Nico biography book

Accept Reject. Open the full-size image. Format Hardcover ebook Audiobook Download Unabridged. A new, definitive biography of the iconic and mysterious singer, Warhol superstar, Velvet Underground collaborator: influential solo artist Nico. Her life is tangled in myth—much of it of her own invention. Browse a selection of books we think you might also like, with genre matches and a few wildcards thrown in.

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Lorem ipsum dolor, sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Harum quia soluta eius! Cumque magni quod amet commodi eos. Eum, et! Marks had a starring role in the groundbreaking hippie musical Hair , and some of those present think Nico was angry because the younger woman was getting all the attention that day. Or maybe it was because Marks had been talking about racial inequality and suffering, and Nico thought she herself had suffered more as a victim of the war.

So was Nico a racist, or even a Nazi? There were a lot of dark things roiling around in her soul, and perhaps, as painful as it is to contemplate, racism was a part of that darkness. At a low point in her life, she snapped and lashed out. In any event, the incident only served to increase her paranoia: she fled to Europe, convinced that the Black Panthers were planning to kill her in revenge.

Using the proceeds from her modeling career, Nico took care of her troubled mother before abandoning her to a state-run mental hospital when money ran short.

Nico biography book

As for her son, Ari, when he was young she dragged him with her to the factory he can be seen running around in various Warhol movies, including Ari and Mario , before allowing relatives to adopt him and bring him up. Later, seeking to reconnect with his mother, the teenage Ari sought Nico out, and they shot heroin together, before Ari, sadly, ended up doing a stint in a mental hospital himself.

Finally off heroin and happily touring and making records with a good backing band, The Faction, she was living in Ibiza, her favorite place in the world, when she went for a bicycle ride to town in the hot sun. She became famous for being Nico. Yet Nico's talent and her contribution to rock culture are often overlooked. She spent most of her career as a solo artist on the road, determined to make music, seemingly against all the odds, enduring empty concert halls, abusive fans, and the often perilous reality of being an ageing artist and drug addict.