10 Overly Hated Musicians In Rock History

10. Adam Levine - Maroon 5

If there was one word to describe Maroon 5 in the early parts of the '00s, it would be harmless.

As far as your typical pop rock is concerned, songs like She Will Be Loved and This Love were good enough earworms, until they gave way to some truly wretched production like Girls Like You and Daylight just a few years later.

While most of the blame is on Adam Levine for the drastic tonal shift, he's probably the only reason why Maroon 5 is still a thing.

Granted, there's still a question about whether that's a good thing, but Levine's amazing croon has managed to stick with him through all these years.

Even on some of the more forgettable albums like Overexposed, songs like Love Somebody show Levine to still have a commanding presence behind the mic, as well as being a fairly captivating lead singer presence.

If you go back to the early days, Levine also had the songwriting chops to back it up too, even going into some (*GASP*) harder rock territory on Harder to Breathe and going so far as to collaborate with Slash on his solo album on the song Gotten.

For as much unneeded attention that Maroon 5 has gotten in recent years, Adam Levine at least has the raw talent to back up some of his more inexcusable works.