Californian Bands

Maroon 5 is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers in 1995 and released one album in 1997. They reformed, with guitarist James Valentine, in 2001 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" and it also enjoyed major chart success, going gold, platinum, and triple platinum in many countries around the world

Today, October, the 5th, 2010,  it is the guitarist leader birthday, James Valentine, who born in 1978.

Now, let's listen to a tribute to James Valentine