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Real Name:Christa Päffgen
Profile:Nico was born in Cologne on 18 October 1938 but grew up with her mother in Lübbenau, a small town in the eastern part of Germany, before moving to Berlin where she began modelling which allowed her to work between Berlin, Paris, London and Rome. It was in Rome where she had her first movie appearance as 'Nico' in Fellini's 'La dolce vita'. In 1959 she moved to Paris where she had an affair with Alain Delon and gave birth to her only son, Aaron Christian, in 1962. In London she met Brian Jones and recorded her first single, produced by the manager of the Stones, Andrew Loog Oldham: "The Last Mile/I'm Not Sayin'". When she began modelling in New York for Eileen Ford, she fed on amphetamines and speed. Bob Dylan introduced her to Andy Warhol and his new project, The Velvet Underground. She sang two songs on the Velvets' debut LP and played roles in several Warhol films, such as 'Chelsea Girls' or 'I, A man'. Warhol was fascinated by her androgynous look and her beauty. 'Chelsea Girls' was also the title of her first solo LP. In California, she fell in love with Jim Morrison who encouraged her to write her own songs. John Cale produced her next two albums, 'The Marble Index' and 'Desertshore' where she played harmonium and sang in a deep hypnotic voice. The seventies found Nico back in Paris where she lived with the avantgarde filmmaker Philippe Garrel. Films like 'La cicatrice intérieure' (1971) or 'Les hautes solitudes' (1974) had her play the main character and at the same time featured her strange beautiful music. She published another record, 'The End' (1974), including her interpretation of the Jim Morrison song. By the time, she was addicted to heroin. After splitting up with Garrel, she lived in Manchester, partly with her son Ari, and toured all over Europe. In 1985 she recorded her last studio record, 'Camera Obscura'. In 1988, she spent the summer in Ibiza where she died in a bicycle accident. Her ashes are now buried in Gruenewald at Wannsee in Berlin, along with her mother. Several posthumous records like 'Hanging Garden', 'Last Concert' or 'Nico Icon' reflect the quantity of admirers the chanteuse still has.
URLs:http://smironne.free.fr/NICO
Aliases:Christa Paeffgen
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Releases:
I'm Not Sayin / The Last Mile (7", Single, Mono)   Immediate 1965
All Tomorrow's Parties / I'll Be Your Mirror (7", Single, Mono)   Verve Records 1966
The Velvet Underground & Nico (Album) ◄ (23 versions)   Verve Records ... 1967
The Marble Index (Album, Comp) ◄ (6 versions)   Elektra ... 1968
Chelsea Girl (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   MGM Records ... 1971
Desertshore (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Reprise Records ... 1974
June 1, 1974 (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Island Records ... 1974
The End... (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Island Records ... 1974
Drama Of Exile (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Metronome ... 1981
Saeta / Vegas (7")   Flicknife Records 1981
Do Or Die! (Cass)   ROIR (Reachout International Records) 1982
Procession (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   1/2 Records 1982
Heroes (7")   Aura Records (2) 1983
Live In Denmark (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   VU Records ... 1983
The Drama Of Exile (LP, Album)   Invisible Records (2) 1983
My Funny Valentine ◄ (2 versions)   Beggars Banquet 1985
The Blue Angel (Comp) ◄ (3 versions)   Tonpress ... 1985
Behind The Iron Curtain (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Dojo ... 1986
Live Heroes (LP, Album, Comp)   Performance Records 1986
Live Heroes (LP, Comp, yel)   Performance Records 1986
