Although he is perhaps best known for being the vocalist and drummer of the band the Monkees during the 1960s, he also went on to enjoy a relatively successful career as an actor, a television ...

However, his assessment of the band was less than complimentary in a punk sense – coming close to sacrilege. “The Sex Pistols were as close to The Monkees as anything else,” he told Rolling Stone. The ...

Discover the bizarre tale of Jimi Hendrix's brief stint as The Monkees' opening act in 1967. World’s largest piracy network taken down after 100 homes raided across 10 countries I'm a former ...

While in southern California, Stills got word of an audition for a “boy band” that would star in an eponymous television program in addition to recording and releasing records: the Monkees.

“It’s an homage to Michael Nesmith and The Monkees, believe it or not,” he said. Nesmith, who died in 2021, was a member of The Monkees until 1970, when he formed the First National Band and ...

Oxford University Press (OUP) has released the shortlist for its annual Word of the Year which includes a reference to the scramble for Oasis gig tickets in an August frenzy. The words were ...

There’s a beautiful conundrum at the heart of the Monkees. Here we had a fake band, created for a TV show, who turned out to be more successful as a band than they were as a TV show. They also ...

The Beatles' "A Day in the Life" is the band's magnum opus. Interestingly, The Monkees released a song with a lot of the same elements.