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 ...
A 1969 clip of The Monkees on The Johnny Cash Show performing a Nesmith original is a reminder they were the real deal.
Featuring more than half of its material written by band members, The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees ranks as a favorite among longtime fans. Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork supply guitar and are aided ...
The 81-year-old rocker stunned fans with the release of a very special new song.
The Monkees' TV show made its debut in the fall of 1966. At first, the music for the series was meant to be background for the story, and the records were designed as no more than quick cash-ins to ...
The singer says he’s “the one to blame for that little bit of insane rock and roll trivia” ...
When speaking with reporters, the result was historically hit or miss with The Monkees guitarist and songwriter Mike Nesmith. The entertainer had a history of being very welcoming or standoffish when ...
Rock historian missed the "Prefab Four" the first time they came along. Listening now, he finds that the Monkees' best songs have held up, mostly because they used top-notch songwriting talent. This ...
While The Monkees may have been dismissed by snootier music fans, prog icon Robert Wyatt was prepared to defend one of their biggest hits.
In the mid-1960s, The Monkees were all the rage with hits like, "I'm a Believer," "Last Train to Clarksville," “Steppen’ Stone” and "Pleasant Valley Sunday." Following their Emmy Award-winning ...