together that you have to think of it like a relationship,”. “That way, all this doesn’t feel like it’s impinging on our life. It is our life.”

- Jesse carmichael

I was afraid of the dark, but now it´s all that i wan´t!

- Maroon 5

Maroon 5

Maroon V

Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California. The group was formed in 1994 as Kara's Flowers while its members were still in high school and originally consisted of Adam Levine (lead vocals, guitar), Jesse Carmichael (guitar, backing vocals) Mickey Madden (bass guitar) and Ryan Dusick (drums). 

Adam Levine was introduced to Ryan Dusick by a mutual friend and aspiring guitar player, Adam Salzman. Levine was seven years old and Dusick was nine.The four original members of the band met while attending Brentwood School in Los Angeles. While attending Brentwood School, Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael joined up with Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick to form Kara's Flowers, a pop band. The name was taken from a groupie that the band had a "collective crush" on. In 1997 when they were playing a beach party in Malibu, indie 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". 

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. However, after the release of The Fourth World in 1997, they had morphed into band with a style reminiscent of 1960s Britpop. Despite high expectations from the band and record company, the album failed to catch on and their lead single, "Soap Disco", was a failure. According to Levine, the failure of the album was "a huge disappointment" that nearly led them to break up in 1998. The album sold around 5,000 copies and they were dropped after only one month.

Dusick and Madden attended college localy at UCLA, while Levine and Carmichael relocated to the East coast to attend Five Towns College, in Dix Hills, Long Island, New York.While Levine and Carmichael were in New York, they began to take notice of the urban music surrounding them and later let the style influence the songs they wrote.

Berkman encouraged Diener and Boxenbaum to fly out to Los Angeles to watch a showcase gig at The Viper Room for the four-piece Kara's Flowers.After watching Levine onstage, they were convinced. Berkman told HitQuarters he believed what the band needed was a "fifth member to play the guitar and free up the singer, so he could be the star I perceived him to be."Octone immediately insisted that the band change its name to break with its pop past. Also, the label began looking for a full-time guitarist to enable Levine to focus on performing as the frontman. James Valentine (from the L.A. band Square) was recruited for the job. On his joining the band, Valentine commented: "I became friends with them and we sort of started jamming together, it was very much like I was cheating on my band, we were having sort of an affair and I eventually quit my other band to join up with them".

Adam Levine has stated: "Everything that's written and performed and put together pretty much comes from us. I just think people would be surprised to know that we’re a self-contained unit. We’re a band that does their own thing. There’s no puppet master".

The band has cited Michael Jackson, the Police, Bee Gees, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Tonic and Prince as influences.Adam Levine has also cited Stevie Wonderand Billy Joel as influences.Furthermore, guitarist James Valentine said he was influenced by guitarists like Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell and John Scofield, as well as the rock band Queens of the Stone Age.The band's songs tend to be very guitar-heavy, often accompanied by piano or synthesizer. The theme in most of their songs is love, frequently lost love; songs like "This Love", "Makes Me Wonder" and "Misery" have a very cynical tone, often expressing dissatisfaction with a relationship, while their more heartfelt and emotional songs such as "She Will Be Loved", "Never Gonna Leave This Bed" express a longing for a romantic relationship. "Makes Me Wonder" has a secondary theme, in which Levine expresses his disillusionment and frustration with the state of American politics and the Iraq War.

The band's sound changes from album to album. Songs About Jane consists of songs about Levine's ex-girlfriend Jane. On It Won't Be Soon Before Long, however, the songs are less personal and are more electric with more use of synthesizers, creating a retro feel. Hands All Over continues the band's lost love theme, along with songs about infatuation and was re-released in 2011, with the hit single "Moves like Jagger", an electropop song which represents a drastic change in the band's sound, with more of a dance feel to it. "It was one of those songs that was definitely a risk," Levine said. "It's a bold statement. We've never really released a song like that. But it's exciting to do something different, do something new. I'm just glad that everyone likes it." James Valentine called the Overexposed album "our most 'pop' record ever and we weren’t shy about really going for it."

A. Noah Levine

Adam Levine



Adam Noah Levine was born in Los Angeles on March 18, 1979 to Fred Levine, the founder of retail chain M. Fredric, and Patsy (née Noah) Levine, an admissions counselor. Journalist and author Timothy Noah is his uncle. He has two brothers, Michael and Sam. Levine's parents divorced when he was seven. Growing up, he spent weekdays with his mother and weekends with his father. He underwent therapy for his parents' divorce, but called it a "waste of time" explaining that his parents could not "accept the fact that I might have been OK with it. I cried my eyes out and kicked and screamed and said, 'Why?' and all the things you do when you find out. A few days later I was fine but I still had to go to therapy".

