The late Michael Nesmith loved returning to the Monkees and the foursome’s hit catalog in recent years as a celebration of his friendship with Mickey Dolenz. But during his tenure with the Monkees in ...

It’s surprisingly difficult to come up with a definitive ranking of the Monkees’ songs. I mean, it’s hard to come up with a ranking of any popular band’s songs, but I think the Monkees pose a ...

The Monkees may be more known from their ’60s “television show about a band,” but they made some outstanding and underrated records. Their catalog is very diverse. Bubblegum, psychedelia, vaudeville, ...

The Monkees‘ songs are very different from Neil Young’s songs. Despite this, Young and another notable guitarist performed on one of the Prefab Four’s tracks. Notably, the tune appeared in The Monkees ...

Regardless of how many Monkees actually responded to the Hollywood Reporter advertisement seeking "4 insane boys, age 17-21" for a TV show inspired by the Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night,” it wasn’t ...

Josh Freese explained the concept behind his new album. “I started writing and recording these songs with no intention at all of releasing them, or at least selling them,” Freese said. “I didn’t want ...

The hit songwriting duo he and Tommy Boyce formed in the 1960s was best known for the unexpectedly popular tunes of a made-for-TV band. By Alex Traub Bobby Hart, who alongside his best friend, Tommy ...