Marooner
nounEtymology From maroon + -er.
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A member of the American pop rock band Maroon 5.
- Long before “Harder to Breathe” and “This Love” settled on radio stations ranging from Top 40 to rock to “alternative,” four of the five Marooners were in a band called Kara’s Flowers, recording albums as teenagers and doing a little touring.2004 July 2, Dan Nailen, “Maroon 5 lands in a good place, but wants to keep moving”, in The Salt Lake Tribune, volume 268, number 80, page D11:
- It was a bizarre, unwieldy number that didn’t seem to make much sense stylistically – the Splenda-coated vanilla pop of the Marooners clashing with the too-cool disco-punk of Scotland’s Franz Ferdinand, which did ditto with the Texas-bred roots-rock of Los Lonely Boys and the hyper pop-rap of Black Eyed Peas and so on.2005 February 14, J. Freedom du Lac, “Most of the laughs unintentional”, in The Sacramento Bee, page D8:
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- In the middle of interviewing Maroon 5 for E!, Ryan Seacrest asked Marooner Adam Levine to spit out the gum he was chewing.2006 February 10, Sharon Fink, “Crisis! Less than 30-million see ‘Idol’”, in St. Petersburg Times, volume 122, number 201, page 2B:
- The tight Marooners (augmented live by keyboardist/vocalist PJ Morton and the Austin-based Grooveline Horns) got plenty of room to rock out on “Lucky Strike,” with Levine kicking giant balls into the crowd, as well as “Wake Up Call” and the Prince cover “I Wanna Be Your Lover.”2013 September 20, Michael Corcoran, “Maroon 5 and Kelly Clarkson had a fun crowd dancing”, in Austin 360 (Austin American-Statesman), page 2:
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A fan of the American pop rock band Maroon 5.
- With the newest release, the band has made it very clear that the “Songs About Jane” era is over and done with. It may not be what diehard Marooners wanted or expected, but in the end it doesn't really matter.2017 December 6, Sophia Alfieri, “A new shade of Maroon: Maroon 5’s new album ‘Red Pill Blues’ begins a new era of music for the popular band”, in The Quinnipiac Chronicle, volume 88, number 13, Hamden, Conn.: Quinnipiac University, page 11:
- Wearing shades of red (and maroon, of course) Filipino Marooners were more than ready to watch the iconic band Maroon 5 last January 29 for their Manila stop as part of their Asia 2025 tour.2025 February 4, Leona Abrera, “The Maroon 5 Manila Concert Brought Back All the Memories (and Made New Ones)”, in NYLON Manila, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2025:
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- Fans Marooners can purchase tickets for all upcoming Maroon 5 shows on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale for the fall 2025 tour is Friday, June 7.2025 June 23, Matt Levy, “Maroon 5 announces 2025 arena tour, MSG concert. Get tickets today”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jun 2025: