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Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California, United States. 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). Kara's Flowers signed to Reprise Records and released an album, "The Fourth World", in 1997. After a tepid response to the album, the band parted ways with the record label and the members attended college. Dusick and Madden stayed local at UCLA, while Levine and...

Originating in Nordhausen, Germany, in 1998, Maroon was one of the premier vegan straight edge metal bands in the 90's and 2000's. They split in 2014 because they didn't see a future for the Band. Heavily influenced musically and politically by mid-1990s vegan straight edge metal/hardcore acts such as Earth Crisis, Day of Suffering, Loxiran and Morning Again, their music also displays influences from metal acts such as At the Gates, Metallica, Sepultura and Slayer. The year of 1999 saw Maroon releasing a demo cassette entitled The Initiate, signalling a new era of vegan straight edge culture in Germany. All...

Before their breakup in 1997, Kome Kome Club was famous for lavish music and dance shows with ambitious costumes, sets and multi-media artistry. In 1992, their single Kimi ga Iru Dake de (君がいるだけで) won the Japanese record first prize. After their breakup, vocalist Carl Smokey Ishii (Tatsuya Ishii) began a solo career late in 1997. K2C's horn section continued on under the name BIG HORNS BEE. They chose their name in honor of the American Tom Tom Club, using the word "kome" meaning rice in Japanese, to reflect their own nationality. They have been reunited in 2006, initially for one...

Two Door Cinema Club is a Bangor and Donaghadee, Northern Ireland, UK, electropop / alternative band, formed 2007, consisting of Alex Trimble (vocals, guitar), Kevin Baird (bass, vocals), Sam Halliday (guitar, vocals) and, live only, Benjamin Thompson (drums). The band has released three albums: "Tourist History" (2010), "Beacon" (2012) and "Gameshow" (2016). The band's name resulted from Halliday's mispronunciation of the local cinema's name, Tudor Cinema. In December 2009, they were featured in the BBC's Sound Of 2010 Poll (of 165 British 'taste-makers'). Tourist History was preceded by Kitsuné singles "Something Good Can Work" (Apr 2009), "I Can Talk" /...

Culture Club was a popular 1980s pop group, perhaps most noticeable for their gender-bending frontman Boy George. The other members of the band were Roy Hay on guitars and keyboards, Mikey Craig playing bass and Jon Moss (ex Damned, London, Adam and the Ants) on drums. Their first album, 1982's Kissing to Be Clever, became a major international hit, spawning the hit singles "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" (which went 'all the way' in the BBC-Charts in late 1982), "Time (Clock of the Heart)", and "I'll Tumble 4 Ya". Unique in his eccentric manner of dress and androgynous...