Mickey Dolenz wants the full story. The last surviving member of The Monkees filed a lawsuit against the FBI demanding that the agency turn over all unredacted documents about his band collected during their heyday. Dolenz found out a decade ago that the FBI had kept files on his made-for-TV rock band… According to the small, redacted report The Monkeys, quote, “were known to have associated with other musicians and individuals whose activities were monitored by the FBI, including John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix.” A portion of the document released by the FBI noted that an FBI informant attended a show on the band’s inaugural 1967 tour, describing, “subliminal messages” depicted on the screen, “which, in constituted ‘left wing subversive propaganda’ Learn more about the Monkees here (and, yes, if you're an FBI agent you can take notes)
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