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The Monkees' catalog is very diverse: they covered bubblegum, psychedelia, garage rock, comedy, political, experimental...and country.

It was 56 years ago tonight (September 12th, 1966) that The Monkees premiered on NBC. The series featured relative unknowns Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork as a struggling rock band, living together in a beach house, who each week would stumble from one comedic adventure to the next. The show, which was inspired by the comic lampooning in the Beatles' second movie Help!, released the previous year, proved to be the '60s answer to the Marx Brothers. The Monkees...

At age 77, Micky Dolenz is the last surviving member of The Monkees. Davy Jones died 29 February 2012, Peter Tork passed 21 February 2019 and Mike Nesmith died 10 December 2021.

At age 77, Micky Dolenz is the last surviving member of The Monkees. Davy Jones died 29 February 2012, Peter Tork passed 21 February 2019 and Mike Nesmith died 10 December 2021.

Micky Dolenz brings his show, Micky Dolenz Celebrates The Monkees, April 13 to the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet. The show will honor his late bandmates — Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork — in song and with personal multimedia footage of the legendary performers.

A trailblazer for pop culture, film producer and alt-rock inspiration, the former Monkee was a polymath whose career was guided by his gift for songwriting

Mike Nesmith's final interview: By the end of his life, the man who was legendarily disgruntled over the Monkees' prefab ways loved the band

A nation in turmoil sealed the Monkees fate and left Mike Nesmith bitter. But, in the end, he became a believer.

Michael Nesmith and his band recorded one of my favorite albums — and when I say his band, I’m not talking about The Monkees.

Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith performed their final show as the Monkees on November 14, 2021, less than a month before Nesmiths death.