The Monkees vs MTV
The Monkees vs MTV  
Podcast: Rock N Roll Story Guys
Rating: Explicit Published On: Wed Jul 02 2025
Description: Brian and Murdock answer an inquiry regarding The Pre-Fab Four and one member who may (or many not) have had an outsized impact on the future of rock n roll beyond the band.SIGN UP FOR THE ROCK N ROLL STORY REPORT EMAIL NEWSLETTERSupport the show on PatreonSee the show on YouTubeVisit the show on InstagramVisit the show on FacebookSHOW NOTES:https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-monkees/1997/cardinal-stadium-louisville-ky-4bda9b8e.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Nesmithhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justus_(album)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Rafelsonhttps://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/head-1968https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_(film)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Jones_(musician)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Torkhttps://americansongwriter.com/the-brutal-reason-why-stephen-stills-was-rejected-by-the-monkees/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004880/bio/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/11/the-monkees-michael-nesmith-a-supremely-gifted-innovative-songwriterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Nesmith_GrahamMichael Nesmith’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Tuesday-Autobiographical-Michael-Nesmith/dp/1101907517/ref=sr_1_1https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/michael-nesmith#:~:text=But%20what%20I%20said%20was,and%20I%20will%20follow%20you.%E2%80%9Dhttps://medium.com/the-riff/one-of-the-last-interviews-with-michael-nesmith-aba038cb4703The Damien Love deep dive piece: https://damienlove.com/writing/loose-salute-the-story-of-michael-nesmith-and-the-first-national-band/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_(Michael_Nesmith_song)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_National_BandThe RIO video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yciLq5kYFnUhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_a_Radio_Engine_to_the_Photon_Winghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qube_(cable_television)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.