The Monkees

The Monkees is a group that was created for a television show of the same name in 1965. Originally billed as being "a TV show about an imaginary band...that wanted to be the Beatles, but that was never successful," The Monkees would go on to achieve its own unique notoriety. Sporatically active over its decades long existance, The Monkies can still be found ocasionally performing on stages.