For most musicians, attaining two Grammys and having their band’s album hit platinum would signify the top milestone in one’s life. Not so for Ryan Dusick, the original drummer of Maroon 5.
“Receiving my master’s degree from Pepperdine in clinical psychology a few years ago and getting a bachelor’s from UCLA are the accomplishments that I’m most proud of… and writing my book, Harder to Breathe.”
Although Ryan was one of the founding members of the mega group Maroon 5 and lived the luminous life of a rock star, by 2004, he suffered a chronic nerve injury that brought his career to an abrupt impasse. The terrible irony of attaining the dream of superstardom success was the exact moment fate forced him to step away – thrusting Dusick onto a painful journey of self-discovery.
He recalls the moment Maroon 5 had won Best New Artist at the 47th Grammy’s in 2005 as a surreal experience.