Levine describes his family as "very musical"and credits his mother with "start[ing] me out on the path". He also attributes his mother's idols - Simon & Garfunkel, Fleetwood Mac and, most notably, The Beatles - to shaping his musical style, calling them "a huge part of my upbringing".He attended Brentwood School, where he met Jesse Carmichael and Mickey Madden, his future bandmates. He carried his musical interests to high school, where he states he was "a little rebellious. I didn't want to do the things they were teaching me ... [music] consumed my every thought."

Levine used hallucinogenic drugs in his adolescence. In an interview with Q, he said that using mushrooms "really forced me to look at myself" but added that he had never abused drugs. On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he stated that he stopped using prescription drugs after his first experience with prescription drug Ambien, which left him unconscious for an hour.

Levine's father and maternal grandfather are Jewish, while his maternal grandmother was Protestant. Levine considers himself Jewish, though according to an interview with The Jewish Chronicle, he "has rejected formal religious practice for a more generalized, spiritual way of life". He chose not to have a Bar Mitzvah as a child, explaining: "I felt as though a lot of kids were trying to cash in ... I just don't think it's the most respectful way to deal with God and beliefs and years and years and years of cultural heritage".

In early 2010, Levine met Russian Sports Illustrated swimsuit and Victoria's Secret model Anne Vyalitsyna while performing at the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue release party in Las Vegas, who he later started dating.^[ After two years together, in April 2012 Levine and Vyalitsyna announced that they had split.The following month Levine began dating Namibian Victoria's Secret model Behati Prinsloo.They broke up in March 2013, but later reconciled and subsequently became engaged in July that year. The couple were married on July 19, 2014 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Levine, whose brother openly identifies as being gay, is an outspoken supporter of same-sex marriage and LGBT rights. In 2011, he made a video on Maroon 5's official YouTube account in support of the It Gets Better Project. In January 2012, he announced that Maroon 5 had changed the location of their post-Grammy Awards show because of the "unnamed Los Angeles restaurant's backing of Proposition 8".

In 2013, Levine was mentioned in a hostile work environment lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by an unnamed security guard who claimed that Universal Music Publishing Group's Santa Monica location was "infiltrated with pervasive drug use where you could smell marijuana seeping from various offices and openly used in common areas, and lounges". The guard claimed that when she complained about the cannabis smoke coming from one of the studios, she was told that "it's Adam Levine ... if he wants to come to the lobby and do a line of cocaine on the floor, it's OK". In an official statement to The Hollywood Reporter, UMPG described the allegations as "absurd".

Levine's interest in music started at around ten years of age, when he first started playing the guitar. He found music an outlet for feelings, stating: "I picked up a guitar and that was it. I fell so madly in love with it, it's all I did". He performed his first professional jig at The Troubadour when he was twelve, but was so nervous he played with his back to the audience. Throughout his childhood, he had been influenced by the diverse groups like the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Nirvana, and, in high school, by Bob Marley, Bill Withers, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson. He also incorporated elements of The Police and Prince into his music. In an interview with Billboard, he explained the diversity of his influences: "I love every single kind of music ... even the most saccharine, sugary pop song can be the greatest thing ever. But so can a 25-minute crazy avant-garde fusion gnarly Herbie Hancock jam from the '70s".

Levine remembers that listening to "Are You That Somebody?" by Aaliyah convinced him to pursue a more soulful sound than that of his then-band Kara's Flowers. His move to New York introduced him to a new music scene that involved hip-hop, R&B, gospel and soul music. He took to changing his musical style, extensively emulating Stevie Wonder. Subsequently, Songs About Jane was released, deemed "bluesy funk" and similar to Busted's music.Critics also drew comparisons between Levine and Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay. Maroon 5 worked without any prominent outside collaborators until 2010's "Moves Like Jagger", the band's most successful single as of 2014, which symbolized a shift in their music.

 He considers himself an orthodox lyricist sticking to conventional themes, acknowledging: "Romance, love, the lack thereof are still very big themes. I haven't figured out a way to use everything yet. As a songwriter, I'm still limited to that one thing." He also claims he does not like mincing words, stating in a Rolling Stone interview: "I was so sick of typical lyrics like 'Ooh, baby' and 'I love you' and all this vague shit. I thought the more explicit I got without being totally explicit was a nice approach".

Adam Noah Levine

Adam N. Levine nacido el 18 de Marzo de 1979 en Los Ángeles, California es un cantante, compositor, guitarrista y actor estadounidense, mejor conocido como el líder de la banda Maroon5.

