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{{quote|"And with [[Velvet Underground|The Velvets]] come the blonde, bland, beautiful Nico, another cooler [[Marlene Dietrich|Dietrich]] for another cooler generation. Art [...] will never be the same again."<br />▼
'''John Wilcock''' of ''The East Village Other'''s review of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable show, quoted in the liner notes of ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' CD. }}▼
▲{{quote|"And with [[Velvet Underground|The Velvets]] come the blonde, bland, beautiful Nico, another cooler [[Marlene Dietrich|Dietrich]] for another cooler generation. Art [...] will never be the same again."
Nico was a German singer, model, actress, and Warhol Superstar. Born in 1938, she started modeling when she was a teenager and later moved into acting, landing a minor blink-and-you-miss-it appearance in Fellini's ''[[La Dolce Vita]]''. Later still, she started working with [[Andy Warhol]] and Paul Morrissey on their experimental films, and it was Andy who inserted her into the [[The Velvet Underground]]'s lineup. The collaboration ended rather quickly because she and the band didn't really get along and the Velvets soon broke their ties with Warhol. Nevertheless, her work with the Velvets became legendary in the rock community, despite the fact that [[One-Scene Wonder|her involvement was limited: she only sang 3 songs and added backing vocals to another]] on ''The Velvet Underground & Nico''. Additionally, she received no writing credits and was credited as [[Gratuitous French|"chanteuse"]].▼
▲|'''John Wilcock''' of ''The East Village Other''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s review of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable show, quoted in the liner notes of ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' CD.
▲[[Nico]] was a German singer, model, actress, and Warhol Superstar. Born in 1938, she started modeling when she was a teenager and later moved into acting, landing a minor blink-and-you-miss-it appearance in Fellini's ''[[La Dolce Vita]]''. Later still, she started working with [[Andy Warhol]] and Paul Morrissey on their experimental films, and it was Andy who inserted her into the [[The Velvet Underground]]'s lineup. The collaboration ended rather quickly because she and the band didn't really get along and the Velvets soon broke their ties with Warhol. Nevertheless, her work with the Velvets became legendary in the rock community, despite the fact that [[One-Scene Wonder|her involvement was limited: she only sang 3 songs and added backing vocals to another]] on ''The Velvet Underground & Nico''. Additionally, she received no writing credits and was credited as [[Gratuitous French|"chanteuse"]].
Nico soon embarked on a solo career, using the opportunity to demonstrate the full range of her musical talent. Her debut album, ''Chelsea Girl'', was met with praise, despite the fact that Nico wasn’t really involved in the production of the album and was dissatisfied with it. She started taking control of her music starting with her second album. Because of this, her sound evolved into something more experimental and harmonium-driven.
On July 18, 1988, Nico had a minor heart attack while riding a bicycle in Ibiza and hit her head as she fell. A passing taxi driver found her and had a hard time finding a hospital that would admit her. She was incorrectly diagnosed as suffering from heat-exposure instead of having a severe cerebral hemorrhage, and died as a result. Her legacy still lives on, as part of the Velvets and as a respected solo artist. Musicians influenced by her include Siouxsie and the Banshees, [[Bat for Lashes]], [[Patrick Wolf]], [[Bjork]], [[Bauhaus]], Coil, Elliott Smith, and [[Dead Can Dance]]. Also, despite their [[Creative Differences]], the Velvets liked her voice enough that whenever they performed "I'll Be Your Mirror" (a song where they fought with Nico to get the final result) live, they'd sing it in a German accent.
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* ''Chelsea Girl'' (1967)
* ''The Marble Index'' (1969)
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