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• Saw his first concert when he was in the fifth grade—the glam-metal band Warrant.
• Began making music with pals Jesse Carmichael and Mickey Madden while in junior high; their first gig was at a school dance.
• Terribly shy as a child; he played with his back to the audience at his first performance.
• With Carmichael, Madden and fellow classmate Ryan Dusick, formed Kara's Flowers, an alternative-rock group that signed with Reprise Records, released one album and then was dropped.
• Exposed to hip-hop, gospel, R&B and soul while attending Five Towns College on Long Island with Carmichael; the music fueled the sound they found with Maroon 5. 
• Maroon 5's 2002 album Songs About Jane took two years to reach platinum status.
• Father Fred Levine owns the M. Frederic boutique chain in L.A.