Micky Dolenz said one of The Monkees‘ albums is “very punk.” In addition, he said The Monkees were the first garage band. Notably, The Monkees’ “punk” album was not a hit, even though it features ...

The Monkees leads were hired to portray a band on television. However, they also had an abundance of musical talent. Therefore, it was bound to come to pass that Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, Micky Dolenz ...

The impact of the show alone should be enough to warrant their induction. And the catalog they left behind is every bit as worthy of the honor, from those first four albums, all of which hit No. 1, ...

The Monkees appeared live on "Good Morning America" today. — -- After five decades, the Monkees are still monkeying around. The group performed live on TV this morning, for the first time since ...

The Monkees music came from the cream of contemporary songwriters in the ’60s in that period just before songwriters ...

The Monkees were no strangers to chart success, but their final Top 40 hit came two decades after their first smash song. It was 1987 when The Monkees recorded what would be their final Top 20 ...

Some things can’t be explained. Take The Monkees. In the mid-sixties, a comedic television show parodying a struggling rock band living on a California beach unexpectedly caught fire on NBC, the host ...

Yesterday, we mentioned that The Monkees will celebrate their 50th anniversary with their first new album in 20 years and a tour. Now the dates for that tour have been announced. It hits NYC on June 1 ...