Mr Savage said: "The influence of Arctic Monkeys' debut is almost impossible to put into words. Hundreds of bands – from ...

Bobby Hart, who has died aged 86, was a songwriter and producer who played a leading role in the rise of the Monkees; he ...

SAN DIEGO — Micky Dolenz is the last Monkee standing. That makes his current “The Monkees Celebrated by Micky Dolenz” tour a bittersweet affair for the 78-year-old music, TV and film veteran. The ...

The Monkees‘ hardest-rocking hit might be “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone.” Surprisingly, the song was originally by another classic rock band. The band in question didn’t give “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ ...

No, you aren’t having a flashback. On Friday, the last surviving member of The Monkees will release his EP of R.E.M. covers. And he’ll celebrate the occasion at Wuxtry Records in Athens, legendary for ...

The Doors and The Monkees were two of the bands that helped define classic rock from the 1960s. Despite this, The Doors’ Jim Morrison didn’t see The Monkees as his artistic peers. He once attacked the ...

I’ve had the privilege to interview the shortest idolized Monkee twice in years passed, once during a tour with Peter Noone and Bobby Sherman. At the moment I was interviewing Noone on the phone, Davy ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Every couple of months, the British press finds a new band that will “save rock.” In the summer, or maybe early autumn, of 2005, Arctic Monkeys saved rock, but on a scale unprecedented at that time, ...

Nearly six decades later, Micky Dolenz still remembers the excitement and uncertainty surrounding The Monkees' first single release. This month marks the anniversary of "Last Train to Clarksville" ...

It’s been named one of the best British songs of all time and it was released 20 years ago today. The raw-edged, insanely ...

Monkees music supervisor Don Kirshner called Boyce one morning at 10 a.m. and told him he wanted the next Monkees single to be a girl’s name. The songwriter lied and told Kirshner they had just ...