Music
The wool-capped guitarist encouraged the Monkees to play their own instruments and went on to found a pioneering country-rock group in the early ‘70s.
Dec. 10, 2021
Columbia Pictures says Arista Records monkeyed with a financial agreement to continue marketing records by the recently revived 1960s rock group the Monkees.
Jan. 1, 1987
Most of the near-capacity crowd spent most of the evening standing, screeching and singing along with the Monkees’ more-than-90-minute performance at the Greek Theatre on Monday.
Sept. 23, 1987
Hey, hey, they’re the Monkees. And, believe it or not, they’ve still got a lot of fans.
July 10, 1989
Pop & Hiss
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Feb. 29, 2012
When the TV series “The Monkees” premiered on Sept. 12, 1966, by all rights it should have been nothing more than a effervescent bubble on the face of pop culture —something to be enjoyed now, because surely it would burst and quickly vanish.
May 20, 2016
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.
Feb. 21, 2019
About 2,000 aspiring actors and musicians lined up this week hoping to prove in an open-call audition that they have the zaniness it takes to star in the “New Monkees”--a 1980’s remake of the old TV show.
Aug. 15, 1986
For Davy Jones, being one of the musical Monkees way back in the ‘60s “was the most joyous and memorable experience of my whole career and always will be.
Jan. 1, 1995
The Monkees are just trying to be friendly, 40 years on
Nov. 9, 2012