ON THE 1st ALBUM "REBOUND TOWN," IT WAS A SOLO PROJECT - Jonny Manak- Guitar- Bass- Drums- Vocals- Tamborine- Claps
THE BAND NOW CONSISTS OF - Jonny Manak on Lead Guitar and Lead Vocals(Former bands include, The Cliftons, Fang, The Resistoleros, Texas Thieves, and The Forgotten. Currently plays lead guitar/vox in Clay Wheels, Drums in The Odd Numbers, Drums in Chuckle Bus, Guitar in The Runs)
Kid Kris on Lead Bass (Former bands include, Good ones...)
Curtis plays Organ/2nd Guitar & Vox (currently rocks the guitar and sings lead vox in Monkey)
On Drums Craig (former drummer for The Spit Muffins)
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Influences
Eddie Cochran, Link Wray, The Saints, New Bomb Turks, The Wipers, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Dick Dale, the Barracudas, Johnny Thunders, Stiv Bators, Cheatah Chrome, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, The Kids, The Real Kids, The Kingsmen, The Standells, David Bowie, Wire, Black Flag, The Dictators, The Circle Jerks, The Sonics, Richard Hell, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lords of the New Church, The Rezillos, Radio Birdman, The Chocolate Watchband, Iggy Pop, The Kinks, The Ramones, The Descendents, The Zombies, The Ventures, The Buzzcocks, The Damned, The Rolling Stones, Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, Mike Fox, RS2, Hamms Bear, Alby Wasted and drummers who have 8th note chops and guitar/bass players who downstroke every hit
Sounds Like
*RECENT PRESS*
Full on Punk rock and roll that is fast and loose. Jonny Manak who has a very impressive resume in music seems to have really reinvented himself with this band. This San Jose, CA band have hit on a winning sound that really stood out. Good times written all over this one. - Teamgoon.com
"If a perfect blend of Iggy Pop and Chuck Berry and the Sonics might float your boat go see Jonny Manak and the Depressives at one of their many shows this year" - Portland Music Podcast
"Currently reminding me of a street level version of the shorter/punker/better songs off of the Ramones Pleasant Dreams LP, except for the guitar leads, which remind me of End of the Century. FANTASTIC AMAZING TRIVIA FACT: Jonny Manak played all the instruments on this album. I salute his self-sufficiency!" –Rev. Norb - Rozorcake Magazine (Reach Around)
60's garage to 70's ala Dead Boys to 80's punk hardcore and sk8 rock. Chuck Berry leads that are puctuated by MC5 pyrotechnics. Jonny's vocals have a Stiv Bators (Dead Boys) as a child quality. The chorus' are catchy as hell making for singalong good times mutherfucker so kick out the jams! - NWxSW Connections
"One of the best guitar slingers in the local scene, Jonny Manak, along
with his latest project, the Depressives, lays down an impressive barrage of
blazing garage-style skate punk. Manak himself has played in more local
San Jose bands than I can recall. His multi-instrumental skills and
affinity for the early days of rock are practically legendary around San Jose." - Metro News Paper
"Rebound Town" the newest CD by Jonny Manak and The Depressives is an impressive first showing of some good old fashion punk rock. Clean guitar riffs and crispy vocals leave you with a ear full of good times and good music." - Concrete Disciples
"His own music is Ritalin-deprived, temper-tantrum, seizure-inducing garage creations
that ooze out of him as easily as last night's beer." - Eric Shea/Rhapsody.com
"Boisterous, rough around the edges and just plain fun rock and punk - reminiscent of the Dead Boys, with a tinge of Chuck Berry." Sarah Klein editor-in-chief of Alternate 101
"Fourteen solid slabs of maximum garage punk ready for any party that can handle a cranked up P.A. system. When they shout, "Gimme rock n' roll!" you'll believe it." - Colin Kutch Zero Magazine May 07'
"THE HARDEST WORKING BAND IN THE SOUTH BAY" - Oscar Hox/KFJC Radio 89.7FM
"TWO WORDS: FUCKIN' BRILLIANT. FOR ALL OF YOU WHOM LOVE THE GREATS LIKE
THE SAINTS, THE STOOGES, THE DEAD BOYS, RADIO BIRDMAN, JONNY MANAK AND THE DEPRESSIVES IS THE LIFEFORCE OF WHAT'S KEEPING THE SAN JOSE PUNK ROCK N ROLL MUSIC SCENE ALIVE." - Dano Distortion's Blog
About Jonny Manak & The Depressives(CD/LP OUT NOW!)
Jonny Manak is a busy man. The professional skater is a ridiculously prolific musician who not only performs in numerous bands on various instruments but also fronts his own pet project, Jonny Manak & The Depressives.
JM&D is a wild combination of rock n’ roll influences from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. There are elements of surf rock, rockabilly, punk and 60’s/70’s garage rock littered throughout their songs. Imagine Chuck Berry and Dick Dale playing classic rock with members of The Ramones and you’ve got the right idea.
The group started two years ago when Manak decided to go solo after having played guitar, bass or drums for The Cliftons, Clay Wheels, The Odd Numbers, The Forgotten, Fang and many others. He wrote and recorded his debut, Rebound Town, on his own, playing all instruments himself. The record proved to be a huge local and underground hit and received rave reviews from Razorcake, Rhapsody, Absolutepunk.net, Skratch and many others as well as airplay on college, satellite, internet and commercial radio.
JM&D recently released their second full-length album, 1.21 Jiggawatts. This time around, Manak recorded the album with his live band.