Adam reconoce amar su lugar natal, Los Ángeles, incluso habiéndose hecho un tatuaje en el brazo derecho con el nombre de dicha ciudad. Levine ha dicho acerca de su ciudad:

"Soy muy romántico con respecto a mi ciudad. Amo lo que California representa: ser progresista y pensar en el futuro. Los californianos somos una clase distinta de gente, creo. es una maravillosa burbuja de calidez, y es genial conducir por ella. Realmente siempre he amado vivir aquí y pensé que viviría aquí para siempre. Nunca he deseado mudarme a ningún otro lugar. "

La voz de Levine ha sido varias veces descrita como una voz única en el ambiente musical; su voz corresponde a la de un tenor lírico abarcando cuatro octavas. El cantante ha demostrado ser muy fuerte en los agudos, pudiendo emplear el falsete, la voz de cabeza y la voz de pecho con gran facilidad.

Maroon 5 es una banda de pop rock y pop estadounidense de Los Ángeles, California. El grupo se formó originalmente entre 1994 y 1995 como Kara's Flowers, mientras sus integrantes cursaban la preparatoria. Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden y Ryan Dusick firmaron con Reprise Records y lanzaron un álbum, The Fourth World, en 1997. Después de una tibia respuesta al álbum, la banda se separó de su sello discográfico y asistieron a la universidad. 
En 2001, la banda se reagrupó, añadió a James Valentine a la agrupación, y siguió una nueva dirección bajo el nombre de Maroon 5. 

Mientras Levine trabajaba como ayudante de guionista en la serie de televisión Judging Amy, pasó el tiempo escribiendo letras de canciones sobre su novia, Jane Herman. Esas letras se convirtieron en el álbum "Songs About Jane".

Maroon 5 firmó con los Octone Records y grabaron su álbum debut en 2002, Songs About Jane, publicado en junio del mismo año, lograron obtener los discos de oro, platino y triple platino en varios países del mundo. El primer single de la banda fue "Harder to Breathe", lo que ayudó a impulsar el álbum al número 6 en Billboard 200.

Los siguientes sencillos fueron "This Love" y "She Will Be Loved", éxitos en todo el mundo en 2004. El grupo ganó el premio Grammy como Mejor Artista Revelación en 2005. Su primer álbum en vivo, titulado 1.22.03.Acoustic, también alcanzó el platino. A finales de ese mismo año, la banda publicó el que sería su segundo álbum en vivo llamado Live - Friday The 13th, que fue grabado en Mayo de 2005 en Santa Bárbara, California. El disco salió a la venta junto a un DVD del concierto y con él ganaron el premio Grammy a la Mejor Actuación Pop de un Dúo o Grupo con Vocal en 2006. También de Songs About Jane se desprendieron los sencillos, "Sunday Morning"  y el menos exitoso, "Must Get Out".

En 2006, el baterista Ryan Dusick abandonó la banda y fue reemplazado por Matt Flynn.

El grupo grabó su segundo álbum It Won't Be Soon Before Long a principios de 2007. El álbum fue lanzado en mayo y alcanzó el número 1 en Billboard 200. El primer sencillo del álbum, "Makes Me Wonder", se convirtió el primer número uno de la banda en los Billboard Hot 100. Sin embargo, los siguientes sencillos, "Wake Up Call", "Won't Go Home Without You" y "If I Never See Your Face Again" (51) junto a Rihanna no entraron al Top 10, mientras que "Goodnight, Goodnight" ni siquiera entró al ranking. 

Hands All Over, su tercer álbum de estudio, fue lanzado en septiembre de 2010, alcanzando el número 2 en el Billboard 200. El primer single, "Misery" obtuvo la posición #14 en Billboard Hot 100, sin embargo, los sencillos "Give a Little More" y "Never Gonna Leave This Bed"no lograron cautivar al público, pasando sin pena ni gloria. El sencillo que salvó al álbum del fracaso, fue "Moves Like Jagger" con Christina Aguilera, que vendió más de 10,5 millones de copias en todo el mundo, por lo tanto se establece entre los sencillos más vendidos de todos los tiempos. Aún así, el disco no fue lo que esperaban, y se apresuraron a sacar un disco más pop.

La banda lanzó su cuarto álbum de estudio, Overexposed, en junio de 2012. El álbum alcanzó el número 2 en el Billboard 200. Sus sencillos, "Payphone" junto a Wiz Khalifa y "One More Night" han llegado al Top 5 del Billboard Hot 100, mientras que su último single, "Daylight" alcanzó el puesto 7 del ranking. 





La banda lanzó su quinto álbum de estudio, titulado V ("Five") que salió el 2 de septiembre del 2014 bajo el sello discográfico de Interscope Records , en el cual, regresa el tecladista Jesse Carmichael después de su ausencia en Overexposed. Su primer sencillo "Maps" fue lanzado el 16 de junio del 2014 para promocionar el álbum. Levine confirmó que el álbum contará con la participación de la cantante Gwen Stefani, quien colabora en la canción “My Heart Is Open". De éste álbum se desprenden sus sencillos “Animals", que ocupó el puesto 2 en el ranking de Billboard Hot 100 y “Sugar" que debutó en el puesto 8.