The Monkees

USA, 1966–1971

American group assembled in 1965 for a television series, with Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith. From Headquarters (1967) they took over writing and playing on their own records.

MusicRoots documents 2 artists who influenced The Monkees and 0 artists The Monkees influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced The Monkees?

• The Beatles — The Monkees were explicitly conceived as an American answer to The Beatles for a TV series.
• The Byrds — The Byrds' folk-rock directly influenced Mike Nesmith's country-rock songwriting within The Monkees.