Editing Nico (section)

==Legacy==
Nico directly inspired many musicians, including [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]], [[the Cure]], [[Morrissey]], [[Elliott Smith]], and [[Björk]]. Siouxsie and the Banshees invited her as special guest on their first major UK tour in 1978; they also later covered "All Tomorrow's Parties".<ref>{{cite book |last=Paytress |first=Mark |title=Siouxsie & the Banshees: The Authorised Biography |publisher=Sanctuary |year=2003 |isbn=1-86074-375-7}}</ref> The Cure's leader [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] has cited ''Desertshore'' as one of his favourite records,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Fallout Favorites [Robert Smith chooses the records he'd take into the bunker after the big bang] |journal=[[Flexipop]] |date=April 1982|quote=''Desertshore'' Nico 'I like to remember to it'}}</ref> as has Björk.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/15/bjork-delta-archives-alex-ross |title=How Björk broke the sound barrier |newspaper=The Guardian |author=Alex Ross|date=15 February 2015|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therestisnoise.com/2011/11/my-favorite-records-bj%C3%B6rk.html|title=My Favorite Records: Björk|publisher=Therestisnoise.com|date=13 November 2011|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref> [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]]'s [[Peter Hook]] cited ''Chelsea Girl'' as one of his favourite albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pedestrian.tv/music/peter-hook-talks-lost-joy-division-tapes-how-not-to-run-a-club-and-ian-curtis-legacy/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180813234552/https://www.pedestrian.tv/music/peter-hook-talks-lost-joy-division-tapes-how-not-to-run-a-club-and-ian-curtis-legacy/|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2018|title=Peter Hook Talks Lost Joy Division Tapes|publisher=pedestrian.tv|date=30 June 2010|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref> Bauhaus singer, [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]], considered that "Nico recorded the first truly Gothic album, ''Marble lndex'' or ''The End''. Nico was Gothic, but she was [[Mary Shelley]] to everyone else's [[Hammer Horror]]. They both did ''[[Frankenstein]]'', but Nico's was real."<ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Thompson (author) |year=2002 |title=The Dark Reign of Gothic Rock |publisher=Helter Skelter |isbn=978-1900924481}}</ref> Morrissey cited Nico when asked to name artists who had a lasting influence on him: "The royal three remain the same: [[the New York Dolls]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Elvis Presley]], with Nico standing firm as first reserve."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.true-to-you.net/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125015857/http://www.true-to-you.net/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 November 2005 |title=Morrissey News Questions answered |publisher=True-to-you.net |date=20 November 2005|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref> Morrissey also said of the song "Innocent and Vain", "This is my youth in one piece of music."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Harrison |first=Andrew |title=Hand in Glove |magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |date=May 1994 |page=78}}</ref> Elliott Smith covered "Chelsea Girls" and "[[These Days (Jackson Browne song)|These Days]]" in [[Portland, Oregon]] in October 1999; he also cited ''The Marble Index'' as one of his perfect 2.45am albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/elliott-smith-archive-interview-there-has-to-be-darkness-in-my-songs-782397 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111001637/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/elliott-smith-archive-interview-there-has-to-be-darkness-in-my-songs-782397 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 January 2017 |title=Elliott Smith Archive Interview March 2000 – 'There Has To Be Darkness In My Songs' |work=NME|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref> [[Marc Almond]] recorded a cover version of "The Falconer": she was one of the "things I was obsessed about at school" due to her "wonderful intriguing voice, icy and remote yet warm at the same time."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Marc Almond on Desertshore |last=Turner |first=Luke |magazine=[[The Quietus]] |date=19 November 2012}}</ref> [[Marianne Faithfull]] recorded "Song For Nico" on her LP ''Kissin' Time'' in 2002. [[Michael Gira]] also recorded an homonymous song for the [[Angels of Light]] album [[How I Loved You]], and cited ''Desertshore'' and ''The Marble Index'' among his favorite albums.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-19 |title=Readers{{sic |nolink=yes}} Digest - Michael Gira: Records that changed my life |url=https://younggodrecords.com/blogs/press/readers-digest-michael-gira-records-that-changed-my-life |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=YOUNG GOD RECORDS}}</ref> Patti Smith did a concert tribute to Nico in 2014 in which she covered "I Will Be Seven".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |title=Hear Patti Smith Sing Ambient Nico Song 'I Will Be Seven |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=30 August 2016}}</ref> [[Low (band)|Low]] wrote a song titled "Those Girls (Song For Nico)" and [[Neko Case]] covered "Afraid" in 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-worse-things-get-the-harder-i-fight-the-harder-i-fight-the-more-i-love-you-20130903 |title=The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You |last1=Hermes |first1=Will |date=3 September 2013 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=18 August 2014}}</ref>

Two of Nico's songs from ''Chelsea Girl'', "The Fairest of the Seasons" and "These Days", both written by Jackson Browne, were featured in [[Wes Anderson]]'s film ''[[The Royal Tenenbaums]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-royal-tenenbaums-soundtrack-is-the-film-dork-s-secr-1798255439 |title=The Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack is the film dork's secret musical weapon |last1=Hughes |first1=William |date=12 December 2016 |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=18 August 2014 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123152554/https://film.avclub.com/the-royal-tenenbaums-soundtrack-is-the-film-dork-s-secr-1798255439 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Several biographical works on Nico have appeared, both in print and film. The first, in 1992, was ''Songs They Never Play on the Radio'', a book by James Young that draws on his association with Nico in her last years. In 1993, ''Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon'' by musicologist [[Richard Witts]] covered Nico's entire life and career. The 1995 documentary ''Nico Icon'' by Susanne Ofteringer examined the many facets of Nico's life with contributions from people who knew her, including her colleagues Reed and Cale. In 2015, Lutz Graf-Ulbrich, Nico's former partner and accompanist in the late 1970s, published ''Nico: In the Shadow of the Moon Goddess'', an account of his time with Nico. In the 2018 biopic ''[[Nico, 1988]]'' directed by [[Susanna Nicchiarelli]], [[Trine Dyrholm]] portrays Nico on a journey across Europe during her last tour.

