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 the ...

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!

After working with The Monkees, producer Don Kirshner wanted a change of pace, with a band that "wouldn't talk back," so he created one, and they quickly became a hit.

In 1966, the world was introduced to the television show The Monkees. While decades later bands like the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC would be put together for pop fame, the Los Angeles-born group The ...

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 ...