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 ...

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 ...

To this day, it feels like The Monkees have never received their due. Granted, they were manufactured in the beginning. But how many other artists or bands that were guided by management or record ...

Regardless of how many Monkees actually responded to the Hollywood Reporter advertisement seeking "4 insane boys, age 17-21" for a TV show inspired by the Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night,” it ...

A look into the effect the monkees had on music TV, from their 1960s heyday to the role Michael Nesmith had in conceptualising what would later become MTV ...

Hey, hey, it’s the Monkees’ 1966 Pontiac GTO. Ok, so it’s not the actual car the wacky band used to drive on their TV show, but this pristine replica will still draw a crowd wherever you ...

The Monkees Celebrated by Micky Dolenz is at 8 p.m. on Sept. 22 at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. For tickets and more information, visit MickyDolenz.com. This segment aired on the KTLA 5 Morning ...

The actual Monkees’ lack of input in their own musical careers was already bothering them. Some of them were OK with the idea that they were actors on a TV show, and others were mad that they ...

At their height, pop band The Monkees was one of the most popular bands ... 1 albums in 1967 - a still unmatched record. The made-for-TV band also laced some of those hits with anti-war sentiments ...