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Desertshore

This is a record that should be approached with some trepidation. Certainly it isn't going to top any charts or start any new dance crazes, nor are the lyrics going to be quoted by earnest young theologians or the underground press. That, however, doesn't make it any less a work of genius.

The...

1970 RS: Not Rated

The Marble Index

1969

Chelsea Girl

1968

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Biography

She's more than just another dour (if shockingly beautiful) face and a terrifying, Germanic drone-voice, but even haters admit that goth rock -- everything good and bad about it -- begins with the late Christa Paffgen (1938-1988), known to the world as Nico. Starting out as a European model and all-around rock scenester before dropping like a bomb(shell) into Andy Warhol's Factory, Nico ended up i...

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