In the June issue of Esquire, the five guys in Maroon 5 will be featured in a fashion spread. Stands to reason, because the smooth L.A. rock/funk band is made up of hotties who could pass for models, especially the darkly handsome lead singer, Adam Levine.

The band's sex appeal means that the audience at its show tomorrow night at Everett Events Center will likely be overwhelmingly female, ranging from teenagers to college girls. You can bet they'll be singing along to Maroon 5's hits, and that there will be some screams, like when Levine takes off his leather jacket or does a little dance step.

Maroon 5 is at a high point in its career, finally headlining a major tour, after working hard on the road for three years behind its debut album, "Songs About Jane," released in June 2002. The CD has been on the Billboard 200 album chart for 101 weeks and sold more than 3 million copies.

That nearly nonstop touring has already brought the band to these parts five times, starting in November 2002, when it opened for O.A.R. at the Moore. In 2003, it opened for Guster at the Showbox and John Mayer at the Gorge, and last year played a free show at the Puyallup Fair, and the "KISS-FM Jingle Bell Bash" at the Tacoma Dome.

At all those shows, they did basically the same set — songs from their only album, along with a few covers. This time they'll work in new songs from their sophomore CD, which they will begin recording in the fall. And some of the songs from the first album will have new, extended versions, with new solos.

That second album could make or break Maroon 5. Levine and his songwriting partner in the band, guitarist James Valentine, have said that they plan a grittier, harder-edged sound, saying their debut album was more polished than they had anticipated. Will their female fans follow them into harder-rocking territory? The reaction to the new songs in tomorrow night's show may provide some clues.

Levine and company have changed course musically before. As a teenager, Levine had a shrine to Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam in his bedroom in the family home in tony Brentwood. Along with friends at his West Los Angeles junior high — guitarist/keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bassist Mickey Madden and drummer Ryan Dusick — Levine, in 1995, at age 14, founded a hard-rock band called Kara's Flowers. Signed to Reprise Records, they released an album, "Fourth World," in 1997.
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