![]() Once the Monkees' fame became too stifling, however, the group sought to dismantle its image. 1 hit for Linda Rondstadt and the Stone Ponies. "Different Drum," one of Nesmith's songs rejected by the show's producer, later became a No. One particularly tense meeting reportedly ended with Nesmith punching a hole in Kirschner's wall.īy 1967, the band achieved its sought-after autonomy and recorded its celebrated Headquarters album. Though many music fans disparaged the Monkees as a manufactured pop act, Nesmith in particular fought Don Kirschner, the show's producer, to allow the group to sing and play their own songs. As a student at San Antonio College, Nesmith won the school's first talent competition with fellow musician John Kuehne Encouraged by his reception, Nesmith moved to LA, where he took up a residency at the famed Troubadour before being cast in The Monkees, a television show created around a producer-assembled band. Nesmith got his start in the entertainment business as a folk singer who performed during the mid-'60s at Sam Kinsey's legendary Alamo City venue the Teen Canteen. Together with Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams, he also conceptualized and created one of the first explorations of virtual reality. Though primarily known for his role in The Monkees TV show, Nesmith was an all-around visionary who fronted one of the first country-rock groups, founded the precursor to MTV and produced '80s cult films Repo Man and Tapeheads. ![]() ![]() Nesmith's creative career spanned decades and genres. Mike Nesmith, a San Antonio native and member of '60s pop group the Monkees, has died at age 78, according to media reports. NOTE: This story has been corrected to add the proper spelling of musician's John Kuehne name. San Antonio native Mike Nesmith (second from left) got a taste of fame with the Monkees but went on to a litany of other artistic pursuits. ![]()
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