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The Monkees

September 2022

  • Micky Dolenz, far right, with his bandmates Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones and Peter Tork in this photo from 1967.

    Monkees’ Micky Dolenz sues FBI over ‘secret dossier’ on band

    FBI holds redacted file on 1960s quartet but documents provide few clues as to why band was of interest to federal agents

August 2022

  • Jon Bernthal and Richard Gere composite

    Down the rabbit hole
    What links Jon Bernthal to the Monkees and Richard Gere?

    Follow the ‘hot and goofy’ actor down the rabbit hole to find unlikely links to the original American Gigolo

July 2022

  • MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON, director Bob Rafelson, 1990, ©TriStar Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection<br>HC29AD MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON, director Bob Rafelson, 1990, ©TriStar Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection

    Bob Rafelson obituary

    Screenwriter, director and co-creator of the Monkees who had a 1970 hit with his film Five Easy Pieces
  • Peter Bradshaw

    Bob Rafelson: subtle and complex director was presiding genius of the Hollywood new wave

    Peter Bradshaw
    Rafelson was a director who got era-defining performances out of Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces and The King of Marvin Gardens, as well as co-creating the Monkees
  • Bob Rafaelson

    Bob Rafelson, Monkees co-creator and key Hollywood new wave director, dies aged 89

    After working on the hit pop TV show, Rafelson went on to collaborate with Jack Nicholson on films including Head, Five Easy Pieces and The Postman Always Rings Twice

December 2021

  • TORK,DOLENZ,JONES,NESMITH, THE MONKEES, 1966<br>RY4E5N TORK,DOLENZ,JONES,NESMITH, THE MONKEES, 1966

    Michael Nesmith obituary

    Musician who joined the Monkees and had huge success in the 1960s on their TV series and in the pop charts
  • Alexis Petridis

    The Monkees’ Michael Nesmith: a supremely gifted, innovative songwriter

    Alexis Petridis
    He didn’t always get his dues, and his relationship with his most famous group was knotty – but the late musician’s contributions to pop and country rock were invaluable
  • Mike Nesmith on the set of the television show The Monkees around 1967.

    Michael Nesmith, singer and guitarist with the Monkees, dies aged 78

    Family say pop songwriter from chart-topping 1960s band died of natural causes at home

March 2020

  • Pop slapstick … the Monkees.

    What I'm really watching
    What I'm really watching: Monkees, Thunderbirds and kids' TV of the 70s

    In the latest of our new series revealing the strange viewing habits brought on by self-isolation, one writer finds time to plumb the deepest depths of the 70s kids’ TV schedules

June 2019

  • The Monkees performing at the Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 18/06/2019.

    The Monkees review – nothing left to prove in fun and moving 'final' show

    • Sydney Opera House

    Jane Caro was a pre-teen fanatic screaming her lungs out at the Monkees in 1968. Their alleged final gig was, she says, a rollicking good time

February 2019

  • Peter Tork in his 1960s heyday.

    Peter Tork, bassist for the Monkees, dies aged 77

    Accomplished folk musician and teen star helped move the guitar-pop band beyond their manufactured image

December 2018

  • 'THE MONKEES' - 1960S<br>No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage Mandatory Credit: Photo by Everett Collection/REX (540417a) 'Head' - Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz - 1968 'THE MONKEES' - 1960S

    The Monkees: Christmas Party review – festive mishmash best when guests chime in

  • Boy band members - Ranked

    Ranked
    The 30 best boyband members – ranked!

December 2017

  • Boybands WebBanner

    From the Beatles to Rak-Su: the rise and fall and rise of the boyband

    After a brief hiatus, a new wave of groups are reigniting our passion for guys with chiseled jaws and peppy pop hits

March 2017

  • George Harrison with Indian Musician<br>(Original Caption) Hollywood: Beatle George Harrison, (L), listens as Ravi Shanker of India plays the sitar, 8/3, a 25-stringed guitar-like instrument. Harrison said he is studying the sitar under Shanker, because Indian music makes God come through in a spiritual way." Harrison is vacationing in Southern California.

    Macca’s banjo, Mellotron and a Monkee: the story of George Harrison’s Wonderwall Music

    Almost 50 years ago, the Beatle stepped aside from the planet’s biggest band to create the soundtrack to Joe Massot’s movie Wonderwall. With the help of India’s finest musicians, he invented the idea of the world music crossover

September 2016

  • ¥o-Landi Vi$$er of Die Antwoord had our guru “hooked”.

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend playlist: songs about winners

    Our reader picks from the songs you championed for a victory-tinged playlist that spans musical genres

August 2016

  • But beautiful … Billie Holiday.

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend playlist: songs about opposites

  • The Get Down, Baz Lurhmann’s drama about the birth of hip-hop.

    Mark Lawson on television
    From The Monkees to The Get Down: how music and TV try to stay in tune

October 2015

  • Nadia Reid

    The playlist
    The playlist – Americana: Scott Fagan, Hanging Stars, The City and more

    A young singer songwriter full of well-smoked wisdom, a veteran psych-pop bluesman and a Carole King early, Laurel Canyon cut

December 2014

  • Wham!

    10 of the best
    Boybands: 10 of the best

    Caroline Sullivan: From the Monkees’ scornful takedown of a social-climbing ex-girlfriend to a soft-pop humdinger penned by Gary Barlow in 15 minutes, here are 10 songs that prove being screamed at doesn’t make you talentless
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