The Monkees' Micky Dolenz compared his show to 'Friends'. That might seem like a surprising comparison at first, but one of The Monkees' albums was inspired by the 'Friends' theme.

Lee embarked on an erratic solo career that wasn’t helped by his struggles with drugs; he was jailed for 12 years in 1996 under California’s ‘three strikes’ law for negligent discharge of ...

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!

During a 2022 interview with Variety, Dolenz discussed how The Monkees’ pilot almost wasn’t picked up. “That is, until [Monkees creators] Bob [Rafelson] and Bert [Schneider], the brains of ...

To this day, it feels like The Monkees have never received their due. Granted, they were manufactured in the beginning. But ...

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 like the Marx Brothers.

Roman Emperor Septimus Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and ...

From Feb. 2-4, 1996, 29 years ago, a frigid arctic outbreak gripped the upper Midwest. But this was no ordinary cold wave setting a few daily records here and there. Three states either tied or ...

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