One of its most famous founders was Nico Adriaans, who served as the union’s chairman until 1986. They announced their creation on the first page of their magazine Dope: Suddenly, like …

Apr 19, 2018 · A new biopic covering her later years, Nico, 1988, is part of an ongoing reconsideration of her art and life following the Velvet Underground.

Nico Adriaans was the founder and chairman of the "Rotterdamse Junkiebond" (Junkie Union), the first advocacy/activist User Group in the Netherlands. In this capacity, Nico played an …

Sep 1, 1992 · Nico The End far surpasses rock biographies that veer towards hagiography. However—upon reread over two decades after its initial publication—it does stray into the …

Jun 19, 2021 · While her fellow Velvets, Lou Reed and John Cale, are called “American masters”, “poets” and “legends”, Nico has been cast as a racist junkie who slept with myriad famous …

Christa Päffgen (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪsta ˈpɛfɡn̩]; 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), [1] [2] [3] known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, actress, and model. …

And though in Nico, 1988, her touring guitarist is black, one doesn’t learn of Nico’s antiblack racism in the film. She attributed her bigotry to having been raped at the age of thirteen by a …

Mar 19, 2024 · Nico was racist, sexist, snobbish, anti-Semitic and lazy – but she was also a legend of the kind I doubt we’ll ever see again, a vile and beautiful product of the 20th century …

Mar 21, 2024 · Nico’s cryptic lyrics evade elucidation, and her committed performance makes them seem even more mysterious. The entire package—including, of course, John Cale’s …

Feb 6, 2017 · Nico: In The Shadow Of The Moon Goddess Lutz Graf-Ulbrich Self-Released. German singer Nico’s life story is one peppered with addiction, tragedy, darkness, and …