Giovanni Lindo Ferretti (born September 9, 1953) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer and author. Biographic notes He was born in Cerreto Alpi, in the province of Reggio Emilia, in the western part of the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna.After the studies and having worked as psychiatric nurse for five years, he leaves his native region to travel across Europe.He meets Massimo Zamboni in Berlin, with whom he founds the band 'CCCP Fedeli alla Linea' (CCCP Loyal to the Line) in 1982.