Zinatra

Zinatra
Origin	Netherlands
Genres	Hard rock, AOR, pop rock
Years active	1988 (1988)–1992
Labels	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",[1] a song that was successful in the national music chart,[1][2][3] peaking at #18.[4] The following singles were "Somewhere" and "Lookin' for Love".[2] Later the band was the opening act for David Lee Roth in his tour called Skyscraper.[1] In 1989 the band performed a tour that went to Taiwan, Thailand and South America.[1][2]

In 1990, Robby Valentine joined the band as keyboardist, besides participating in the compositions.[1][2] In spring 1990, the second album, called The Great Escape was released[1] and charted at #72 in the Netherlands.[4] The first single "There She Was",[1] reached #48 in the Netherlands.[4] 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.[1] Later the singer Joss Mennen also left the band to form the band Mennen.[2]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		NLD [4]
Zinatra	Released: 1988 Label: NT Records	98
The Great Escape	Released: 1990 Label: Mercury	72

References

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