I think, in this scenario, the Monkees would have ended up as Nesmith, Stills, Charles Manson on drums and Paul Williams in for Davy, thus becoming the most terrifying band to ever exist. You probably end up with Polanski guest directing some episodes of the show with this line-up.
Phil Spector as producer?
I like it. They might have been just the band to pull a gun on him first.
New game: Write a synopsis for an episode of the Monkees TV show featuring this version of the group. Alternately, which episodes of
The Monkees would have been improved by the Nesmith/Manson/Stills/Williams version of the band?
Examples of the latter:
Episode 9, The Chaperone, would have become "Paul Williams cannot date a retired general's daughter unless a chaperone is present, so Manson suits up like a lady."
Episode 52 becomes The Devil and Stephen Stills: "At an eerie pawn shop, Stills unwittingly sells his soul to a devilish character (David Crosby) in order to purchase a magic poncho."
Episode 58, The Frodis Caper (aka Dencarbrimur), in which "The Monkees match wits with the insane Wizard Glick (Rip Taylor), who is out to control the minds of television viewers worldwide" is now directed by Charles Manson.
Note:
Head would have been exactly the same.