To be fair, nobody really knows why anything connects with the audience in the way that it does, and why one piece of pop culture entertainment becomes a phenomenon while others don't. The Monkees TV ...

The Monkees‘ Micky Dolenz starred in a television show before The Monkees. He said the Prefab Four were a far bigger phenomenon than his earlier show. Despite this, Dolenz said he didn’t understand ...

The Monkees’ 1986 reunion was a surprise to fans and to the band’s members, who hadn’t expected the overwhelming response and renewed interest in their music after 16 years. Subsequently, only half ...

I’m a child of the ‘80s, so that means I grew up watching endless hours of MTV. It also means my first exposure to The Monkees TV show was also on MTV. Peter Tork, Davey Jones, Mickey Dolenz, and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It wasn’t until many years later that I learned just how important one of those fictional band ...