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* ''[[1964/1985 Affinità-Divergenze fra il Compagno Togliatti e Noi - Del Conseguimento della Maggiore Età]]'', Attack punk records, red vinyl [[1986]], re-released in [[1988]] by Virgin
* ''[[1964/1985 Affinità-Divergenze fra il Compagno Togliatti e Noi - Del Conseguimento della Maggiore Età]]'', Attack punk records, red vinyl [[1986]], re-released in [[1988]] by Virgin
* ''[[Socialismo e Barbarie]]'', Virgin, [[1987]]
* ''[[Socialismo e Barbarie]]'', Virgin, [[1987]]
* ''[[Canzoni, Preghiere, Danze del II millennio Sezione Europa]]'', Virgin, [[1989]]
* ''[[Canzoni, Preghiere, Danze del II millennio - Sezione Europa]]'', Virgin, [[1989]]
* ''[[Epica Etica Etnica Pathos]]'', Virgin, [[1990]]
* ''[[Epica Etica Etnica Pathos]]'', Virgin, [[1990]]



===Singles and EPs===
===Singles and EPs===

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CCCP Fedeli alla linea

Produci, consuma, crepa! (Produce, consume, die!)

— from Morire, CCCP Fedeli alla linea

CCCP Fedeli alla linea, were one of the most important European punk rock band formed on 1982 in Berlin, led by vocalist Giovanni Lindo Ferretti and guitarist Davide Zamboni.


Their name, CCCP, is the acronym for S.S.S.R., (Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СCCP),transliterated Sojuz Sovetskich Socialističeskich Respublik) (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)).

CCCP left behind the stereotypes of punk rock, and reached for a genre-defying convergence of hard-core, militant rock, industrial music and even chamber music while delivering a bleak vision of humankind, introducing elements of expressionist theater, existentialist philosophy and industrial music.

They are one of the most influential group in italian rock music.


History

1981–1983: Formation

CCCP started on 1981 when Ferretti met Zamboni, both from Reggio Emilia, in a discoteque of Kreuzberg (Berlin).

When they went back to home, in Reggio Emilia, they founded a new band called Mitropank. During the next Summer, Ferretti, Zamboni, bassist Umberto Negri, and a cheapest drum machine, come back to Berlin. Here "CCCP Fedeli alla linea" were born.

The name of the band celebrates the popular sub-culture of Emilia more than to praises of the Soviet Union, creating a link between Russia and the typical province of Emilia-Romagna, so communist but also ironical, and enjoyable.


In this period the band played in Germany, and, in particular, in Berlin in some underground clubs like the Kob or the Spectrumin. During their permanence in Berlin the sound of the band was influenced by the industrial local scene, and first of all by the Blixa Bargeld's Einstürzende Neubauten.


1984–1985: First EPs

In 1984 they released Ortodossia, their first EP for the independent label Attack Punk Records. In the same year was released Ortodossia II, EP. It includes the same three track of their first EP (Live in Pankow, Spara Jurij and Punk islam) and an additional fourth track Mi ami?.

Their third EP, Compagni, cittadini, fratelli, partigiani, has four songs (Militanz, Sono come tu mi vuoi, Morire, and Emilia paranoica.

The three EPs were produced and recorded with few money, and few musical instruments, in a room improvised as a recording studio, situated near a city tram line, and full of noises. In those terrible conditions CCCP recorded their first album.

1986: First Album

Their first album, 1964/1985 Affinità-Divergenze fra il Compagno Togliatti e Noi - Del Conseguimento della Maggiore Età, was recorded during the 1985 and published by Attack Punk Records in 1986. It reduced the visceral impact of hardcore while focusing on the eerie contrast between a harsh but spare instrumental background and Ferretti's delirious cut-up texts and Brecht-ian delivery. An eclectic stylistic range (from erotic cabaret to folk ballad, from existential psychodrama to dance groove) helped craft an oppressing atmosphere of angst and boredom, particularly in the centerpiece, Emilia Paranoica.