The group has performed nearly 200 shows in their two years together as a band. They most recently performed at the Refreshing Sounds Session in Amsterdam hosted by Heineken. They played a full set and had one of their songs remixed by three different local DJ’s that same night as part of a competition.
Manak is also a professional skateboarder with his own deck, courtesy of Beer Run Skateboards. He skates for E’s Shoes, Sessions Clothing, Kronik Energy Drinks, Halos Bearings, Gripped Ape and Circle-A.
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Iggy Pop may be a street walking cheetah with a head full of napalm, but Jonny Manak is a level 4 Druid of Elfin decent with 18 Hit Points, 20 Strength Points, 15 Dexterity Points, 17 Intelligence Points, -1 Wisdom Points and 19 Charisma Points. His weapon of choice is a +1 dancing sword and his Druid Spells include hypnosis, hilarity and Cockgrow Potion.
Ok, that was all a lie (except maybe for the last thing). In truth, Jonny Manak (his real name) has never rolled a multi-sided dice. But he is in fact a multi instrumentalist a "one man band" if you will. Manak's latest solo project started out of boredom from inside an empty garage with a four-track. It grew and grew (much like the effects of the aforementioned potion), to birth Jonny Manak and the Depressives -- an electrified punk 'n' roll sound that yielded the album Rebound Town, a good-times soundtrack that was recorded, mixed and mastered over two weekends in August of 2006 and was released on CD and Vinyl on Reach Around Records. Manak played Drums, bass, guitars and took on all singing duties. And if you find that self-indulgent or even "masturbatory," consider this:
Dues have been paid in full. Aside from the Depressives, he currently plays (and tours) in three bands: The Forgotten, The Cliftons and skaterock legends, Clay Wheels (hes a professional skater with his own signature board out on Sacrifice Skateboards). He has also played in FANG, The Resistoleros, The Odd Numbers, the Texas Thieves and about 35 other SF Bay Area bands over his career.
Manak has always played in the bands of other people and never let himself play the kind of Ritalin deprived, temper-tantrum, seizure-inducing rock that oozes out of him as easily as last nights beer.
His first taste of musicianship came at age eight when he joined the school band for the sole purpose of getting to bail class for an hour a day, and much like a young woman in the ghetto getting her first taste of the "glass phallus," he was hooked. After test-driving the violin at age eight, the clarinet at age nine, the bass clarinet at age ten, and the alto clarinet at age 11, trumpet at age 12, Manak made an important decision. That decision was, "Fuck clarinets." And so it came to pass that when he first picked up the guitar, bass and drums, the foundations for Rebound Town were born.
Have you ever been to Party Mountain? It's a magical, mystical mountain where Jonny writes all of his songs and demos them on his cassette 4 track. It's where all your dreams come true (except that one where Gary Oldman and Gary Coleman have their own cooking show on NPR). Party Mountain is much like the famed Hotel California, where "You can check in any time you like/But you can never leave." That is not to say that Manak's music sounds anything like the Eagles or any other feathered moustache dad-rock for that matter.
Jonny Manak and The Depressives completed their up full length titled "1.21 Jiggawatts" in June of 07' that will be released in the spring of 08' on Reach Around Records on CD and Vinyl. They recorded two Bowie covers, one for vinyl and the other track for CD. This time he brought the live band which consists of Kid Kris on Bass, Steve "golden goose" Campbell on Drums and Jonny Manak on Lead Guitar/Vox. Manak said, "no more flying solo, we're a band now, watch the fuck out!" They've since added Jake on 2nd guitar.
Jonny Manak loves 50's, 60's and 70's rock 'n' roll and garage punk. He's heavily influenced by The Sonics, The Kinks, Little Richard, The Real Kids, Chuck Berry, The Rezillos, Johnny Thunders, the Deadboys, Radio Birdman, Buzzcocks, The Jam, The Rolling Stones, The Standells, The Kids and the freedom to make the kind of music that will makes you feel like someone stuffed a hot breakfast burrito in your trousers and then slapped you across the mouth a couple times. But dont take my word for it. Im into battery acid and medical porn. Listen for yourself and forget everything Ive just penned.
-Eric Shea, Real Rhapsody - 2007'
Check out Jonny's video part in the new Sacrifice Skateboards video called Por Vida. If you want a free copy of the full length DVD, go to www.sacrificeskateboards.com
Marina Del Rey, California This 4th of July come celebrate America's birthday with a little Peace Love and ROCK N ROLL!!
The Marina Music Festival honors the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock featuring a live musical tribute to Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Janis Joplin, The Who, and Creedence Clearwater Revival .
Hosted by Music Source at the luxurious Waterfront Marina Concert Hall, 4211 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 featuring live performances, BBQ, art, and of course a stellar Fourth of July fireworks display. Show starts at 9PM
Proceeds will benefit the nonprofit Artistspalooza organization for the arts.
David Lockhart's painfully excessive capturing of the booze-swilling and constantly concupiscent Jim Morrison is an encyclopedic homage to the ethos of rock. Boudeeka's haunting accurate portrayal of Janis Joplin is a tribute to women in rock and the raw emotion that was so much a part of the scene. Carlton Poward is an almost frightening replica with his spot-on Jimi Hendrix characterization and inspired guitar playingšÃ‚ Pat Craig Contra Costa Times
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I'm sorry I missed your set, but i'm glad I got to see you guys and again and give you cookies! Thanks for making me laugh and cheering me up, I especially loved Jonny's "baloney sandwich" analogy! ;-) You guys rock my casbah!
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