This evening I listened to Maroon 5's very first album, under their old band name Kara's Flowers. And if I'm being honest, I was blown away. Never in a millions years would I have believed this was the same band. If they stayed in this direction maybe they wouldn't sound so gay now. Given the time of release I was expecting maybe some softer alt rock like Weezer or Eels, but this is straight up grunge.