They were looking for actors - real actors - who could play instruments. There was a lot of improvisation and scene work involved in addition to the music. The auditions went on for a long time.

Dolenz released the B. Dolenz and Juste divorced in 1975. Dolenz was attending college in Los Angeles when he was hired for the "drummer" role in NBC's The Monkees.

(born March 8 1945) is an American actor musician television director radio personality and theater director best known as the drummer and lead vocalist of the 1960s made-for-television band The Monkees. George Michael "Micky" Dolenz Jr.