7mþŸU,  dÈ"Times New RomanN123L&Heading 1L ð < &Heading 2Lð ð < &Heading 3L .Bullet listO ³•Swissÿÿÿÿh3r h3r ÐР°  \cef d\c6ef>dýÐ/à=The Monkees "What I find so incredible is that the entire project only lasted two years.." They started as actors on a TV series about a rock & roll band. But thanks to the show's popularity, they became the genuine article. "What I find so incredible is that the entire project only lasted two years," Micky Dolenz says of the 1966 to '68 series. "I have had dinner parties that were longer." Yet more than 30 years later, the so-called "pre-Fab Four" still occasionally perform together. Dolenz (drums/vocals), Davy Jones (vocals), Peter Tork (bass/vocals), and Michael Nesmith (guitar/vocals) were cast for their acting and physical appearances, not their musical skills. Originally, they provided only the vocals on their records and did not play the instruments. But in time, they became more than just front men in a prefabricated band. Hence the title of their 30th anniversary album: Justus. Their latest world tour together--also their last, they claim--was in 1997, highlighted by sellouts in England's Wembley Stadium. Dolenz: Wrote his autobiography, I'm a Believer, in 1994. Also an artist, had his first solo show in 1995 in Philadelphia. Now a TV director (Boy Meets World). Replaced Jones this year doing Teen Idols concert-tour dates. Jones: Also wrote Monkees memoirs: They Made a Monkee Out of Me. Launched Teen Idols tour in 1997 with Peter Noone and Bobby Sherman. Resumed childhood interest in thoroughbred horse racing, riding his first winner at 50 in a race for amateurs in '96. Tork: Still works as a full-time musician, performing in Los Angeles-area clubs with his band, Shoe Suede Blues. Working on a solo album. Nesmith: Songwriter (hits include "Different Drum" in 1968), music-video pioneer (Grammy winner for 1981's "Elephant Parts"), and film producer (including 1983's Repo Man). Published first novel in '99: The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora. Won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in '99. ð Ðÿÿÿ"Courierð Ð`d"word.app kòCº ‰