Our music is featured in a Wahoo's Fish Taco's/Pepsi Commercial!!!

More placements for the Depressives! This time in a commercial for our good friends at Wahoo's Fish Taco's. They used the song "Zombie Island" off of our latest full length I am not a bum... I'm a JERK! This is a joint commercial for Wahoo's and Pepsi! We're stoked!!!

Click here to see the commercial

Bay Area Garage Rock Showcase August 19th at Johnny V's!

Friday August 19th 2011! FOUR Bay Area Garage Bands come together to rock San Jose's face off at Johnny V's Bar! A night of Lo-Fi in Hi-Fi Silicon Valley! San Jose rarely sees a cluster of garage bands in one show. IT'S VERY FUCKING RARE! Actually, I can't remember the last time it happened here! So, if you like Lo-Fi garage rock and you have a few bucks to get in, don't miss out on this because it won't happen again for a while, ya' dig?

Now, onto the details: Opening the night will be San Francisco's WEAPONS OF THE FUTURE, then up next, Santa Cruz's very own THE GROGGS, then after that, Oakland will be be in the house via THE STRUTS and finishing you off will be San Jose's JONNY MANAK AND THE DEPRESSIVES  

THIS SHOW IS 18+ w/ FULL BAR!

$5

Show starts at 9! Get there early and bring your dancing shoes!

Johnny V's Bar

31 East Santa Clara St. 

San Jose, CA 95113

MORE LICENSING!?! Vans' Off The Wall TV - Jesse Jo

My oh my, here we go again! More Jonny Manak and The Depressives music being licensed for placement! Our friends over at OFF THE WALL TV the official TV station for Vans Shoes hit us up to license the song "Down The Drain" from our debut full length Rebound Town in a segment featuring Jesse Jo! We love Off The Wall Vans shoes and we love them using our music (and sending us shoes)! POW!


Click this link to watch the video!

Holy smokes! We're opening for The Bellrays!!!

Friday June 17th, The legendary BELLRAYS (http://www.thebellrays.com/) are bringing their "Rock N' Soul" to the Uptown in Oakland. Supporting act is Oakland's Damon and The Heathens (http://www.myspace.com/damonandtheheathen) and opening the night is Jonny Manak & The Depressives (www.facebook.com/Depressives) from San Jose. Bring your dancing shoes! Doors at 9pm, $10. Advanced tix available here -http://www.ticketweb.com/ Fake ID required.

We've signed with Blue Scout Music for more licensing opportunities!

The Depressives just locked in another licensing deal with Blue Scout Music! They do ad work for Target, Levi's, Old Spice, Citgo, Macy's, Nintendo, Sony, etc. They also license a good deal of music for one of my favorite shows, Shameless on Showtime. Keep your ears open for us on the boob tube!

More Licensing News! We scored a placement in "Vinyl" the movie

Here we go again! More placements for the Depressives. This time with UK film makers for the feature film VINYL! They licensed the song "Sacrifice" from our debut full length Rebound Town. The film should be out in a year or so. Click here to see their website and check back for updates. I hear the film made it into the coveted Cannes Film Festival too! Sweet!

More licensing news! We scored a placement in Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory

We scored a licensing placement in the 4th season of the MTV show Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory! We're super stoked, that show RULES!!!

Click here to see the episode! Fast forward to the 21:50 mark to hear our featured song, "Young Girls" off of our debut full length Rebound Town!