Zinatra Explained

Zinatra
Origin:Netherlands
Genre:Hard rock, AOR, pop rock
Years Active:–1992
Label:NT Records, Mercury
Spinoffs:Mennen

Zinatra was a Dutch hard rock-[1] and AOR-band. The band released their debut album in 1988, which contained the single "Love or Loneliness", a song that was successful in the national music chart,[2] [3] peaking at #18.[4] The following singles were "Somewhere" and "Lookin' for Love". Later the band was the opening act for David Lee Roth in his tour called Skyscraper. In 1989 the band performed a tour that went to Taiwan, Thailand and South America.

In 1990, Robby Valentine joined the band as keyboardist, besides participating in the compositions. In spring 1990, the second album, called The Great Escape was released and charted at #72 in the Netherlands. The first single "There She Was", reached #48 in the Netherlands. The other singles from the album, "Love Never Dies" and "Two Sides of Love", did not enter into any music chart. In 1992 Robby Valentine left the band. Later the singer Joss Mennen also left the band to form the band Mennen.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
NLD
Zinatra
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: NT Records
98
The Great Escape 72

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ZINATRA – Zinatra/The Great Escape . RockReport.be . 4 September 2014.
  2. Web site: ZINATRA . melodic-hardrock.com . 4 September 2014.
  3. Web site: INTERVIEW WITH JOSS MENNEN (EX-ZINATRA & EX-MENNEN) . Lazy Rocker.com . 10 April 2010 . 4 September 2014.
  4. Web site: dutchcharts.nl – Discografie Zinatra . dutchcharts.nl . 4 September 2014.