Nico In Tokyo ◄ (3 versions)   Dojo ... 1987
The Peel Sessions (EP) ◄ (2 versions)   Strange Fruit ... 1988
Hanging Gardens (Comp) ◄ (3 versions)   Restless Records ... 1990
Nico's Last Concert "Fata Morgana" (CD, Album)   SPV Recordings 1994
Chelsea Live (CD, Album)   See For Miles Records Ltd. 1996
Icon (Rare & Unreleased) (CD)   Cleopatra 1996
The Classic Years (CD, Album)   Chronicles 1998
Do Or Die - diary 1982 (CD)   ROIR (Reachout International Records) 2000
Reich Der Träume (CD, Maxi)   FünfUndVierzig 2000
Femme Fatale (CD)   Jungle Records 2002
Innocent & Vain, An Introduction To Nico (CD, Comp)   Polydor 2002
Le Bataclan '72 ◄ (2 versions)   Alchemy Entertainment ... 2003
All Tomorrow's Parties (CD)   Purple Pyramid 2004
The Frozen Borderline 1968-1970 (2xCD, Album, RM)   Elektra, Reprise Records, Rhino (UK) 2007
All Tomorrow's Parties (LP, Ltd)   Cleopatra 2008
These Days (CD, Comp)   Woodstock Tapes 2008
Heroine & An Underground Experience (Live) (DVD)   Visionary Communications  
Appears On:
Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground Featuring Nico (Album, Comp) ◄ (3 versions) All Tomorrow's Parties... Polydor ... 1971
Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground (LP, Comp)   Polydor 1974
The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Part One: Irreversible... Island Records 1974
The Velvet Underground & Nico (Comp, Album) ◄ (10 versions) Femme Fatale, All Tomo... Polydor ... 1977
The Story Of Velvet Underground (2xLP, Gat)   Polydor 1978
Vuelo Quimico (LP, Album) Vuelo Químico Harvest 1978
Lüül (LP, Album) Reich Der Träume GeeBeeDee 1981
Ziggy Stardust / Third Uncle (12") Waiting For The Man Beggars Banquet 1982
Camera Obscura (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   PVC Records ... 1985
Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Waiting For The Man Beggars Banquet ... 1988
The Stars We Are (Album) ◄ (15 versions) Your Kisses Burn Parlophone ... 1988
Venus In Furs / All Tomorrow's Parties (12") All Tomorrow's Parties Old Gold (2) 1988
The Best Of The Velvet Underground (Words And Music Of Lou Reed) (Comp) ◄ (3 versions)   Verve Records ... 1989
Chronicles (CD, Comp)   Mercury 1991
The Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly And See (Box + 5xCD) All Tomorrow's Parties... Polydor 1995
Undead - 50 Gothic Masterpieces (3xCD, Comp + Box) Camera Obscura Dressed To Kill 1996
Nico (Dance Music) (CD, Album) Ari Sleepy Too, Nibelu... Détour 1998
Todos Sus Grabaciones Para Discos EMI/Harvest (1977-1978) (2xCD, Album, RE, RM) Vuelo Químico Rama Lama Music 1998
2nd Vactor (CD, Album) Karg Daham Recordings 1999
Circuits (CD, Album) Janitor Of Lunacy Vermiform 1999
Pop 2000 - 50 Jahre Popmusik Und Jugendkultur In Deutschland (8xCD, Comp, Car + Box) Das Lied Der Deutschen Grönland Records 1999
Richie (LP, Ltd) All That Is My Own Entartete Musikk 1999
Undead A Gothic Masterpiece (3xCD + Box) Camera Obscura Dressed To Kill 1999
Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face Two) (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Abschied Apocalyptic Vision ... 2000
Le Cinéma De Serge Gainsbourg - Musiques De Films 1959-1990 (3xCD, Comp, Lon) Strip-Tease (Inédit) Universal Music (France) 2001
Something New! (CDr, Album) Purple Lips Preference Recordings 2001
Receiving A Flower On Mother's Day (CD) All That Is My Own Tesco Organisation 2002
Tongue Sound Songs (CDr) Nowhere Blotter Records 2002
Just Before We Learned To Swim (CDr) Secret Side hinah 2003
The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain) (CD) All Tomorrow's Parties LTM Publishing (Les Temps Modernes) 2003
Across Yer Ocean (CD, Single)   V2 Records, Inc. 2005
Gold (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Sunday Morning Polydor ... 2005
Just Before We Learned To Swim (CD) Secret Side Matamore 2005
