The members of whom the band was formed ______ ____ ___ each other as well as played music, whose music and jokes were loosely ____ ___ "The Beatles". Their exciting ____________ were copied by other groups. The Monkees played their own ___________ and wrote their own music. Though it ______ _____ in 1970, it ________ in the mid-1980 and was even more popular.

played jokes on

based on

performances

instruments

broke up

reunited