For the next few years, they toured extensively worldwide in support of Songs About Jane and produced two live recordings: 2004's 1.22.03.Acoustic and 2005's Live вЂ“ Friday the 13th. The band won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005. The album's lead single 'Harder to Breathe', released in July 2002 was received heavy airplay, which helped the album to debut at number six on the Billboard 200 chart. After these changes, Maroon 5 signed with Octone Records and released their debut album, 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 regrouped, with guitarist James Valentine added to the line-up, and pursued a new direction under the name Maroon 5. After a tepid response to the album, the band parted ways with the record label and the members attended college. Kara's Flowers signed to Reprise Records and released an album, The Fourth World, in 1997.

The band was named after a girl the group had a crush on. 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). Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California.

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