The Monkees Battled a Punk Rock Song for No. 1

The Monkees a lot. Punk rock didn’t start with The Clash or the Sex Pistols. The genre began with a mid-tempo, sad song ...

Micky Dolenz Unearths His Original ‘Monkees’ Contract — and Fans Can’t Believe the Pay

It’s been nearly 60 years since The Monkees first hit TV screens — and now the band’s last surviving member, Micky Dolenz, is ...

Bobby Hart, musician who helped to take the Monkees to stardom

Bobby Hart, who has died aged 86, was a songwriter and producer who played a leading role in the rise of the Monkees; he ...

So You Want to Be a Rock’n’Roll Star — The Byrds took a swipe at the first manufactured boy band

Notable cover versions include one by Gene Clark, a founder member of The Byrds who quit in early 1966, partly because of a ...
The Cheat Sheet

The Monkees Mike Nesmith Claimed the Band’s Music ‘Wakes Something up That Lies Dormant’ From Childhood

Mike Nesmith had an upfront seat to the madness that was The Monkees. The band and its members, Nesmith, Davy Jones, Peter Tork, and Micky Dolenz, subsequently topped the Billboard charts and ...

The Monkees Released 1 of the 1st Punk Rock Songs

The Monkees' songs don't get classified as punk rock. Despite this, The Monkees released a punk rock song long before the genre really took off in the 1970s.
San Diego Union-Tribune

Celebrating The Monkees is bittersweet for Micky Dolenz: ‘It was tough to get through the first few shows’

Micky Dolenz is the last Monkee standing. That makes his current tour a bittersweet affair for the 78-year-old music, TV and film veteran, whose “The Monkees Celebrated by Micky Dolenz” tour includes ...
The Columbian

Dolenz celebrates Monkees on tour

SAN DIEGO — Micky Dolenz is the last Monkee standing. That makes his current “The Monkees Celebrated by Micky Dolenz” tour a bittersweet affair for the 78-year-old music, TV and film veteran. The ...
The Cheat Sheet

‘The Monkees’ Band Name and Series Title Was Intentionally Misspelled by Series Creators

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 ...
The Washington Post

Monkees Reunion: A Real Howler

Age is the enemy of one-time boy bands that are light on talent and long on cute. When youth was your only calling card, it's best to forgo the reunion tour. Nothing worse than forcing your fans to ...
The Vindicator

Dolenz brings Monkees memories; RSD celebrates music

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Micky Dolenz came to the Robins Theatre Tuesday to honor the musical legacy of The Monkees. It wasn’t his first visit to the area. The “fabricated ...
Music-News

Legendary Monkees songwriter dead

The star - one half of the legendary Boyce and Hart songwriting duo, who were behind some of The Monkees' smash-hit songs, including I Wanna Be Free and Last Train to Clarksville - passed away at his ...