They were created for television, but what happened next was anything but make-believe.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1967, The Monkees achieved a chart record that remains unbroken 58 years later. In 1967, the band created for the television ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The album came at an important point in the band's career, surviving Monkees member Micky Dolenz told me in an interview conducted ...

The Monkees will celebrate 60 years of their landmark debut album with a 1LP/3CD deluxe edition featuring rare recordings and archival material.

Though dismissed during their initial flash of stardom in the mid-1960s as a studio creation and not a true band, the Monkees ...

The Monkees were lucky enough to have prolific songwriters working behind the scenes to craft songs for their music catalog. Many came from New York’s Brill Building, where they worked for the show’s ...

Before being cast as one-fourth of The Monkees, Mike Nesmith was a songwriter. Per TCM, in 1963, Nesmith performed at various folk venues, including The Troubadour. He met Randy Sparks of the New ...

It’s rare that an act gets to go out just the way they always imagined. At the end of a significant run together, a band often is so beset by baggage that their final release can seem a distant echo ...

While the 1960s was a flourishing time for music both in America and abroad with the British Invasion, The Monkees still managed to carve a lane all their own. Introduced to audiences via The Monkees ...

The track comes from Dolenz Sings R.E.M., an upcoming tribute EP by the Monkees rocker due out Nov. 3. “Once again, this EP reaffirms my long-held conviction that a solid recording always begins with ...

The teasing is over. New versions of the Monkees' landmark 1967 chart-topping album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. are set for release on Friday, Oct. 3. The album came at an important point ...