Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If virality has a starting point in modern rock, it arguably kicks off with Arctic Monkeys, and a wave of scrappy demos that ...

In the early days of Arctic Monkeys, the band released a few instrumental B-sides. “Chun Li Flying Bird Kick” is one of the earliest, released in 2005 under the single “I Bet You Look Good On the ...

If you were alive in the 1960s (or watched a lot of classic TV in the early aughts), you know who The Monkees are. This quartet of talent was originally put together to be a fictional television band ...

The way Micky Dolenz sees it, the Monkees’ success was neither predictable nor replicable. “You can't reduce it, you can't take it apart,” he says of the beloved made-for-TV band, soon to turn 60.

In this extract from a new book on Sheffield’s musical history, Monkeys drummer Matt Helders and the cream of the city’s indie scene look back on the febrile mid-00s – from brilliant tunes to ...

The Monkees are one of the most storied bands of the 1960s. For example, there is a common rumor that notorious cult leader Charles Manson tried to join The Monkees. A member of the band explained how ...