Punk rock didn’t start with The Clash or the Sex Pistols. The genre began with a mid-tempo, sad song called “96 Tears” by a forgotten group called Question Mark & the Mysterians. It’s far from the ...

The Monkees' songs don't get classified as punk rock. Despite this, The Monkees released a punk rock song long before the genre really took off in the 1970s.

The teasing is over. New versions of the Monkees’ landmark 1967 chart-topping album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. are set for release on Friday, Oct. 3. The album came at an important point ...

This July 6, 1967 file photo shows the musical group, The Monkees, from left, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith, David Jones, and Micky Dolenz at a news conference at the Warwick Hotel in New York. (Ray Howard ...

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

NEW YORK (AP) — Songwriter Bobby Hart, a key part of the Monkees' multimedia empire who teamed with Tommy Boyce on such hits as “Last Train to Clarksville” and “I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone,” has died.

NEW YORK — Bobby Hart, a key part of the Monkees' multimedia empire who teamed with Tommy Boyce on such hits as "Last Train to Clarksville" and "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone," has died. He was 86. Hart ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Songwriter Bobby Hart, a key part of the Monkees’ multimedia empire who teamed with Tommy Boyce on such hits as “Last Train to Clarksville” and “I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone,” has died.