How The Monkees Started a Rumor They Outsold The Beatles
One of The Monkees said the band outsold The Beatles and The Rolling Stones combined in a facetious interview.
They set the boyband template, but The Monkees also introduced the world to the synth
People initially labelled them a fabricated band, but we’ve got the Monkees to thank for being pop's first ever synth players ...