10.

Edie Sedgwick

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,

critical and abusive.

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

around with Bob Dylan.

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

and alcohol.

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...

9.

Justine Frischmann

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

Brett Anderson.

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

did not).

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

Nitrate (Suede)

8.

Nico

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

history.

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

celebs.

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

Alain Delon)...

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

appear in films.

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

(Jackson Browne)

7.

Anita Pallenberg

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,

and very worldly.

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

for her rituals.

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

of Anita Pallenberg.

Richards and Pallenberg had three children together -- Marlon, Angela (Dandelion), and

Tara (deceased).Today, Pallenberg lives in England, where she is an avid gardener; she

and Keith are still good friends.

Songs inspired by Anita Pallenberg -- possibly Angie (Rolling Stones)

6.

Francoise Hardy

This French chanteuse undoubtedly won the genetic lottery; today, in her 70th decade,

she remains an unusually striking and elegant woman.

Hardy wasn't just a pretty face -- during her heyday in the Swinging Sixties, her beautiful

bone structure, lean body and long, glossy brown hair helped to draw attention to her

lovely singing voice and her quirky, endearing French pop songs.

Cerebral and genuinely talented, Sorbonne-educated singer Francoise Hardy was once described

by Mick Jagger as "his ideal woman".

She and Mick shared a brief flirtation that went nowhere -- Hardy was fascinated by Jagger,

whom she perceived as a "dark angel" -- however, the French songstress felt that she was "too

clean" for the debauchery that defined Mick's lifestyle at that time.

Eventually, Francoise found true love with one of Europe's most popular male singer/songwriters,

Jacques Dutronc (whom she later married).

During the Sixties, she was considered one of the world's great beauties, and she was

known to inspire fashion designers, artists, and other rock luminaries (such as Bob Dylan

and David Bowie).

Today, Francoise works as a musician and as an astrologer...

Francoise Hardy rated a mention in one of Bob Dylan's poems, "Some Other Kinds of Songs"...

she also appeared on Blur's single, To the End (La Comedie).

5.

Courtney Love

Whether you adore or loathe Courtney Love, it's impossible to deny the sheer force of

the woman, or the importance of her role as a Grunge-era rock-n-roll muse; by her own

admission, this talented singer and lyricist has made a point of getting together with

rock stars that could help her to move into the upper echelons of show business.

Despite her calculated hookups, Courtney had plenty of talent all on her own (at least,

until her drug abuse spiralled out of control), though she may well have needed the song writing

finesse of her famous (and profoundly gifted) boyfriends in order to reach her lofty career

goals.

One of her first celebrity rock'n'roll romances was with Julian Cope (the lead singer of The

Teardrop Explodes); in time, her British lover turned against her, going so far as to take

out a full-page ad in the NME (New Musical Express) which decried her groupie, druggie

ways ..." Free us from Nancy Spungen-fixated, heroin assholes who cling to our greatest

rock bands and suck out their brains", he wrote...

When Courtney met Kurt Cobain, she was already dating another up-and-coming musician -- Billy

Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins.

Courtney soon chose Kurt and, months later, she became pregnant with their daughter, Frances

Bean -- Kurt and Courtney married while she was expecting her first child.

Today, Frances Bean is estranged (and legally emancipated) from her mother...

A controversial (and best-selling) book, Love and Death, explores the idea that Courtney

played a role in her husband's demise.

Throughout her tumultuous love life, Courtney has also allegedly enjoyed liaisons with Evan

Dando, Trent Reznor and Ryan Adams.

Songs rumored to be inspired by this rock'n'roll muse -- Heart-Shaped Box (Nirvana), I'll Stick

Around (Foo Fighters), Disarm (Smashing Pumpkins), You Know You're Right (Nirvana)

4.

Linda Eastman

Born Linda Louise Eastman in 1941, this American photographer and entrepreneur was best known

for her marriage to Beatle Paul McCartney.

Linda grew up in affluent Scarsdale, New York -- by 1962, a terrible tragedy changed Linda's

life forever... her beloved mother was killed in a plane crash.

After studying art at college, Eastman married her first husband and later gave birth to

a child they named Heather.

Eastman divorced Joseph Melvin See Jr. in 1965.

Linda then became a professional photographer -- one who caught rock stars in their element

at the famed Filmore East concert venue.

According to many sources, Eastman was a bona fide groupie before meeting McCartney; she

allegedly hooked up with many of the rock stars she photographed.

In late spring of 1967, Linda Eastman met Paul in London.

In 1969, while pregnant with their daughter Mary, Eastman married Paul McCartney in the

Marylebone Registry Office.

Linda had three more children in quick succession, and then took up keyboards to become a member

of Paul's new band, Wings.

Linda, always a passionate advocate for vegetarianism and animal rights, was doomed to suffer from

breast cancer with liver metastasis.

Sadly, she passed away at age 56.

Song inspired by Linda Eastman/Linda McCartney -- No More Lonely Nights (Paul McCartney)

and Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul McCartney)

3.

Yoko Ono

Much maligned, Yoko Ono is generally perceived as the woman who "broke up the Beatles" -- however,

despite bearing the very heavy cross of public disapproval for decades, John Lennon's widow

has carried herself with dignity, and she has remained steadfastly loyal to the most

positive elements of her late husband's musical and cultural legacies.

Beginning her career as an eccentric artist, Yoko's sense of self was always strong and

distinct -- it is likely that John Lennon found her free-spirited ways refreshing and

inspiring.

Young Yoko Ono, while fitting the "groupie" stereotype in certain respects, was ultimately

miles away from the British "dolly birds" that tended to orbit the Fab Four during that

pivotal time period -- in contrast to the usual parade of fresh-faced (interchangeable?)

models, she offered an exotic mixture of assertiveness, ideas, and imagination.

Before long, John Lennon moved away from his life with the Beatles and began to embrace

a more offbeat musical reality.

While many question Ono's talent, few question the strong bond that existed between John

and Yoko.

Yoko and John were both skewered in Albert Goldman's brutal and controversial "tell-all"

unauthorized biography, The Lives of John Lennon.

Songs rumoured to be inspired by Yoko Ono -- Woman (John Lennon), Get Back (the Beatles)

2.

Marianne Faithfull

A four-year relationship with Rolling Stones frontman, Mick Jagger, cemented Marianne Faithfull's

status as a true rock-n-roll muse.

Born in 1949, Faithfull was a descendant of the noble Austrian Hapsburg dynasty (her mother

was a Baroness); Marianne's father worked as an English university professor.

Blessed with a delicate and unique ice-blond beauty, Faithfull began a career as a folk

singer during the early to mid-Sixties.

Soon, Marianne became a fixture in the wild social scene that was dubbed, "Swinging London".

Despite the hoopla that surrounded her, Faithful initially was quite calculating; she later

admitted to planning a romance with a member of the Stones, presumably to further her own

career ambitions...in fact, she was rumored to have "auditioned" three members of the

band before settling on Mick.

At this point, she began to record with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and she enjoyed