Album: Electronic Jacuzzi by Ghinzu (2000)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Format: Album

Artist Background: Ghinzu is an alternative rock band founded in 1999 in Brussels, Belgium. First album 'Electronic Jacuzzi' released in 2000. Since 2008, Ghinzu is : John Stargasm (singer-piano-synth-bass), Mika "Nagazaki" Hasson (bass-guitar-synth), Greg Remy (guitar-bass), Tony "Babyface" Poltergeist (drums since 2007) and Jean Montevideo (synth-guitar-backing vocals since 2008). Part of the Bruxelles, Belgium music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Bruxelles, Belgium music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2000s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


Album: Mirror Mirror by Ghinzu (2009)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Format: Album

Description: Mirror Mirror is the third album by Belgian rock band Ghinzu. It has been released in March 30, 2009 in Belgium (via PIAS), France (via Universal) and Switzerland. The first single from the record was Cold Love for Belgium, while Take It Easy was chosen for France. Mirror Mirror was later released internationally, during the summer 2010. It received a CD release in Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and Continental Europe and a digital release elsewhere.
The record has a wider and more electronic sound than Blow. Some songs gathered together form a musical movement (for instance with Mother Allegra, Mirror Mirror, The Dream Maker or the three pieces ending the album). Mirror Mirror obtained immediate success in Belgium, reaching number 2 in the Walloon charts and in France where it reached the top 20. Though not as popular in Flanders, Ghinzu received some radio airplay for titles like Cold Love, Take it Easy and This War Is Silent, which allowed them to play major festival Rock Werchter in July 2009.
By the end of 2009, Ghinzu was voted best band of the year by the readers of Belgian newspaper Le Soir and Mirror Mirror had sold 47,000 copies in the territories it had already been released (which were at the time Benelux, France and Switzerland).
On December 6, 2010, an EP of remixes of Mirror Mirror titles was digitally released as The Mirror Mirror Remix EP. It includes five remixes by producers and DJ's such as Jagz Kooner, 80 KIDZ and Mustang as well as the yet unreleased song Chocolate that the band performed during its 2010 concerts.

Artist Background: Ghinzu is an alternative rock band founded in 1999 in Brussels, Belgium. First album 'Electronic Jacuzzi' released in 2000. Since 2008, Ghinzu is : John Stargasm (singer-piano-synth-bass), Mika "Nagazaki" Hasson (bass-guitar-synth), Greg Remy (guitar-bass), Tony "Babyface" Poltergeist (drums since 2007) and Jean Montevideo (synth-guitar-backing vocals since 2008). Part of the Bruxelles, Belgium music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Bruxelles, Belgium music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2000s, Album


Mirror Mirror is the third album by Belgian rock band Ghinzu. It has been released in March 30, 2009 in Belgium (via PIAS), France (via Universal) and Switzerland. The first single from the record was Cold Love for Belgium, while Take It Easy was chosen for France. Mirror Mirror was later released internationally, during the summer 2010. It received a CD release in Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and Continental Europe and a digital release elsewhere.
The record has a wider and more electronic sound than Blow. Some songs gathered together form a musical movement (for instance with Mother Allegra, Mirror Mirror, The Dream Maker or the three pieces ending the album). Mirror Mirror obtained immediate success in Belgium, reaching number 2 in the Walloon charts and in France where it reached the top 20. Though not as popular in Flanders, Ghinzu received some radio airplay for titles like Cold Love, Take it Easy and This War Is Silent, which allowed them to play major festival Rock Werchter in July 2009.
By the end of 2009, Ghinzu was voted best band of the year by the readers of Belgian newspaper Le Soir and Mirror Mirror had sold 47,000 copies in the territories it had already been released (which were at the time Benelux, France and Switzerland).
On December 6, 2010, an EP of remixes of Mirror Mirror titles was digitally released as The Mirror Mirror Remix EP. It includes five remixes by producers and DJ's such as Jagz Kooner, 80 KIDZ and Mustang as well as the yet unreleased song Chocolate that the band performed during its 2010 concerts.

