As Maroon 5 prepare to be unleashed as avatars in the new Band Hero video game alongside Fall Out Boy, Taylor Swift, The Go-Go’s, Janet Jackson, Culture Club and Snow Patrol, I caught up with Adam Levine to chat about music, Maroon 5 and a starring role in CSI: New York.
Hello there, what are you up to?
I’m very good thank you! Although I’m just about to leave a vacation which im very sad about today… I’m going back to work, back to the drawing board. Boo!
So, I hear you’re involved in a foxy new computer game, Band Hero, tell us a bit about it?
Well it’s pretty unbelievably cool actually. It’s been a really weird dream of mine to be in a video game, I don’t know if other people share this strange desire but I always thought it was pretty cool and they called us and asked if we wanted to do an appearance on a video game and I had to put on this silly suit…
A silly suit?
Yes! Literally I was in this suit and they had an avatar created for me… they scan your body and it’s pretty trippy actually. They put you into this computer and they have this computer imagery and it makes you into a little character!
How did you do it then?
Well I had to perform the song wearing probably the nerdiest outfit of all time. [FF: I hope there’s photographic evidence of this Adam!] I believe there I yeah! It was one of those things I’ll never forget because I’ve never done anything like it, and I probably won’t getto do anything like it again.
Does that mean that Maroon 5 will be put on the back burner whilst you live inside people’s game consoles?
Mo! We are currently recording a record and we’re beyond thrilled with the results so far… we’ve got tons of songs done and really we cant wait to get this thing out and hopefully by the New Year it will be something closer to reality!
Woo hoo! Does that mean you’ll be coming over to the UK then?
Yes! We will get a trip over there, the UK is always the first place we want go!
Aww, you’re too kind to us Adam, now you’re past albums have all been massive sellers, do you think this new one is going to blow them out of the water and kick some ass?
I do believe so yeah! I think it’s hard because you just never know but I’m hoping that regardless of all that it does do well because I truly believe it’s the best album we’ve ever done and knowing that is half the battle right?
Exactly! Also, you’ve got such a unique voice and in this new game people can sing along to your songs… have you ever actually met anyone who can pull off an Adam Levine impersonation?
Not really, it’s pretty uniquely my own! [FF; I’m going to give it a go] haha, good luck with that!
I will, I’ll be getting a perfect score! But what if I can’t remember any of your old songs? What one song should I go out and download to jog my memory of how great you are!?
Ooh, I don’t know. Argh! Go listen to all our music and pick your favourite!
Okay, now I also saw you in the new series of CSI: NY, which is my favourite show at the moment! How did that come about?
Oh, it happened in a very un-interesting way… it just came up and we said yeah! I know that doesn’t sound very exciting, I can’t make p and exciting story for it.
It was good! But then everyone started dying in this fancy paint which wasn’t cool…
Yeah, I’m glad we didn’t have to die on the show, although that would have been fun!
Okay, so going back to the game you’re featuring in, how different is it to Guitar Hero?
Well there’s a lot more diverse selection of music; there are appearances of the actual people in the band which you’re impersonating which is kinda cool, I don’t know all the particulars but it’s definitely a new experience for guitar hero enthusiasts!
Aww, but to anyone not content with just impersonating musicians on the game, what advice would you give to someone just starting out, knowing what you know now?
Id just say work! All you can ever really do is to just try, you have to put everything on the line, that’s the one rule. There’s everything to do when you’re starting out, you should do everything you possibly can to get your music out there. There are so many more outlets now then there used to be so it’s kinda a great time for a new band.
So who did you look up to?
Well I always used to sit in my room and listen to Pearl Jam, they were very inspiring to me.
Okay, so finally, if you could only listen to one CD for the rest of your life, what would it be?
It would have to be The Beatles, Abbey Road. [FF: Good answer, especially since they’re British!] it has a bunch of different types of songs on there and it’s one of my favourite records of all time.
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Band Hero is the Guitar Hero franchises’ first E10+ rated console game and delivers an exciting music collection featuring pop/top-40 hits designed to expand the appeal to a broad family audience who can play together on the guitar, drums, bass and microphone and experience new genres of music.