The Libertine (7", Single) Afraid Tomlab 2005
Untitled (CD, EP, Ltd) Afraid, Afraid 2 Durtro, Jnana Records 2005
Bergwein (12") Secret Side Dial 2006
Sonic Diary (Album, Comp) ◄ (3 versions) All Tomorrow's Parties GUN Records (2) ... 2006
White Bicycles - Making Music In The 1960s (CD, Comp) Afraid Fledg'ling Records 2006
Zeitreise (CD) Reich Der Träume Grundsound 2006
1981 - 1985 (CD, Album) All That Is My Own Infrastition 2007
Archive Part I (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Procession Ragnarune Mailorder 2007
Uncut Playlist March 2007 (CD, Comp) Frozen Warnings Uncut Magazine 2007
Flower Of Evil (CD, Album, Dig) Janitor Of Lunacy Rune Grammofon 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Troublemakers (2xLP) My Only Child Island Records (US) 1980
The Angels Are Coming (2xCass, Comp) All Tomorrow's Parties... Pleasantly Surprised, Pleasantly Surprised 1983
Document: Pleasantly Surprised (82 - 85) (Cass, Comp) All Tomorrow's Parties... Pleasantly Surprised 1985
Elektrock / The Sixties (The Jac Holzman Years) (4xLP, Box) Frozen Warnings Elektra 1985
One Pound Ninety-Nine (LP, Comp) Win A Few Beggars Banquet 1985
The Immediate Singles Collection (2xLP, Comp) I'm Not Sayin', The La... Castle Communications 1985
Baby Boomer Classics - Electric Sixties (LP) All Tomorrow's Parties Trax Music 1986
Baby Boomer Classics - The Sixties (Volume 1) (CD) All Tomorrows Parties Trax Music, Trax Music 1988
In Goth Daze (LP) Vegas Flicknife Records 1989
Tant Pis Pour L'Idaho ! (VHS, SECAM, Bla) Chelsea Girl Virgin Music Video 1989
The Psychedelic Years (3xCD) Venus In Furs Knight Records Ltd 1990
Classic Rock - Rock Renaissance IV (CD) Venus In Furs Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1991
Sonora 2/91 (CD) La Notte Delle Fiabe Materiali Sonori 1991
The Doors (Music From The Original Motion Picture) (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Heroin Warner Music (Brazil) ... 1991
The Psychedelic Years Revisited (3xCD) Little Sister, Evening... Sequel Records 1992
In Goth Daze (CD, Smplr) Vegas Anagram Records 1994
Mysterious Encounters (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Sixty Forty Cleopatra 1994
Top Gear (2xCD) Venus In Furs (As Used... Epic, Epic 1994
Alterno-Daze: Origin Of The Species (CD, Comp) I'm Waiting For The Man Rebound Records (2) 1995
La Fabuleuse Histoire Du Rock 15 - Rock Décadent-Punk (CD) I'm Waiting For The Man Club Dial 1995
A Delicate Dependency: Music For Vampires (CD, Comp) My Funny Valentine Mercury 1996
Flesh, Fangs & Filigree (3xCD, Comp) Femme Fatale Dressed To Kill 1996
Flesheaters - The Return Of The Undead (3xCD, Comp + Box) I'm Not Saying Dressed To Kill 1996
Ocean Of Sound 2: Crooning On Venus (2xCD) Prelude / Lawns Of Dreams Virgin 1996
Psychedelic Frequencies (CD) Evening Of Light Temple 1996
Undead - 50 Gothic Masterpieces (3xCD, Comp + Box) Camera Obscura Dressed To Kill 1996
Dead & Gone #2 - Totenlieder - Songs Of Death (CD, Dig) My Only Child Trikont 1997
Disraeli Years (5xCD, Comp) The Last Mile, I'm Not... Dressed To Kill 1997
Echoes Of Darkness (2xCD, Comp) European Son To Delmor... PolyGram TV (Belgium) 1997
Sixties Apocalypse (2xCD) The Last Mile Age Of Panic 1997
Gothic Erotica (6xCD) Femme Fatale, Janitor ... Dressed To Kill 1998
Pop 2000 - 50 Jahre Popmusik Und Jugendkultur In Deutschland (8xCD, Comp, Car + Box) Das Lied Der Deutschen Grönland Records 1999
Undead A Gothic Masterpiece (3xCD + Box) Camera Obscura Dressed To Kill 1999
Blitz Of Hitz! - The Immediate Singles Story Episode 1 (CD, Comp) I'm Not Saying, Last Mile Charly Schallplatten GmbH 2000
The Royal Tenenbaums (Original Soundtrack) ◄ (2 versions) These Days, The Faires... Hollywood Records 2001
18-Track Guide To The Month's Best Music (CD, Comp) Little Sister Uncut Magazine 2002
