Customer Reviews

Monkeemania: The Story of the Monkees

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Affordable, readily available and lush with text, this is the only source many fans turn to for Monkees information. Unfortunately, it is rife with errors even minimal research could have avoided.

Examples: The author credits Micky Dolenz with the creation of Jefferson Starship, mistaking him for Micky Kantner. Peter Tork's former girlfriend is identified as the daughter of actor Jimmy Stewart when, in fact, she is no relation. The list goes on and on and on.

If you really want to learn about the Monkees, steer clear of this one. It appears informative, but is not.

If you are looking for ACCURATE information about the Monkees, this is NOT the book to buy! This book is poorly written, and even more poorly researched. The incorrect information in the book is so blatant that even a casual Monkees fan can pick out the misinformation or spend 30 seconds on the internet confirming the mistakes. Steer clear of this book!

Kudos to Baker for writing a book about The Monkees, the most misunderstood group of rock history. They still tour and are still popular (and still damned good). But, aside from some decent photos and a fairly interesting pace, there's a ton of misrepresentations here, old rumours that noone bothered to check up on and just plain old errors. In dates, personal lives, etc.--just about every element is distorted at least somewhat. I'm not saying intentionally, but still... Which while it doesn't really stop you from reading, it gets pretty annoying. Come to think of it, of all the books published about The Monkees, there is no one single definitive tome available and there never has been. Maybe one day a serious literary endeavour will emerge to tell the whole story accurately, but then The Monkees story is not yet over.

First of all, the book had some really great pictures. That's the good thing about this book. The ONLY good thing. The bad thing is that most of the information is wrong, wrong, wrong! There are many errors in this book, and it'll get Monkees fans really really confused (it happened to me!) Now, I just like to look at the pictures in the book. Steer clear, don't read!

I highly recommend this book. It is literally packed with quotes from interviews, and great photos. Interviews are of everyone involved with the Monkees from the beginning, and the Monkees then and now. Discusses the background of how the show began, and what went on behind the scenes. Also has a discography and TV episode guide, as well as biographies of each of the Monkees. This is a great book, everything you want to know is here.

She did a book report on the monkees and got a A+ on it.Her teacher he love it.Thank You.

I read this book recemtly and discovered many things about this particular group that I had not known before. It's a great reference tool and great for fans too!

This is a very fascinating book to have around and read. It's very interesting and again it's very informative. It has everything you want to know about all four monkees. It has nice interesting pictures as well. And also a very collectble book.

This book told the story of how the Monkees started out of being a fake band and then turning into one of the most popular bands in the 60's. It's a good book to read if making of bands is your thing.

I BOUGHT THIS BOOK WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, WITH A DIFFERENT COVER TO IT, ITS VERY GOOD, I DIDN'T GET THE NEW ONE, SINCE I'VE YET TO COMPARE IT TO THE OLD ONE THAT I PUT AWAY, BUT ITS THE SAME AUTHOR, SO I'M PRETTY SURE THIS BOOK IS AS GREAT AS THE OLD ONE, PICS AND ALL.

IS THIS THE SAME BOOK?