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From a model to a singer

Nico

 

 

Brief introduction

Nico's real name is Christa Paffgen. Nico was one of the most fascinating and mysterious women of the multimedia revolution of The Sixties, and long after that till the present day. She was born in Nazi-controlled Germany. Her father died in a concentration camp.

Nico first rose to fame as a European supermodel, also landing a bit part in Fellini's La Dolce Vita film. In 1965, she attracted the attention of Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Afterwards in Paris, Nico met Bob Dylan who urged her to pursue her career as singer and gave her a song: I'll Keep It with Mine, later recorded on the solo debut-album Chelsea Girl. She moved to New York, where Andy Warhol installed her as a vestigial presence and occasional lead singer for the Velvet Underground.

Nico embarked on a solo career, recording folk-rock-flavored songs for her debut Chelsea Girl album with assistance from Jackson Browne, Lou Reed, and John Cale.

Her deep narcotic monotone voice became one of her trade-marks, as well as her low moans, high cheekbones and heavy make-up.

Her career fell into disarray during the rest of the '70s and the '80s as she struggled with a massive drug habit and tangled personal life. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Ibiza in 1988. Her ashes were buried in Berlin, in a small cemetery in the Grunewald Forest.

References:

Unofficial website of Nico

Discography of Nico

Frozen Warnings - The Music of Nico

Nico

Nico's Biography

Lyrics:

Chelsea Girl 1968

The Marble Index 1969

Desertshore 1970

The End ... 1974

Drama of Exile 1981

Do or die! 1982

Camera Obscura 1985

Background music:

All Tomorrow's Parties 

Stars' data

Born on Oct 16, 1938 in Cologne, Germany

Died on Jul 18, 1988 in Ibiza, Spain

Styles

Proto-Punk, Experimental, Prog-Rock/Art Rock

Audios online

Album Chelsea Girl on 9SKY

27 sample clips on Gaea

Chelsea Girl Live/Nico-Icon Rare And Unreleased on Emusic

Chelsea Girl/Marble Index/End on All of Mp3

9 Albums on CD Universe