The Monkees' Micky Dolenz compared his show to 'Friends'. That might seem like a surprising comparison at first, but one of ...

When Beatlemania was sweeping the world in the 1960s, some American TV producers decided to create their own version of the Beatles. Thus, the Monkees were born. Soon, the first band created for TV ...

To this day, it feels like The Monkees have never received their due. Granted, they were manufactured in the beginning. But ...

Micky Dolenz says the Monkees weren't a band, they were a TV show about a band. The Beatles got it. To John Lennon, they were ...

The Monkees ‘ show was almost nixed before it got off the ground. That would have had a hugely negative impact on the history of popular music. It also would have changed the entire history of movies!

there were the Monkees. Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Davy Jones, first came together as the cast of a TV show (which aired from 1966 to 1968), then later became a real band.

In this Tapioca Tundra of a world, it’s a blessing when you can find a kindred spirit. I knew I’d done that in college in the late 70s when I met John Evans and he waxed nostalgic ...

but Dolenz doesn’t hesitate in calling “The Monkees” a television series, not a band … at least initially. “I’ve felt the same way about it from the first audition until this moment ...