The impact of the show alone should be enough to warrant their induction. And the catalog they left behind is every bit as worthy of the honor, from those first four albums, all of which hit No. 1, ...

The latter song, written by legendary songwriting duo Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, was released on Nov. 12, 1966, and was ...

The Monkees‘ songs don’t get classified as punk rock. Despite this, The Monkees released a punk rock song long before the genre really took off in the 1970s. Here’s a look at how The Doors inspired ...

The Monkees were quietly one of the most influential music acts of their generation. With four No. 1 albums in one year (a feat that has yet to be topped), the musical partnership of Mike Nesmith, ...

Micky Dolenz kicked off his 60 Years of the Monkees tour on Thursday at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, California, delivering a mammoth 32-song set that comprised the Monkees’ biggest hits, a ...

The Monkees closed out 1966 with a bang. Fifty-nine years ago, the beloved pop-rock band—which featured Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, and Davy Jones—ended a very successful year with the ...

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 ...