When The Monkees producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider conceived what would eventually become the television show, little did they know their wordplay would generate a group of enduring ...
Micky Dolenz is headed on the road to perform The Monkees third album Headquarters live. This watershed third Monkees LP proved the band was more than a made-for-television musical group. As the tour ...
Sight gags, clever word play and physical comedy, one of the catchiest theme songs in TV history, and, oh yeah, a concept that turned a created-for-television musical act into a chart-topping ...
When The Monkees reunited for a 20th anniversary tour in the mid 1980s, Nesmith didn't participate. After Jones died in 2012, ...
The Monkees last surviving member Micky Dolenz is hitting the road in 2026, but he insisted it's time to "take off the black ...
It’s been 50 years since The Monkees appeared in a psychedelic movie titled “Head” in 1968, but bandmate Micky Dolenz still doesn’t know what it’s all about. “I wish I knew,” the 73-year-old told ...
Band member Michael Nesmith led a rebellion against music impresario Don Kirshner, who oversaw their early recordings and kept his hand on the pipeline of pop songs flowing to the Monkees from ...
Peter Tork, the bassist for The Monkees, has died at age 77. Tork's death was announced on his official Facebook page The REAL Peter Tork on Thursday. "It is with beyond-heavy and broken hearts that ...
It's easy to dismiss The Monkees as a "made for TV" rock band. But they are so much more. The group members are pictured here at the 1967 Emmy Awards, from left to right, Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones, ...
The Monkees may be gearing up for their farewell tour, but don’t expect Micky Dolenz to retire anytime soon. This September, the 76-year-old will reunite with Mike Nesmith, the other surviving member ...
Singer, guitarist and songwriter Michael Nesmith, who was with the 1960s pop group The Monkees, has died at the age of 78. The quartet enjoyed hits like ‘Daydream Believer’ and ‘I’m A Believer’, and ...
Two decades after their original formation and launch of their TV show, the Monkees came roaring back to life in 1986. And it was all thanks to MTV, after the network aired a marathon of the series on ...