The Velvet Underground & Nico (Comp, Album) ◄ (3 versions) Little Sister, Winter ... Polydor 2002
In Goth Daze (DVD, Comp, PAL) I'm Waiting For The Ma... Cherry Red 2003
The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain) (CD) All Tomorrow's Parties LTM Publishing (Les Temps Modernes) 2003
Under The Influence (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) All That Is My Own DMC Publishing 2003
Destroy All DJs (CD) All Tomorrow's Parties Hypnotic 2004
The Great Electroca$h Swindle (CD) All Tomorrow's Parties Electronic Dance Essentials 2004
Gold (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Chelsea Girls, It Was ... Polydor ... 2005
Gothic Party Time (CD, Comp) All Tomorrow's Parties Jungle Records 2005
Looking For Europe - The Neofolk Compendium (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) You Forgot To Answer Auerbach Tonträger 2005
This Is Radio Vedett (CD, Comp) Strip Tease EMI Music (Belgium) 2005
Back To Mine (CD, Promo) Wrap Your Troubles In ... DMC Publishing 2006
Dirty Diamonds III (2xCD) Afraid Diamond Traxx 2006
Mister Melody - Les Interprètes De Serge Gainsbourg (4xCD + Box) Strip Tease Mercury 2006
Sonic Diary (Album, Comp) ◄ (2 versions) All Tomorrow's Parties GUN Records (2) ... 2006
The Goth Anthology (3xCD, Comp + Box) All Tomorrow's Parties Metro Triples 2006
This Is Remixed Hits! (2xCD, Comp + CD, Mixed) All Tomorrow’s Parti... Hypnotic 2006
White Bicycles - Making Music In The 1960s (CD, Comp) Afraid Fledg'ling Records 2006
Zero, A Martin Hannett Story (1977-1991) (CD) All Tomorrow's Parties Big Beat Records 2006
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind (File, MP3, Mixed, 128) Secret Side The New Worck 2007
Dirty Edits Vol.I A Collection Of Dirty Classics Selected By Dirty Sound System Edited By Pilooski (CD, Comp, Ltd) Le Petit Chevalier Discograph 2007
New Wave (2xCD, Comp) Heroes District 6 2007
Nouvelle Vague Presents New Wave (2xCD, Promo) Heroes District 6 2007
This Is Psychedelia (3xCD, Comp) Venus In Furs, Little ... Metro Triples 2007
Uncut Playlist March 2007 (CD, Comp) Frozen Warnings Uncut Magazine 2007
Acoustic 3 (2xCD, Comp) Sunday Morning Echo 2008
Punk - The Platinum Collection (3xCD, Comp + Box) Waiting For My Man EMI Music (Belgium) 2008
Rebel Rebel: A Tribute To David Bowie (CD, Comp) Heroes Uncut Magazine 2008
The Ultimate Collection Rock 100 Hits (5xCD, Comp) I'm Waiting For The Man Union Square Music 2008
Tambourine Dream (CD, Mixed, Comp, Spe + CD, Comp, Bon) I'll Keep It With Mine... Flagrant Fowl 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Velvet Underground & Nico (LP)   Under New Management 1989
Down For You Is Up (CD, Ltd)   Rarities & Few 1991
Abschied (CD, Ltd)   Dream Records (6) 1993
Phaedream (CD, Tur) Vuelo Quimico Not On Label (Tangerine Dream) 1997
Live In Columbus 1966 Part 1 (CDr)   Mind The Magic 1998
Live In Columbus 1966 Part 2 (CDr)   Mind The Magic 1998
Heroine (CD, Album, Enh)   Anagram Records 2002
Volume 1 (12", Ltd, W/Lbl) Le Petit Chevalier Dark & Lovely 2005
Yesterday's Parties (LP) The Nothing Song World Youth Records 2005
The Velvet Underground & Nico - Unripened (CD)   Not On Label 2007
A Workout At The Gymnasium (LP, Ltd)   Velvet Records (3) 2008
Tambourine Dream ◄ (2 versions) I'll Keep It With Mine... Flagrant Fowl 2008
In 1966 There Was... (2xLP, Comp, Ltd, red) I'll Be Your Mirror, T... Velvet Records (3) 2009
Abschied (LP, Ltd)   Not On Label  
Death & The Maiden (LP, Comp, Blu) Improvisation (Cale/Mo... Not On Label  
Down For You Is Up (LP, Gat)   Easy Flyte Records  
Live Denmark 7.10.82 (LP, Ltd + 7", Ltd)   Chameleon Records (5)  
Strange Window (LP, Ltd)   Preservation/Illumination Records  
The Velvet Underground & Nico - Unripened (LP, Album)   Not On Label  
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