List of Maroon 5 band members

Maroon 5 band members

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.

In 2001, guitarist James Valentine joined and the band changed the name to Maroon 5.

In 2006, Dusick departed the band and was replaced by Matt Flynn, originally a touring member from 2004 to 2006.

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) from 2012 to 2014 and as Carmichael returned to the band in 2014. In 2016, multi-instrumentalist Sam Farrar, who had been touring with the band since 2012, was announced as an official member. Since then, Maroon 5 was formally a seven-piece band until the departure of bassist Mickey Madden.

Members

Current

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Adam Levine	1994–present	lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar	All Maroon 5 releases and Kara's Flowers releases
	Jesse Carmichael	1994–2012, 2014–present (from 2012 to 2014, Carmichael had a break from performing with the band - he returned in time to record for their fifth studio album, V)	keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals	All Maroon 5 releases (except Overexposed (2012), wrote "Wasted Years" on Overexposed) and Kara’s Flowers releases
	James Valentine	2001–present	lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals	All Maroon 5 releases
	Matt Flynn	2006–present (a touring member from 2004 to 2006; replaced Ryan Dusick in 2006)	drums, percussion	As a touring member Live – Friday the 13th (2005) As an official member All Maroon 5 releases since 2006
PJ Morton	PJ Morton	2012–present (a touring member from 2010 to 2012; filled-in for Jesse Carmichael from 2012 to 2014)	keyboards, backing vocals	All Maroon 5 releases since 2012
	Sam Farrar	2016–present (a touring member from 2012 to 2016)	rhythm and lead guitar, bass (occasionally), percussion, additional keyboards, backing vocals, turntables, samples and other special effects (MPC)	As an outside collaborator Songs About Jane (2002) – programming ("She Will Be Loved") It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007) – producer Call and Response: The Remix Album (2008) – remixed a song, "Woman" Hands All Over (2010) – writer ("Misery", "Stutter", "Don't Know Nothing", "I Can't Lie", "Hands All Over" and "How") As a touring member Overexposed (2012) – producer and writer ("Ladykiller", "Fortune Teller" and "Tickets"), backing vocals, programming V (2014) – backing vocals ("Unkiss Me" and "This Summer" – the latter song is from the 2015 re-release of V), programming As an official member All Maroon 5 releases since 2016

Former

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
First on the left on the covers for "She Will Be Loved" and "Sunday Morning"	Ryan Dusick	1994–2006	drums, percussion, backing vocals	As an official member All Maroon 5 and Kara’s Flowers releases since 1994 to 2006 As an outside collaborator It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007) – musical director, writer ("The Way I Was") Overexposed (2012) – writer ("Wasted Years")
	Mickey Madden	1994–2020	bass	All Maroon 5 releases and Kara’s Flowers releases since 1994 to 2020

Touring members

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Tommy "Boom-Boom" King	The Back to School Tour in 2009	keyboards, backing vocals	Hands All Over (2010) – writer ("The Air That I Breathe")
	Adrian Young (from No Doubt)	A few shows of the Back to School Tour in 2009 (filling-in for Matt Flynn)	drums, percussion
	Ryland Steen (from Reel Big Fish)	A few shows of the Songs About Jane Tour (filling-in for Ryan Dusick before Matt Flynn)	drums, percussion
	Josh Day	A few shows of the Songs About Jane Tour	drums, percussion

Line-up history

1994–2001 as Kara's Flowers

• Adam Levine – lead vocals, lead guitar
• Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead guitar
• Mickey Madden – bass guitar
• Ryan Dusick – drums, percussion, backing vocals

2001–2006 as Maroon 5

• Adam Levine – lead vocals, occasional rhythm and lead guitar
• Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
• Mickey Madden – bass guitar
• Ryan Dusick – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• James Valentine – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals

2006–2012 as Maroon 5

• Adam Levine – lead vocals, occasional rhythm and lead guitar
• Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mickey Madden – bass guitar
• James Valentine – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Matt Flynn – drums, percussion (replaced Ryan Dusick; a touring member from 2004 to 2006)

2012–2014 as Maroon 5

• Adam Levine – lead vocals, occasional rhythm and lead guitar
• Mickey Madden – bass guitar
• James Valentine – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Matt Flynn – drums, percussion
• PJ Morton – keyboards, backing vocals (a touring member from 2010 to 2012; filled-in for Jesse Carmichael during his hiatus)

2014–2016 as Maroon 5

• Adam Levine – lead vocals, occasional rhythm and lead guitar
• Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mickey Madden – bass guitar
• James Valentine – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Matt Flynn – drums, percussion
• PJ Morton – keyboards, backing vocals

2016–2020 as Maroon 5

• Adam Levine – lead vocals, occasional rhythm and lead guitar
• Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mickey Madden – bass guitar
• James Valentine – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Matt Flynn – drums, percussion
• PJ Morton – keyboards, backing vocals
• Sam Farrar – keyboards, synthesizers, MPC, guitar, percussion, backing vocals, occasional bass guitar (a touring member from 2012 to 2016)

2020–present as Maroon 5

• Adam Levine – lead vocals, occasional rhythm and lead guitar
• Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• James Valentine – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Matt Flynn – drums, percussion
• PJ Morton – keyboards, backing vocals
• Sam Farrar – keyboards, synthesizers, MPC, guitar, percussion, backing vocals, occasional bass guitar

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