Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti (C.S.I.; English: Consortium of Independent Players) is an Italian band that evolved from the former punk/art band CCCP Fedeli alla linea.
C.S.I. were founded in 1992 by Giovanni Lindo Ferretti and Massimo Zamboni, along with original members of the Italian band Litfiba. The naming conventions of the band followed political changes occurring around the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Whereas the earlier band's name referenced the Cyrillic lettering for SSSR (i.e. USSR) as it was wrongly pronounced by peasants in their Italian native region of Emilia Romagna, "CSI" follows the conventions of the Italian acronym for the newly established Commonwealth of Independent States.
After Zamboni departed in 2000, the remaining members of C.S.I. continued in the form of Per Grazia Ricevuta. C.S.I. split in 2001.
Giovanni Lindo Ferretti is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, and author. He is considered to be one of the founders of Italian punk rock music.
Per Grazia Ricevuta, often abbreviated as P.G.R., is an Italian band led by Giovanni Lindo Ferretti.
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1964/1985 Affinità-Divergenze fra il Compagno Togliatti e Noi – Del Conseguimento della Maggiore Età is the debut album by the Italian punk rock band CCCP Fedeli alla linea. It was first released on vinyl by Attack Punk Records, an independent label, in 1986, and then re-released on CD by Virgin Records in 1988.
Compagni, Cittadini, Fratelli, Partigiani is the third EP released by the Italian punk/art rock band CCCP Fedeli alla linea. It was first released on vinyl by Attack Punk Records and re-released on CD by Virgin Records along with the Ortodossia II EP. Its title comes from the first verse of the 1960 ballad "Per i Morti di Reggio Emilia" by the Italian composer Fausto Amodei, which is dedicated to the demonstrators killed by the police during a protest against the Tambroni government.
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Canzoni, Preghiere, Danze del II Millennio – Sezione Europa is the third studio album released by the Italian punk rock band CCCP Fedeli alla linea in 1989.
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Ortodossia is an EP by the Italian punk rock band CCCP Fedeli alla linea released in 1984.
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Ragazza Emancipata is an EP by the Italian punk rock band CCCP Fedeli alla linea released in 1990.
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