This album is considered by many music critics one of the masterpieces of the contemporary Italian music, and a milestone for the whole European punk movement. It was selling well, so to interest a major company: Ferretti and Co. signed for Virgin Dischi, the Italian branch of Virgin, and some of the fans renamed them as "CCCP fedeli alla lira" with lira (the old italian currency before the intoroduction of Euro) instead of linea (line), and labeled it a betrayal.

1987–1988: Signed for Virgin

During the 1987 they recorded and released their first single Oh! Battagliero and the second album, Socialismo e barbarie. It was realized with a relative big budget if compared with the first album. It is a less cohesive work, that ran the gamut from Middle-Eastern music to the Soviet anthem, from Catholic hymns to feedback workouts.

In 1988 Virgin re-released their first EPs on the compilation Compagni, cittadini, fratelli, partigiani / Ortodossia II.

In the same year CCCP released the single Tomorrow (Voulez vous un rendez vous), a cover version of a song by the singer and painter Amanda Lear (Lear sung on both the two tracks of the single).

1989: Third Album

The third album, Canzoni preghiere danze del II millennio - Sezione Europa (1989), signs their musical change to a much techno-pop style. Keyboard becomes the most important intrument in all of their compositions (instead of guitar). It replaced the original sociopolitical emphasis with mystical overtones (and their industrial hardcore with a far less revolutionary synth-pop).


1989–1990: Litfiba and demise

In 1989 CCCP, Litfiba, and Rats went on tour in the Soviet Union (Moscow, and Leningrad). In Moscow they played in a palace full of soldiers in uniform. The soldiers stood up when the band played the Soviet hymn A Ja Ljublju SSSR at the end of the concert.

During this year guitarist Giorgio Canali, bassist Gianni Maroccolo, keyboardist Francesco Magnelli, and drummer Ringo De Palma (the last three leaved the Litfiba because of some artistical difference of opinin with band's manager Alberto Pirelli) joined and transformed the group.

The group, now composed by eight members, recorded their fourth album Epica Etica Etnica Pathos in an abandoned 700' villa. This album signes another amazing musical evolution for the band. CCCP reached their zenith with this album, a Frank Zappa-esque stylistic puzzle that also stands as a personal musical encyclopedia, with complex and unpredictable suites such as Maciste Contro Tutti. A gorgeous "swan song", and a transition to the new sonorities of the Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti (C.S.I.), the new band born under the ashes of the CCCP.

The acronym used for the new band name, C.S.I., reminds to the new situation in the Soviet Union, with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (Russian: Содружество Независимых Государств (СНГ), transliterated Sodruzhestvo Nyezavisimykh Gosudarstv, [Comunità degli Stati Indipendenti] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help) (CSI)). With the creation of the CIS, the Soviet Union and at the same time the band ceased to exist.

CCCP were effectively disbanded on 3 October 1990, in the same date of the German reunification, and the members went on to other projects.


Post-CCCP

When the Soviet Union collapsed, Ferretti and Zamboni decided to shuffle the line-up and adopt a less political stance. The renamed Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti (C.S.I.) debuted with a set of songs from Ko' de Mondo (Polygram, 1993). They rapidly evolved towards an intriguing form of chamber rock music (mostly drum-less with Linea Gotica (Polygram, 1996). Unfortunately, Tabula Rasa Elettrificata (Polygram, 1997) simply aped the [Alternative rock|alternative rock]] fads of the moment.

After C.S.I. disbanded in 1999, Ferretti debuted solo with Co-dex (2000), then formed Per Grazia Ricevuta (PGR) and released PGR (2002) that steered towards world-music.



Members

Members Timeline


Discography

Studio albums

Singles and EPs


Compilations


Live


VHS

  • Tempi moderni


See also

References and footnotes


External links


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