Micky Dolenz: The Best of the TVD Interview
It's not lost on us that some of the biggest and most talented artists and musicians of this or any generation have gone on the record—on records—here at TVD.
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It's not lost on us that some of the biggest and most talented artists and musicians of this or any generation have gone on the record—on records—here at TVD.
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As mentioned , Lil Wayne and T.I. are going on a tour which hits the NYC-area on July 19 at Jones Beach, July 24 at PNC Bank Arts Center, and July 31 at Comcast Theatre.
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Michael Nesmith just launched his first U.S. solo tour in 20 years, with a set list emphasizing his post- Monkees career through elegantly performed pop, cosmic cowboy blues and storytelling.
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Deep Purple is one of the most influential bands of its generation.
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For those not in the know, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were one of the greatest and most successful songwriting teams of the '60s.
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For those either old enough to have experienced them the first time around, or have caught them on YouTube or retro cable networks, the (mostly) pre-MTV convention of turning television characters into pop bands is perhaps the most bizarre.
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I don't mean it like, when I hear "Last Train To Clarksville" or "Daydream Believer" on the radio, I go, "Oh, I love that song."
Read MoreA rare talk with co-founding Band multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson, presented in two parts over the course of November, shot to the top of our November 2012 readers poll , with a live report on the Monkees' stop in Chicago finishing at No. 2.
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Hey, it looks like you've got a couple of projects, your solo album Long Wave , and also The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra.
Read MoreWhen MTV started re-broadcasting The Monkees in the '80s, my parents were amused that I latched onto their music so strongly.
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Micky Dolenz , singer and drummer of the Monkees , is celebrating the release his new album, Remember , which features many songs that mark great milestones in his life, as well as a few new cuts.
Read MoreDonna Summer, Adam "MCA" Yauch, Levon Helm, Dick Clark, Whitney Houston and Etta James just to name a few.
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The Monkees made their motion picture debut in the 1968 film, Head , which took the TV pop icons into seriously whacked-out psychedelic territory, courtesy screenwriter Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson ( Five Easy Pieces ) and threw their teenybopper rep into the fire.
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Micky Dolenz says he's "a little torn" over the use of the 1967 Monkees track "Goin' Down" in a recent episode of Breaking Bad , according to the Hollywood Reporter.
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Earlier this month, Monkees fans got the shocking news that reclusive guitarist Michael Nesmith will hit the road with the surviving members of the band for a fall tour.
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Singer Davy Jones died earlier this year, but the surviving members of The Monkees will launch their first tour together in 15 years without him, obviously.
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Hey, hey, he was a Monkee… but he's not monkeying around as much here!
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In 1967, the album supplanted the single as rock's preeminent art form.
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Hey everyone, it's great to be back on the ATV beat once again!
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commercialized commodity they were originally intended to be.
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Demos are an industry currency that fans don't often get to hear.
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rateyourmusic.com I had actually intended for some time to post this cover today, but the untimely passing of Davy Jones sadly made it all the more timely.
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The three remaining members of The Monkees will not attend the funeral of their late singer Davy Jones, they have confirmed.
Read MoreAlthough 21 loses its weekly supremacy, it regains the number one position on the year to date listing, where its total of 289,517 sales puts it ahead of Lana Del Rey's Born To Die (284,983 sales).
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Davey Jones of the Monkees died last week and it was a sad day around Casa De Freak.
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cowboy films of John Wayne and Roy Rogers were very American-ized, that cowboys were true symbols of America—they were rough, rugged, yet ready to help a Samaritan in peril; Morricone's whips, chains and coyotes helped to give westerns a more realistic feel for the west, that true cowboys were simply not Captain America wearing ten gallon Stetson hats.
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When was the last time you believed in daydreams (let alone indulged in them), white knights on steeds or waking up at six in the morning with a homecoming queen beside you?
Read MoreIt's near impossible to imagine a current boy band, say One Direction, striking out on their own – the industry is too wise to let it happen and, besides, most stars now place fame ahead of artistic independence.
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