The way Micky Dolenz sees it, the Monkees’ success was neither predictable nor replicable. “You can't reduce it, you can't take it apart,” he says of the beloved made-for-TV band, soon to turn 60.

A fictional TV quartet seemingly created to take advantage of Beatlemania, The Monkees took flight from their manufactured beginnings to become a legitimate band and one of the top-selling acts in the ...

In his final major interview, Mike Nesmith reflected on the Monkees’ collective success and candidly admitted he sometimes felt like a side man to one of the band’s superstars. Best known as a member ...

Micky Dolenz is the last of the Monkees – Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork and Davy Jones all are gone – but when he steps on stage to perform, he says he’s never really alone. “It’s weird. In a way, ...

Micky Dolenz looked back on The Monkees’ fast rise to fame. The made-for-TV rock band made their debut on their self-titled NBC sitcom in September 1966, about one month after their first single, ”The ...

NEW YORK — Bobby Hart, a key part of the Monkees’ multimedia empire who teamed with Tommy Boyce on such hits as “Last Train to Clarksville” and “I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone,” has died. He was 86. Hart ...