Album: Blow by Ghinzu (2004)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Format: Album

Description: Blow is the second album by Belgian rock group Ghinzu released in 2004. It features the single, "Do You Read Me?", and the song "The Dragster Wave" which was used in the 2008 film Taken and is included in its original soundtrack.
The album was first released on Dragoon, the label owned by the band (and distributed by the indie label Bang!) in February 2004 in Benelux. It was released in France six months later via Atmosphérique/Universal and then in Germany, Switzerland and Sweden via V2. The album cover art for the European release is different than one on the Belgian version. The Belgian cover shows singer John Stargasm holding his own cut-off head while singing. This was judged too aggressive by their French label (the band was under license of the major Universal via Atmosphérique) especially at a time where American hostage in Iraq, Nick Berg, just had been beheaded. The international album cover shows a negative image of two horses.
Blow was particularly successful in the French-speaking parts of Europe, where the single "Do You Read Me?" became a hit. This allowed Ghinzu to play big summer festivals, like the Eurockéennes de Belfort on July 2, 2005, where the band did a noticed performance on the Main Stage. Blow sold about 100,000 copies worldwide.

Artist Background: Ghinzu is an alternative rock band founded in 1999 in Brussels, Belgium. First album 'Electronic Jacuzzi' released in 2000. Since 2008, Ghinzu is : John Stargasm (singer-piano-synth-bass), Mika "Nagazaki" Hasson (bass-guitar-synth), Greg Remy (guitar-bass), Tony "Babyface" Poltergeist (drums since 2007) and Jean Montevideo (synth-guitar-backing vocals since 2008). Part of the Bruxelles, Belgium music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Bruxelles, Belgium music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2000s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


Blow is the second album by Belgian rock group Ghinzu released in 2004. It features the single, "Do You Read Me?", and the song "The Dragster Wave" which was used in the 2008 film Taken and is included in its original soundtrack.
The album was first released on Dragoon, the label owned by the band (and distributed by the indie label Bang!) in February 2004 in Benelux. It was released in France six months later via Atmosphérique/Universal and then in Germany, Switzerland and Sweden via V2. The album cover art for the European release is different than one on the Belgian version. The Belgian cover shows singer John Stargasm holding his own cut-off head while singing. This was judged too aggressive by their French label (the band was under license of the major Universal via Atmosphérique) especially at a time where American hostage in Iraq, Nick Berg, just had been beheaded. The international album cover shows a negative image of two horses.
Blow was particularly successful in the French-speaking parts of Europe, where the single "Do You Read Me?" became a hit. This allowed Ghinzu to play big summer festivals, like the Eurockéennes de Belfort on July 2, 2005, where the band did a noticed performance on the Main Stage. Blow sold about 100,000 copies worldwide.

Album: Electronic Jacuzzi by Ghinzu (2000)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Angry
Format: Album

Description: The band released its first album, Electronic Jacuzzi in late 2000 on their own label Dragoon. Their sound is a kind of noisy rock, supported by a big and groovy rhythmic and some electronic touches while their subject matters are, among others, sex, partying, and drugs. The album was only released in Belgium and sold enough at least to make another one.

Artist Background: Ghinzu is an alternative rock band founded in 1999 in Brussels, Belgium. First album 'Electronic Jacuzzi' released in 2000. Since 2008, Ghinzu is : John Stargasm (singer-piano-synth-bass), Mika "Nagazaki" Hasson (bass-guitar-synth), Greg Remy (guitar-bass), Tony "Babyface" Poltergeist (drums since 2007) and Jean Montevideo (synth-guitar-backing vocals since 2008). Part of the Bruxelles, Belgium music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Bruxelles, Belgium music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Angry, 2000s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


The band released its first album, Electronic Jacuzzi in late 2000 on their own label Dragoon. Their sound is a kind of noisy rock, supported by a big and groovy rhythmic and some electronic touches while their subject matters are, among others, sex, partying, and drugs. The album was only released in Belgium and sold enough at least to make another one.

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