CCCP Fedeli alla linea
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Background information | |
Origin | Reggio Emilia, Italy |
Genres | Punk rock, new wave, post-punk, art rock |
Years active | 1982–1990 |
Past members | Giovanni Lindo Ferretti Massimo Zamboni Annarella Giudici Danilo Fatur Umberto Negri Carlo Chiapparini Gianni Maroccolo Francesco Magnelli Ringo De Palma Ignazio Orlando Giorgio Canali Zeo Giudici Silvia Bonvicini |
Website | www.cccp-fedeliallalinea.it |
CCCP Fedeli alla Linea, officially written CCCP - Fedeli alla Linea,").
Their name, CCCP, stems from the
CCCP left behind the stereotypes of punk rock, and reached for a genre-defying convergence of militant rock, industrial music, folk, electropop, Middle Eastern music, and even chamber music while delivering through their lyrics a bleak vision of humankind, also introducing elements of expressionist theatre and existentialist philosophy in their live shows.
CCCP's works influenced dozen of artists such as Marlene Kuntz, Massimo Volume, and Offlaga Disco Pax. [citation needed]
History
1981–1983: Formation
Tra Carpi e Berlino c'è un legame speciale, perché a Carpi comincia l'autostrada del Brennero: perciò noi consideravamo Carpi come la periferia estrema di Berlino (Between Carpi and Berlin there is a special connection because the Brennero motorway starts in Carpi: therefore we considered Carpi the outermost suburb of Berlin)
— Ferretti
CCCP was formed in 1981 when Ferretti met Zamboni (both were from Reggio Emilia) in a discothèque in Kreuzberg (Berlin). Once they returned home they founded a new band called MitropaNK. During the following summer Ferretti, Zamboni and bassist Umberto Negri returned to Berlin: it was during that trip that CCCP Fedeli alla Linea were born. The band members decided to use a drum machine instead of an actual drummer.
The name of the band celebrates the popular sub-culture of
During this period the band performed several times in
The band's first concerts in Italy were met with a negative response from the crowd, leading the band to add two new members to the line-up: Annarella Giudici "Benemerita soubrette" (well-deserved soubrette), and a performer named Danilo Fatur . Annarella, Fatur, and for a little time Silvia Bonvicini (a second "Benemerita soubrette") contributed to characterize their concerts by playing comic-demential sketches during their gigs.
1984–1985: First EPs
In 1984 the band released
The three EPs were produced and recorded by the band with very little money and few musical instruments in a single room set as a recording studio, near to a city tram line constantly disturbing the recording.
1986: Debut album
Their first studio
This album is considered by many music critics one of the masterpieces of contemporary Italian music, and a milestone for the whole European punk movement.[citation needed] The album's sales induced Virgin Dischi, the Italian branch of Virgin to sign the band. Some of the band's fans saw this move as betrayal and nicknamed the band "CCCP fedeli alla lira" with lira (the old Italian currency before the introduction of Euro) instead of linea ('line' in the sense of 'party line', in line with the soviet theme).
1987–1988: Signed for Virgin
In 1987 the band recorded and released their first single "
In 1988
In the same year, CCCP released the single "
1989: Third album
The third album,
1989–1990: Litfiba and demise
In 1989 CCCP,
During this year guitarist Giorgio Canali, bassist Gianni Maroccolo, keyboardist Francesco Magnelli, and drummer Ringo De Palma (the last three left the Litfiba because of some artistic differences of opinion 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 signals another musical evolution for the band. CCCP reached their zenith[citation needed] with this album, a Frank Zappa-esque stylistic puzzle which also stands as a personal musical encyclopedia, with complex suites such as "MACISTE contro TUTTI", their "swan song", and a transition to the new sonorities of the Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti (C.S.I.), the new band born from the ashes of 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) (Italian: Comunità degli Stati Indipendenti (CSI)). With the creation of the CIS, the Soviet Union and at the same time the band ceased to exist.
CCCP effectively disbanded the 3 October 1990, in the same date of the German reunification, and the members went on to other projects.
Post-CCCP
When the
When 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
- Giovanni Lindo Ferretti (Cerreto Alpi, 9 September 1953): songwriter, vocals (1982–1990)
- Massimo Zamboni (Reggio Emilia, 1957): guitar, songwriter (1982–1990)
- Umberto Negri: bass, songwriter (1982–1985)
- Zeo Giudici: drums(1982–1983)
- Mirka Morselli - drums(1983)
- Annarella Giudici (born Antonella Giudici): "Benemerita soubrette" vocals (1984–1990)
- Danilo Fatur: "Artista del popolo" (people's artist) vocals (1984–1990)
- Silvia Bonvicini: vocals(1984–1985)
- Carlo Chiapparini: guitar (1986–1989)
- Ignazio Orlando: bass, keyboards, drums (1986–1989)
- Gianni Maroccolo (Manciano, 9 May 1960): bass (1989–1990)
- Francesco Magnelli: keyboards (1989–1990)
- Ringo De Palma (born Luca De Benedictis, Turin, 28 December 1963 – Florence, 1 June 1990): drums (1989–1990)
- Giorgio Canali (1958): guitar, programming (1989–1990)
Members timeline
Discography
Studio albums
- vinyl 1986, re-released in 1988 by Virgin
- Socialismo e Barbarie, Virgin Records1987, re-released in 1988 on CD with two extra tracks.
- Canzoni, Preghiere, Danze del II Millennio - Sezione Europa, Virgin, 1989
- Epica Etica Etnica Pathos, Virgin, 1990
Live albums
- Live in Punkow, Virgin, 1996
Compilation albums
- Compagni, cittadini, fratelli, partigiani / Ortodossia II, Virgin, 1988
- Ecco i miei gioielli, Virgin, 1992
- Enjoy CCCP, Virgin, 1994
- Essential (CCCP), EMI, 2012
Singles
- Oh! Battagliero, Virgin, 1987
- vinyl, 1988
EPs
- vinyl, 1984
- vinyl
- vinyl
- Ragazza Emancipata, Stampa Alternativa, 1990
VHS
- Tempi moderni, 1989
Theatre
- Allerghia, 1987–1988
See also
References
- ^ "CCCP - Fedeli alla linea".
- ^ "Visioni a 33 giri - Csi - Tabula rasa elettrificata - Quando l'alt-rock italiano espugnò le classifiche :: Gli Speciali di OndaRock". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ Loi, Simone (2021-01-04). "Tabula rasa elettrificata, il miracolo targato Csi". L'Unione Sarda.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-22.