The Monkees

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

5:30am September 03, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

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.

The Monkees (from left: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork) pose in front of a London telephone booth in 1997.

Arts
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Peter Tork Of The Monkees Dies At 77

9:05pm February 21, 2019

An adept musician in a pop band dismissed as made for TV, Tork became famous with the Monkees in the 1960s. Their reunion tours lasted well into the 2000s.