The game builds upon Guitar Hero's easy-to-play, difficult-to-master signature gameplay and allows novice players and expert fans to join together on their favorite songs. Band Hero offers players a fresh style featuring iconic Guitar Hero characters with an all-new look and new venues that inspire the ultimate stage performance. Band Hero also includes a new mode called Sing-Along which is an accessible, fun, pickup-and-play feature that streamlines gamers’ experiences and offers added gameplay content.
While Band Hero comes bundled with a full band kit including a drum kit controller, guitar and microphone, it is also available as stand alone software and compatible with all other Guitar Hero instruments.
As Maroon 5 prepare to be unleashed as avatars in the new Band Hero video game alongside Fall Out Boy, Taylor Swift, The Go-Go’s, Janet Jackson, Culture Club and Snow Patrol, I caught up with Adam Levine to chat about music, Maroon 5 and a starring role in CSI: New York.
Hello there, what are you up to?
I’m very good thank you! Although I’m just about to leave a vacation which im very sad about today… I’m going back to work, back to the drawing board. Boo!
So, I hear you’re involved in a foxy new computer game, Band Hero, tell us a bit about it?
Well it’s pretty unbelievably cool actually. It’s been a really weird dream of mine to be in a video game, I don’t know if other people share this strange desire but I always thought it was pretty cool and they called us and asked if we wanted to do an appearance on a video game and I had to put on this silly suit…
A silly suit?
Yes! Literally I was in this suit and they had an avatar created for me… they scan your body and it’s pretty trippy actually. They put you into this computer and they have this computer imagery and it makes you into a little character!
How did you do it then?
Well I had to perform the song wearing probably the nerdiest outfit of all time. [FF: I hope there’s photographic evidence of this Adam!] I believe there I yeah! It was one of those things I’ll never forget because I’ve never done anything like it, and I probably won’t getto do anything like it again.
Does that mean that Maroon 5 will be put on the back burner whilst you live inside people’s game consoles?
Mo! We are currently recording a record and we’re beyond thrilled with the results so far… we’ve got tons of songs done and really we cant wait to get this thing out and hopefully by the New Year it will be something closer to reality!
Woo hoo! Does that mean you’ll be coming over to the UK then?
Yes! We will get a trip over there, the UK is always the first place we want go!
Aww, you’re too kind to us Adam, now you’re past albums have all been massive sellers, do you think this new one is going to blow them out of the water and kick some ass?
I do believe so yeah! I think it’s hard because you just never know but I’m hoping that regardless of all that it does do well because I truly believe it’s the best album we’ve ever done and knowing that is half the battle right?
Exactly! Also, you’ve got such a unique voice and in this new game people can sing along to your songs… have you ever actually met anyone who can pull off an Adam Levine impersonation?
Not really, it’s pretty uniquely my own! [FF; I’m going to give it a go] haha, good luck with that!
I will, I’ll be getting a perfect score! But what if I can’t remember any of your old songs? What one song should I go out and download to jog my memory of how great you are!?
Ooh, I don’t know. Argh! Go listen to all our music and pick your favourite!
Okay, now I also saw you in the new series of CSI: NY, which is my favourite show at the moment! How did that come about?
Oh, it happened in a very un-interesting way… it just came up and we said yeah! I know that doesn’t sound very exciting, I can’t make p and exciting story for it.
It was good! But then everyone started dying in this fancy paint which wasn’t cool…
Yeah, I’m glad we didn’t have to die on the show, although that would have been fun!
Okay, so going back to the game you’re featuring in, how different is it to Guitar Hero?
Well there’s a lot more diverse selection of music; there are appearances of the actual people in the band which you’re impersonating which is kinda cool, I don’t know all the particulars but it’s definitely a new experience for guitar hero enthusiasts!
Aww, but to anyone not content with just impersonating musicians on the game, what advice would you give to someone just starting out, knowing what you know now?
Id just say work! All you can ever really do is to just try, you have to put everything on the line, that’s the one rule. There’s everything to do when you’re starting out, you should do everything you possibly can to get your music out there. There are so many more outlets now then there used to be so it’s kinda a great time for a new band.
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