The Resume

(October 16, 1938-July 18, 1988)
Died in Ibiza, Spain
Singer for The Velvet Underground
Birth Name is Christa Päffgen
Albums include 'The Peel Sessions,' 'Camera Obscura,' 'Marble Index' and 'The End'
Songs include 'Chelsea Girl,' 'Janitor of Lunacy,' 'No One Is There,' 'Abschied' and 'Secret Side'
Acted in 'Strip-tease (1963),' 'Chelsea Girls (1966),' 'Athanor (1973),' 'Ballhaus Barmbek (1988),' 'Nico Icon (1995)' and 'Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart (1998)'

Why she might be annoying:

She was a vegetarian.
She abused drugs.
She preferred wearing all black, all the time.
She went by a single pretentious name.
She occasionally added the last name of 'Icon' to her first name to show what she saw herself as.
Her son is the result of an affair with actor Alain Delon.
The name 'Nico' was given to her by a gay photographer after he departed with his lover 'Niko.'
She hung out in New York's underground nightlife.
She was involved with Lou Reed and Andy Warhols Factory, consisting of many of the freaky and experimental artists during that time.
She died from a brain hemorrhage after a bicycle accident.

Why she might not be annoying:

She ranked #87 on VH1's Top 100 Women of Rock 'n Roll.
Her son, whose last name sounds like bologna is actor, Christian Aaron Boulogne.
She attended Lee Strasberg's Method School in New York.
She was in the same class as Marilyn Monroe.
Her ashes are buried alongside her mother's at Gruenewald at Wannasee in Berlin.

Credit: Skunk Butt

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Amazon Women
• Andy Warhol Factory Regulars
• Andy Warhol Portraits
• Entertainers Loved by Depressed Teens
• Giraffes
• Goth Musicians
• I Abused Heroin
• I Died in 1988 (Ranked: 49)
• I Mothered Children Out of Wedlock
• I Portrayed Myself
• I Probably Banged Nico
• I'm Remembered in a Tribute Song
• Known By a Single Name
• Monotone Voices
• Musicians You Should Fear
• New Musical Express' Top 100 Albums of All Time [1993] (Ranked: 6)
• Observer's 50 Albums That Changed Music [July 16, 2006] (Ranked: 1)
• Pissed off Chicks
• Profiles 6751-7000 (Ranked: 6953)
• Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (Ranked: 54)
• Q Magazine's 100 Women Who Rock the World (Ranked: 39)
• Raped
• Recorded a Peel Session
• Residents of the Hotel Chelsea
• Skunk Butt/Rebecca's Profiles [Series 3]
• Velvet Underground
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock [July 1999] (Ranked: 87)
• Women With Deep Voices

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 31 Votes: 83.87% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 89 Votes: 59.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 27 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 29 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 86 Votes: 72.09% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 57 Votes: 56.14% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 89 Votes: 49.44% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 286 Votes: 43.71% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 253 Votes: 50.20% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 298 Votes: 56.04% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 545 Votes: 62.39% Annoying