In 2019, [[Manchester International Festival]] put on a production called ''The Nico Project''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mif.co.uk/whats-on/the-nico-project/ | title=The Nico Project}}</ref> It was a theatrical re-telling of Nico's 1968 album ''The Marble Index'' starring [[Maxine Peake]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maxine Peake – A long talk with the British actor about becoming Nico |url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/maxine-peake-a-long-talk-with-the-british-actor-about-becoming-nico/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Loud And Quiet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-14 |title=Maxine Peake: 'The truth seems slippery with Nico' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jun/14/maxine-peake-nico-project-manchester-international-festival |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=the Guardian}}</ref>

===Tributes===
Several concerts to honour Nico's career were organized over the years with multiple singers revisiting her repertoire. In 1981 Texas punk band [[Really Red]] released an original song in tribute to Nico. In 2005, alternative rock band [[Anberlin]] released their second studio album, [[Never Take Friendship Personal]], which includes the song "Dance, Dance Christa Päffgen", inspired by Nico, whose given name was Christa Päffgen. The song references her struggle with drugs and unrelated death. Two Nico tribute concerts took place in Europe in the autumn of 2008 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Nico's birth and the 20th anniversary of her death. On 11 October 2008, John Cale, [[James Dean Bradfield]] (of [[Manic Street Preachers]]), [[Fyfe Dangerfield]] of [[the Guillemots]], [[Mark Linkous]] (of [[Sparklehorse]]), Peter Murphy (of Bauhaus), [[Lisa Gerrard]] of [[Dead Can Dance]], and [[Mark Lanegan]] appeared on stage at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] in London. On 17 October 2008 at the Volksbuehne in Berlin, Nico's ex-boyfriend Lutz Ulbrich, who was her musical collaborator in the late 1970s, presented another tribute concert, which featured [[Marianne Rosenberg]], [[Soap&Skin]], Marianne Enzensberger, and [[James Young (British musician)|James Young]], the keyboardist from The Faction, Nico's last band.

[[Shearwater (band)|Shearwater]]'s 2006 album ''[[Palo Santo (Shearwater album)|Palo Santo]]'' was dedicated to Nico, and was loosely based on her life.<ref>{{cite web |title=DiS meets Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater |url=https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4138836-dis-meets-jonathan-meiburg-of-shearwater |website=drownedinsound.com |access-date=3 December 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616232348/https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4138836-dis-meets-jonathan-meiburg-of-shearwater |archive-date=16 June 2021}}</ref>

Performance artist [[Tammy Faye Starlite]] (Tammy Lang) enjoyed success in 2011 with her one-woman show ''Nico: Chelsea Mädchen'', in which she impersonated the singer and delivered spoken material based on an interview Nico gave in the mid-Eighties, during an Australian tour.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/a-femme-fatale-reborn-nicos-life-and-songs-come-alive-in-new-york-cabaret-show-20111012 |title=A Femme Fatale Reborn: Nico's Life and Songs Come Alive in New York Cabaret Show |last=Fricke |first=David |date=12 October 2011 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>

In 2012, X-TG (featuring members of industrial band [[Throbbing Gristle]]) released a re-interpretation of the ''Desertshore'' album.<ref>{{cite web |title=Desertshore / The Final Report |url=http://www.throbbing-gristle.com/X-INDUSTRIAL/x-tg/desertshore.html |website=Throbbing Gristle.com |access-date=10 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110230311/http://www.throbbing-gristle.com/X-INDUSTRIAL/x-tg/desertshore.html |archive-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>

In January 2013, John Cale organized a tribute ''A Life Along the Borderline'' at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] in New York City. Performers included Cale, [[Kim Gordon]] with [[Bill Nace]], [[Sharon Van Etten]], [[Meshell Ndegeocello]], [[Stephin Merritt]], [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]], [[Alison Mosshart]], [[Joan As Police Woman]], [[Greg Dulli]], [[Yeasayer]], and [[Mercury Rev]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bam.org/music/2013/a-tribute-to-nico |title=Life Along the Borderline: A Tribute to Nico |website=BAM |date=16 January 2013 |access-date=3 September 2013 |archive-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807191434/https://www.bam.org/music/2013/a-tribute-to-nico |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The song "Last Ride" on [[Beach House]]'s 2018 album ''[[7 (Beach House album)|7]]'' "was inspired by" Nico, according to lead singer [[Victoria Legrand]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crfashionbook.com/culture/a20162657/beach-house-seven-album/ |title=Beach House's Victoria Legrand on eternal muse Edie Sedgwick |website=CR Fashion Book |date=11 May 2018 |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127165452/https://www.crfashionbook.com/culture/a20162657/beach-house-seven-album/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>