Name: Top 10 Rock 'n Roll Muses
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Best known for her association with Andy Warhol
and his Factory, this well-heeled American

debutante became a symbol of Sixties style,
rebellion, and freedom.

Edie's personal journey away from her wealthy
family may have begun as a result of her "daddy

issues" -- her father, Francis "Fuzzy" Sedgwick,
was very charismatic, but also quite selfish,

By the age of thirteen, Edie's mental health
was shaky; she began to starve herself, alternating

bouts of anorexia with bulimic binging and
purging.

Her siblings also exhibited signs of serious
mental trauma, probably due to the rigours

of living with an insensitive and cruel father.

Edie's anorexia was very severe, and she was
placed under psychiatric care for her problem.

After stays at several institutions, she began
to show improvement.

By the mid-Sixties, Edie was ready to travel
to the Big Apple, where she met Andy Warhol.

After starring in his film, Poor Little Rich
Girl, Edie's fame grew, and she began to hang

Her friendship with Dylan turned to romance,
and Edie eventually became pregnant with his

child, but suffered a miscarriage shortly
thereafter.

Sedgwick never quite got a handle on her problems
with anorexia, pills, and booze; on the night

of November 15, 1971, Edie's frail body gave
out, and she died from a toxic brew of barbiturates

Songs inspired by Edie Sedgwick: many tunes
from Dylan's Blonde on Blonde album were believed

to be written about Edie, including Leopard-skin
Pill-box Hat and Just Like a Woman...

Muse of Brett Anderson and Damon Albarn, sultry
British songstress Justine Frischmann was

a founding member of Suede -- and the front
woman of her own group, Elastica.

Best known for Elastica's tongue-in-cheek
hit, Stutter, Frischmann is an unconventional

brunette beauty with a strong sense of self
and a dramatic family background.

Frischmann's father is a concentration camp
survivor who later became one of the most

prominent and respected engineers in the world.

Justine Frischmann was learning architecture
at a London college when she met fellow student

The couple fell in love and then formed the
alternative rock band, Suede -- they continued

to play music together until Justine started
seeing Damon Albarn in 1989.

Frischmann's dalliance with Damon angered
Anderson, who soon booted her from the band.

Many fans believe that Suede became a better
band once she'd left; the group certainly

had more success without Frischmann on board.

Frischmann, like so many other muses on our
list, was addicted to drugs; heroin was Justine's

drug of choice, and, after eight years of
togetherness with Albarn, her addiction contributed

to the demise of the relationship (as well,
Albarn wanted marriage and children, but she

In time, Frischmann pulled it together, and
she survived both drugs and fame -- today,

she lives a quiet and happy life in Notting
Hill, London.

Songs inspired by Justine -- Tender (Blur)
and No Distance Left to Run (Blur), Animal

Born in Cologne, Germany in 1938, Nico rose
to fame through her work with Brian Jones

(of the Rolling Stones); she was also a member
of the Velvet Underground.

After working with Jones, Nico caught the
eye of Andy Warhol, who was was managing Lou

Reed's band...Warhol, an eccentric artist
and filmmaker, then pressured Reed and his

band-mates to take on his newest protégée
as a singer.

At first, the group resisted, but they did
eventually welcome Nico (born Christa Päffgen)

into the fold; she was featured on their album,
The Velvet Underground & Nico, in 1967.

Before joining the band, Nico was already
a successful fashion model who dabbled in

music -- however, her stunning good looks
and confident demeanor masked a tragic family

Nico's father was a German soldier in WWII
-- after a serious head injury, he was "used"

for experiments in a Nazi concentration camp.

Her father passed away at the camp, and Nico
and her mother struggled to make ends meet

in Berlin; the young girl left school at the
tender age of 13 and then began to model professionally.

Before joining with Jones (and Reed) to make
music, Nico's unique beauty was a calling

card that gave her access to the world's most
glamorous circles; while posing for Vogue

and Elle, she developed fluency in several
different languages and met a range of glittering

During the early Sixties, Nico had a child
(reportedly fathered by French heartthrob

Nico struggled with deafness in one ear while
pursuing a career as a recording artist -- she

was also addicted to heroin for over a decade.

However, despite these formidable challenges,
she continued to record solo albums and to

This self-proclaimed "nihilist" attempted
to clean up shortly before her death by eschewing

drugs and turning to nutrition and exercise...
she did valiantly try to improve her health,

but she was fated to die from a cerebral hemorrhage
caused by a fall from a bicycle.

Songs inspired by Nico -- I'll Be Your Mirror
(Velvet Underground), The Birds of St. Marks

Blond model Anita Pallenberg used her sexy,
almond-shaped eyes to seduce and captivate

Keith Richards (of the Rolling Stones); this
classic European beauty was charming, confident,

Pallenberg always had a dark edge to her personality,
despite her sunny good looks; she was an adventurous,

risk-taking, woman who was obsessed with the
occult... she was also a hard-core drug addict

whose addiction was quite out of control.

In fact, Keith Richards once remarked that
Anita "almost killed me"- it is entirely possible

that she was the wilder member of that pairing.

However, both she and her Rolling Stones paramour
were heavily into hard drugs.

Anita caused many a rift between the members
of the Rolling Stones...Brian Jones was her

partner until she chose to leave him for Keith
Richards; later, she was rumoured to bed Mick

Jagger while still in a relationship with
Richards.

However, Pallenberg assisted the band in other
ways... the willowy, Italian-born fashion

plate used her sophisticated knowledge of
culture, clothing and music to become an important

advisor to one of the most popular rock groups
in the world.

According to inside sources, Pallenberg may
also have used witchcraft to hold her position;

she was known to do complex spells, and to
cart around an assortment of macabre supplies

The Rolling Stones were, for a time, strongly
influenced by the personality, ideas and style

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