In 1986, nearly two decades after The Monkees ended its TV run, MTV began airing re-runs of the show. “The show hadn’t been on the air for almost 20 years, so once they did that, it relaunched ...

The Monkees began as a musical television series starring Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork and Davy Jones as members ...

Fellow Monkees band member Micky Dolenz said he was ... who used it to develop and launch MTV. Paying tribute, Midge Ure described him as "an underrated, talented musician, songwriter and video ...

There’s a beautiful conundrum at the heart of the Monkees. Here we had a fake band, created for a TV show, who turned out to be more successful as a band than they were as a TV show. They also ...

Why Michael Nesmith Hated 'More of the Monkees' He once called the LP "probably the worst album in the history of the world." Michael Nesmith's Rejected Monkees Song Hit for Linda Ronstadt Michael ...