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Bobby Hart - one half of the Boyce and Hart songwriting duo, who penned some of The Monkees' hit songs - has died aged 86.

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Legendary songwriter who created some of The Monkees’ biggest hits dead

Bobby Hart created hits such as Last Train to Clarksville and I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone

The Independent UK

My petty gripe: bands naming themselves as puns on other bands – will it never end?

Weren’t the Dandy Warhols and Celibate Rifles enough? It’s time we left tribute names to tribute bands, says Andrew Stafford

The Guardian - AU

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“Once the show became a hit, people started going down the rabbit hole – ‘Oh my God! He really was in the Grass Roots!’” The life and times of Creed Bratton, from AM rock stardom to taking an Office job

From living it up in the Summer of Love to starring inNBC’s The Office, the former Grass Roots guitarist has had a career like no other

Guitar World

24 People Who Left A Mark In History And Are Actually Still Around, Much To The Surprise Of Folks In This Online Group

Numerous commenters on Reddit pointed out 35 famous people, who made history and still are our contemporaries.

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‘The Citizen Kane of rock movies’: glam rockers Slade and their bid for cinema greatness

Fifty years ago, the Black Country legends made Slade in Flame, about a band screwed by the music business. It tanked and almost finished them. Now, as it’s re-released, the film is being seen as a prescient gem

The Guardian - UK

Five Great Reads: Micky Dolenz, postcards from a tram, and the meaning of life

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Claire Keenan

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"They said, ‘Thank you, but no thank you - it’s not a Monkees song.’ He said, ‘Wait a minute, I am one of the Monkees! What are you talking about?’": Micky Dolenz explains Mike Nesmith's "frustration" at being in The Monkees

“I knew what he was going through. He was frustrated because he was misled"

MusicRadar

‘It was not a boyband!’ Micky Dolenz on the madness of being in the Monkees

He was in one of the biggest groups in the world – all without playing a note. As the last surviving Monkee turns 80, he remembers 60s fame – and what happened when the band broke free

The Guardian - UK

“I didn’t have to learn every rhythm and tempo to be at the standard of a studio musician. I learnt what I had to learn and I think I did pretty well": The Monkees' drummer Micky Dolenz says he had the musical chops that his role required

"I was a guitarist and for the audition I played Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry," he explains

MusicRadar

“I threw a party for John Lennon one night, and he sat there at the Moog for four hours making flying saucer sounds”: They set the boyband template, but 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

MusicRadar

Teri Garr obituary

American actor who brought superb comic timing to her roles in film classics such as Young Frankenstein and Tootsie

The Guardian - UK

‘The Monkees’ Takes Over Catchy Comedy’s Weekend Binge

Davy, Mike, Peter and Micky across 78 episodes

Broadcasting & Cable

Blur: To the End review – sentimental journey for four likely lads on their way to Wembley

The latest documentary about the Britpop Monkees finds them reassembling for a stadium gig, though we’ll have to wait to hear complete songs

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“I wanted us to be the punk Monkees, the mainstream Ramones or Mötley Crüe with sneakers”: the story of Candy, the cult 80s LA glam rockers who produced a future Guns N’ Roses superstar

With their debut album, Whatever Happened To Fun?, LA power-pop outfit Candy should have been huge

Louder

"Oh God, it was so embarrassing!" Why watching their support act Jimi Hendrix get booed off stage every night was mortifying for The Monkees

In 1967, The Monkees took the Jimi Hendrix Experience on tour as their support act. Their fans were not ready

Multichannel News

Hey, Hey, The Monkees Are Coming to ‘Retro Night’ on AXS TV

Nostalgia-fueled lineup launches April 7

Daily Mirror

Mickey Dolenz is shocked to be the last Monkee standing after death of bandmates

Drummer Dolenz says he will keep playing the band’s hits and vows to keep their legacy alive - but is baffled as to why he has outlived them

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The Guardian - UK

What links the Monkees to Minder? The Saturday quiz

From Bella and Bertie to Barchester, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

Turnbull’s hobby, the Fall’s pope song, and Stevie Nicks’ atomic number – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

WEKU

The Monkees' drummer wants the FBI to quit monkeying around and hand over files

The last surviving member of The Monkees, a rock band that formed in 1966, is suing the FBI. Micky Dolenz wants the government to hand over any files on him and his deceased bandmates.

Daily Mirror

The Monkees' Micky Dolenz is suing FBI over redacted records years after investigation

Micky Dolenz, who is best known for having been a member of music group The Monkees and starred in their own TV series, is suing the FBI for any records that the agency holds on the band

Salon

The Monkees v. the FBI

The last surviving member of the Monkees seeks his unredacted FBI file, which describes the band as "beatnik types"

The Guardian - US

Monkees’ Micky Dolenz sues FBI over ‘secret dossier’ on band

FBI holds redacted file on 1960s quartet but documents provide few clues as to why band was of interest to federal agents

Los Angeles Times

The FBI had a file on the Monkees, and now Micky Dolenz is suing to find out why

The FBI kept a file on the Monkees, and now the beloved California pop band's last surviving member wants to know why.

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