Micky Dolenz
The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz Sues the FBI Over ’60s-Era Files
The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz is taking the last train to …federal court. The beloved ’60s group’s lone surviving member has filed suit against the FBI “to obtain any records the FBI created and/or possesses on the Monkees as well as its individual members” following the agency’s lack of a timely response to a June Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, according to paperwork reviewed by SPIN. The suit says Dolenz, 77, and late Monkees members Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork “were known to have associated with other musicians and individuals whose activities were monitored and/or investigated by the FBI,” including the members of The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, among others. “In fact, the FBI acknowledges on its website that it maintains responsive records regarding the Monkees, i...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Micky Dolenz of The Monkees
Name: Micky Dolenz Best known for: The Monkees Current city: LA Excited about: Re-issue of Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart album, solo album Demoiselle, and current tour with Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals. My current music collection has a lot of: Singers, writers, Carole King, Neil Diamond, Jimmy Webb, Neil Sedaka, Boyce & Hart, Harry Nilsson, Paul Williams. And a little bit of: Comedy — Stan Freberg! Preferred format: Vinyl — got to go with the classics! 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: 1 Johnny’s Greatest Hits, Johnny Mathis One of the most soulful voices ever. 2 West Side Story (Original Soundtrack Recording), Various Artists Another classic that’s yet to be topped. 3 Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Volume ...
The 100 Greatest Rock Stars Since That Was A Thing
Three of the 100 are in this picture! The Rolling Stones, in 1964, from left to right: Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Brian Jones. The problem with lists like this is they are invariably bullshit. So our prime objective was to make sure we didn’t do a bullshit list. I’m not saying we did a scientific one either. Because that isn’t possible — actually, it is, if you wanted some compilation of who sold the most records/concert tickets/has the most fans/got the most death threats, etc., and someone could come up with a bunch of very empirical metrics and create a “heat index” or something, and could deliver an actual scientific ranking! But we, um, didn’t do that. In fact we didn’t even, technically, do the “we...
