SECOND CHORUS: How a Dropped High-School Band Became MAROON 5, and What It Cost to Stay on Top

In 1998, a record label let a teenage Los Angeles band go after their first album sold about 5,000 copies. Four years later, that same group had a debut album that would sell more than 10 million, and a new name: Maroon 5.

Their rise was never simple. Singer Adam Levine and his bandmates failed, split across two coasts, and started over. Then came fame, a drummer forced out by injury, a founding bassist's exit, a Super Bowl halftime show that divided critics, and public controversy that put the whole band under a microscope.

This unauthorized music biography tells the true story, with no hype and no hit piece. You'll follow the band from Songs About Jane through "Moves Like Jagger," "One More Night," "Girls Like You," and a Las Vegas residency. Every claim rests on the public record, and disputed points are marked as disputed.

If you want a real band history, an Adam Levine biography, or a true story about a hard-won comeback, this book delivers.

Buy it now and find out what it really took to stay on top.