Intelligence Dept.

The Intelligence Dept. is a new wave band founded in 1982 in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. In the first years of activity there are a lot of changes in the formation, the group finds a definitive asset in 1984 when Susanna Zaghi joins the band as vocalist. The other members of the Italligence Dept. are: Stefano “Dedo” Panzera (bass), Gian Paolo Di Federico (keyboards), Davide Carlotti (sax and synth). With this formation the band records the first demo tape, with songs such "Sleeping City", "Too Late Too Love" and "Anger Inside". The same three songs that immediately later will be enclosed into the split record compilation 'A White Chance', together with tracks from Plastic Trash and Go Flamingo! (two other very good bands from the same city of the Intelligence Dept.).

In 1985 a new demo-tape is produced by the band: 'The Big Trouble'. With the new tracks they will play in a new edition of the Indipendenti festival managed by Fare Musica in 1986. They will arrive another time in the final stages with a very good appreciation of public and critics. The band with this new festival gains a lot of tv shots thanks to the Videomusic transmissions (the first important musical TV in Italy), partner of the festival. 

After this laudable partecipation, the band starts a new period of changes in the formation and ends the first period of activity in 1988. In 2011 the Intelligence Dept. are back with a new release: the collection 'Sleeping City' (on Anna Logue and Mannequin Records). Different remastered tracks from this selection will be used in different recent compilations. On the wave of these new releases the band decides to come back on the live stages. The reunion of The Intelligence Dept. happens in 2012. From this first new gig will be self-produced a video of the night, distributed by Anna Logue Records. [SOURCE: LAST.FM]