People initially labelled them a fabricated band, but we’ve got the Monkees to thank for being pop's first ever synth players ...

When The Monkees reunited for a 20th anniversary tour in the mid 1980s, Nesmith didn't participate. After Jones died in 2012, he toured with Dolenz and Tork and in 2016, recorded Good Times with The ...

Four years after the death of Mike Nesmith left him the last Monkee standing, Micky Dolenz says he'll be too busy singing in 2026 to bring anybody down about that.

Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith will help fans say farewell to the Monkees this fall with a final run of dates. Truthfully, however, any of their previous treks could have been the last. “Every time ...

Hey, hey, they’re the Monkees! Sort of. Or … maybe not. Let’s backtrack. Thirty years ago, in September 1987, Columbia Pictures Television and Straybert Productions (headed by Steve Blauner, a former ...

Per an interview with Modern Drummer, Micky Dolenz admitted to modifying his drumset for him to keep on the beat. This switch was done to assist Dolenz after a lingering childhood health issue caused ...

The Monkees are hitting the road one last time. On Tuesday, Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith announced on their website that they will embark on a final tour that will begin on Sept. 11 at Seattle’s ...

The Monkees‘ Davy Jones thought David Bowie was an innovator — but not because he was a great singer. In the same vein, Bowie felt he outdid The Monkees during one phase of his career. Interestingly, ...

'The Monkees' star speaks to PEOPLE about his upcoming tour, his milestone birthday and his unforgettable life in rock 'n' roll Screen Archives/Getty; Scott Dudelson/Getty Micky Dolenz, the last ...

Early on in his life as one-fourth of the Monkees, Peter Tork learned a cruel truth about the gargantuan gulf between image and reality in Hollywood. He dutifully arrived at a recording studio one day ...

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 ...