Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning

Maroon 5 Interview

Heartthrob singer Adam Levine tells us about the groups new record and wanting to work with Eminem...

17:41, Thursday, 3 May 2007

We caught up with the LA native in his hotel suite over lunch while he was in the UK for a one-off gig. Maroon 5's follow up to massive selling album Songs About Jane is out this month.

Q: Hi Adam, How are you finding the UK?

A: I love it here. Its our home away from home. Weve been coming here on and off for a few years.

Q: How was your gig last night?

A: It was beautiful. Its always wonderful to see our fans. Thats the energy that we thrive off. They give us everything when we come over here.

Q: Is it true you were DJing in the met bar the other night?

A: Mickey our bass player was doing the spinning. I wasnt there as Im a recluse!

Q: Tell us about the new album It Wont be soon Before Long?

A: The songs are better and more fully realised. The production is more unique and bigger sounding- It has a fuller range and I take more risks vocally.

Q: You worked with producers Mike Elizondo (Eminem) and Mark Stent (Bjork, Gwen Stefani), how did they contribute?

Maroon 5 - This Love

AN INTERVIEW WITH ADAM LEVINE

AN INTERVIEW WITH ADAM LEVINE OF MAROON 5 By Melody Alderman On July 10th I spoke with Adam Levine, the front man for Maroon 5. On the eve of what is sure to become immense success, Adam reflected on the band's grass roots approach to success, experiencing fame and the annoying, repetitive questions he’s asked in interviews.

NWMS:  First question I have is something I thought was really interesting about you guys. You have a very different industry situation than nearly any other artist around. You have the backing of a label that is actually using artist development to launch you, which is unfortunately strange in today’s music industry.

 ADAM:  Yeah, what a novel concept right? It’s pretty incredible I think that the nature of the business is changing so much. You know at this point, I think the only way to survive as a band because… major labels can launch pop stars really easily. It just involves a lot of money and you know, throwing a lot of money at everybody and having a pretty face and a catchy song that you hire a songwriter to write. It’s simple… that kind of formula’s really easy but as far as a rock ‘n roll band… you gotta go hit the road and you gotta do so many things to develop yourselves as a band because nobody is going to give a shit about you if you try to just launch yourself without having any sort of background or history. So, it’s been amazing. I think you have to have a label that knows that the internet is a factor… that people are going to be downloading your record which is a good thing, you know? There’s a lot of different things that are changing that I feel like the record industry is opposed to but to try to go against the grain with is just silly, you know? You have to kind of go with the flow. Our label is very aware of all of the things that are changing about the business and that’s I think probably one of the reasons why they’re… why it’s working for them, for us.

Maroon 5 - Misery

Maroon 5

Biography

Maroon 5 is a Grammy Award-winning American pop rock band. Formed in Los Angeles, United States, the group comprises five members: Adam Levine (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Valentine (lead guitar, backing vocals), Jesse Carmichael (keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Mickey Madden(bass guitar), and Matt Flynn (drums, percussion).

Maroon 5’s third studio album Hands All Over was released in the U.S. on September 21, 2010.
Maroon 5’s third studio album was recorded in 2009 in Switzerland, where the band joined forces with record producer Robert “Mutt” Lange. Valentine revealed in November 2009 that the new album had been titled Hands All Over.[37] In May 2010, they revealed that they had written 15 songs for Hands All Over. They are: “How”, “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”, “Last Chance”, “Don’t Know Nothing”, “Out of Goodbyes” (featuring Lady Antebellum[38]), “I Can’t Lie”, “Give a Little More”, “Misery”, “Stutter”, “Just A Feeling”, “Runaway”, “Get Back In My Life”, “No Curtain Call” and “Hands All Over”. Hands All Over was released on September 21, 2010. The album’s first single, “Misery”, was released on June 22.