The Monkees‘ Davy Jones didn’t seem to be a fan of the artwork for the band’s second album. He said the Prefab Four were wearing clothes from JCPenny on the cover. In the same vein, Mickey Dolenz ...
The Monkees were a made-for-TV band designed to capitalize on the Beatles' popularity and to engage in wacky sitcom hijinks. But in 1968, they made Head, a movie that's earned a rep as one of the ...
Bobby Hart co-wrote many songs for The Monkees. In his 2015 book Psychedelic Bubble Gum: Boyce & Hart, The Monkees, and Turning Mayhem Into Miracles, Hart said a photographer named Bernie Yeszin was ...
The Monkees became one of the defining bands of the 1960s, but they had some help along the way. In fact, Neil Diamond ...
The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs new covers album, ’Bright Lights,’ features songs by Nick Drake, Syd Barrett, The Velvet Underground, Chris Bell, Prince (who wrote ”Manic Monday”), The Monkees, and more.
Hillman and McGuinn's frustrations inspired the now-classic track, "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star," which was ...