Member list of Maroon 5, an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. The group originally formed in 1994 as Kara's Flowers with a line-up of Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick. [1]
In 2001, guitarist James Valentine joined and the band changed the name to Maroon 5. [1]
In 2006, Dusick departed the band and was replaced by Matt Flynn, originally a touring member from 2004 to 2006. [2]
In 2010, PJ Morton auditioned to be a touring keyboardist and backing vocalist of Maroon 5 and joined the band. Morton became an official member when he filled-in for Jesse Carmichael (who took a temporary break from performing with the group to focus on his studies) [3] from 2012 to 2014 and as Carmichael returned to the band in 2014. [4] In 2017, multi-instrumentalist Sam Farrar, who had been touring with the band since 2012, [5] was announced as an official member. [6] Since then, Maroon 5 was formally a seven-piece band until the departure of bassist Mickey Madden in 2020. [7]
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Adam Levine | 1994–present |
| All Maroon 5 releases and Kara's Flowers releases | |
Jesse Carmichael |
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| All Maroon 5 releases (except Overexposed ) and Kara’s Flowers releases | |
James Valentine | 2001–present |
| All Maroon 5 releases | |
Matt Flynn | 2006–present (touring 2004–2006) |
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PJ Morton | 2012–present (touring 2010–2012) |
| All Maroon 5 releases since 2012 | |
Sam Farrar | 2016–present (touring 2001, 2012–2016) |
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Ryan Dusick | 1994–2006 |
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Mickey Madden | 1994–2020 | bass | All Maroon 5 releases and Kara’s Flowers releases |
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Ryland Steen [8] | 2004 |
| Steen and Day filled in for Dusick before Flynn joined. | |
Josh Day [9] | ||||
Tommy "Boom-Boom" King [10] | 2009 |
| King played with the band in 2009 and contributed to Hands All Over (2010) – writer ("The Air That I Breathe") | |
Adrian Young [11] |
| Young played with the band in 2009 |
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1994–2001 (as Kara's Flowers) |
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2001–2006 (as Maroon 5) |
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2006–2012 |
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2012–2014 |
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Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. It consists of lead vocalist Adam Levine, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, lead guitarist James Valentine, drummer Matt Flynn, keyboardist PJ Morton and multi-instrumentalist and bassist Sam Farrar. Original members Levine, Carmichael, bassist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick first came together as Kara's Flowers in 1994, while they were in high school.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link)Hey guys, sorry for the delay. I'll be joining Maroon 5 on keys during their upcoming college tour!
Thank You to Adrian Young!