To this day, it feels like The Monkees have never received their due. Granted, they were manufactured in the beginning. But ...
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 ...
The Monkees’ TV show helped make rock ‘n’ roll a significant force on television. The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz compared the show to Friends. That might seem like a surprising comparison at first, but one ...