Nico

Born: Cologne, Germany, 1938

Years Active: 1960-1988

Influenced by: Tim Hardin, Andy Warhol, Leonard Cohen, Tim Buckley

Biography: One of the most fascinating figures of rock's fringes, Nico hobnobbed, worked, and was romantically linked with an ...

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Stage Name Stories: Nico

Feb 28 2008 12:00PM by Spinner Staff

Filed under: The Hit List

Spinner.com: Born: Christa PaffgenWhat's in a Name: When she was a teenage model in Europe, the German-born singer was redubbed by fashion photographer Herbert Tobias. He must have been quite taken by her beauty, as he was inspired to give her the name of his...Read more