Drummer and lead vocalist for the
pop/rock band The Monkees. Member of the group from 1965-1970, 1986-1989, 1996-1997, and 2001-2002. Also known for his success as a
child television star, playing ‘Corky’ on “Circus
Boy” in the late 1950s, amongst other roles. He was the lead singer in many nightclub bands in his teenage years, including Micky and The One Nighters. Also was part of a legendary group of musicians called the "Hollywood Vampires," a drinking club which included Alice
Cooper, The Who's Keith
Moon and former Beatle John Lennon. Moved to the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and achieved much success as a director, while also acting in many musicals, including Harry Nilsson’s “The Point.” In 2004, Dolenz debuted on Broadway acting in the Elton
John musical AIDA.
Why
don't you
cut your hair?
Why
don't you live up there?
Why don't you do what I do,
See what I feel when I care?
Why don't you be like me?
Why don't you stop and see?
Why don't you hate who I hate,
Kill who I kill to be free.
-Micky Dolenz, "Randy Scouse Git", 1967
