The Monkees are one of the most storied bands of the 1960s. For example, there is a common rumor that notorious cult leader Charles Manson tried to join The Monkees. A member of the band explained how ...

The Monkees were widely accused of ripping off The Beatles. “Ripping-off” was usually too strong a word for the inspiration that the Prefab Four took from the Fab Four, but the word applied ...

The Beatles — well, I should say, England — got the Monkees more than the States did ... really nothing in America of that nature before 1965. Nothing on television had ever come along ...