Maroon 5, Taylor Swift win early at AMAs
(AP)AP - Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift had the right moves at the American Music Awards: The band led and the country princess ... more Maroon 5, Taylor Swift win American Music Awards (Reuters)
Reuters - Rockers Maroon 5 and country singer Taylor Swift were early winners at the American Music Awards Sunday, after ... more
Aguilera, Bieber to play American Music Awards
(AP)AP - Justin Bieber, Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Kelly Clarkson and Maroon 5 are set to perform at the American ... more Maroon 5 Recruits Mac Miller For “Moves Like Jagger” Remix
“Moves Like Jagger” is big right now. The Maroon 5/Christina Aguilera collaboration may not have hit #1 ... more
Maroon 5 making moves thanks to 'Jagger,' 'Voice'
(AP)AP - Before joining NBC's "The Voice," Adam Levine says some folks assumed he was some "singing bimbo that likes ... more more news
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, lead vocalist and guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers and released one album in 1997. After a brief period they re-formed with guitarist James Valentine, and pursued a new direction as Maroon 5. The following year they released their debut album Songs About Jane, which contained four hit singles: "Harder to Breathe", "This Love", "She Will Be Loved" and "Sunday Morning"; it also enjoyed major chart success, going gold, platinum, and triple platinum in many countries around the world.. Maroon 5 has cited Michael Jackson, The Police, Talking Heads, Shabba Ranks, and Prince as influences. Frontman Adam Levine has also cited Stevie Wonder as one of his heroes. Maroon 5's songs tend to be very guitar-heavy, often accompanied by piano or synthesizer. The theme in all 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" and "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.. Maroon 5's sound changes on their albums. 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 with the song "Moves Like Jagger", an electropop song featuring Christina Aguilera 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."...
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