CCCP Fedeli alla linea

CCCP Fedeli alla linea
Origin	Reggio Emilia, Italy
Genres	Punk rock, new wave, post-punk, art rock
Years active	1982–1990
Associated acts	C.S.I., PGR
Website	www.cccp-fedeliallalinea.it
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

CCCP Fedeli alla Linea [tʃiˌtʃitʃiˈpːi feˈdeli ˌalːa ˈlinea] were an Italian band formed in 1982 in Berlin by vocalist Giovanni Lindo Ferretti and guitarist Massimo Zamboni. The band's style was self-defined by the members themselves as “Musica Melodica Emiliana—Punk Filosovietico” (“Emilian Melodic Music—pro-Soviet punk”)

Their name, CCCP, stems from the cyrillic script for SSSR, Russian acronym for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, although pronounced following the Italian phonetics.

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.

“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)

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