Besides the fact that Adam Levine and Avril Lavigne have the same last name phonetically, the spellings are, of course, different. That should have been your first hint that they’re definitely not related. But in addition to that, mistaking them for siblings doesn’t quite make sense either, since Lavigne is Canadian, having grown up in Ontario, while Levine is American, having grown up in Los Angeles, CA. However, the two have weirdly similar journeys in addition to their nearly identical last names.
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As stated above, Maroon 5 and Avril Lavigne both released their debut albums in 2002, which were also their breakthrough albums. And they both started their music careers within five years of each other; Levine started a garage band called Kara’s Flowers in 1994 and Lavigne won a radio contest to sing with fellow Canadian Shania Twain in 1999. They didn’t have similar styles of music when they both made it big, however. As we all remember so well, Avril Lavigne’s early music was all about angst and grunge. She was known as a pop-punk star, but if you asked her what she wanted to be called, she would have preferred to be known as “just a rock chick.” And Levine’s band, Maroon 5, was very much rock as well, but closer to pop-rock as they made a name for themselves with their own unique style.
