Documentary focusing The Monkees, the 1960s pop group originally created for a TV sitcom. Interviews with the band members, the show's creators, and musical collaborators and peers are featured.

Episode 2: The story of the original boy band! 2/2 Back in 1966 the world was shaken by the arrival of the Monkees - this is their own story!

Dolenz tested the waters for his latest stage show at the legendary L.A. club the Troubadour in April, a performance captured on a CD called “Micky Dolenz: Live at the Troubadour,” on which he ...

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!

And in the midst of it all, 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 ...

“We’re the young generation/and we’ve got something to say.” Little did we know that in the blink of an eye, that “something to say” would be, “Hey, you kids get off of my lawn!” ...

However, The Monkees are more respected now than they ever were, partly because critics have a higher opinion of popular music than they did during the 20th century. The Monkees and Friends are ...

It was chosen as The Monkees’ first single. It’s also telling that Micky Dolenz sings lead in what sounds like an approximation of a British accent to really drive home the comparison. 2.

Dolenz said Nesmith used to compare The Monkees to Pinocchio. They became a real live band just like the puppet became a real live boy. “They must have had in mind that we were going to go out ...

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 like the Marx Brothers.