The acronym used for the new band name, C.S.I. , evokes 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…
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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, at the end of the concert, the Soviet hymn “A Ja…
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The third album, Canzoni, Preghiere, Danze del II Millennio – Sezione Europa (1989), marked their musical evolution into electropop . Keyboard , instead of guitar , became the band’s leading instrument. The album was more influenced by Middle Eastern music and was softer than in previous records. It substituted the…
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In 1988 Virgin re-released Socialismo e Barbarie on CD , and their first EPs on the compilation Compagni, cittadini, fratelli, partigiani / Ortodossia II .
In 1987 the band recorded and released their first single “Oh! Battagliero” and their second album, Socialismo e Barbarie , which was made with a relatively big budget if compared with the first one. It is a less cohesive work, that ran the gamut from Middle Eastern music to a…
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Their first studio album , 1964/1985 Affinità-Divergenze fra il Compagno Togliatti e Noi – Del Conseguimento della Maggiore Età , was recorded during 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…
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In 1984 the band released Ortodossia , their first EP on the independent label Attack Punk Records. In the same year the Ortodossia II EP was released, which included the same three songs already included in their first EP (“Live in Pankow”, “Spara Jurij”, and “Punk Islam”) plus an additional…
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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…
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