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Nora Forster
Nora Maier Forster (née Maier; 6 November 1942 – 6 April 2023) was a German-British music promoter, publishing heiress, actress, and model. Before moving to London in the late 1960s, she worked in West Germany with Jimi Hendrix, Wishbone Ash, and Yes. In London, she helped to financially support the punk bands the Slits, the Sex Pistols, and the Clash. She was married to John Lydon of the Sex Pistols.
Nora Maier Forster was born 6 November 1942 in Munich, Germany, to a wealthy publishing family. Her father, Franz Karl Maier, worked as a "prosecutor who helped bring wartime Nazis to justice." After the end of World War II, her father was the editor and publisher of the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel.
Forster was educated in Munich and was interested in music from an early age. After she finished school, she went to work for her father's media company. After the death of her father she inherited a large share of his AU$ 120 million fortune and became heir of Der Tagesspiegel.
Forster began her work as a music promoter in Munich. Her home there became a meeting place for "rock royalty". Some of the acts she worked with in West Germany were Jimi Hendrix, Wishbone Ash, and Yes. She found German society to be too restricting and decided to move to London with her daughter in the latter half of the 1960s.
Their first flat was located in a "cold, damp and dark" basement in West London, near the Chelsea football ground. Following that, they moved to a small house off Gowrie Road in South London. During this time she came to be called a "Punk Mummy Warrior" who guided her daughter Ari Up's musical pursuits and supported the development of her band, the Slits, when Ari was just fourteen or fifteen.
Forster hosted numerous musician house guests and among them was Neneh Cherry, the teenage step-daughter of Don Cherry. Cherry performed backing vocals with the Slits for a time. Rock journalist and historian Vivien Goldman stated that Forster was "a den mother to all the young punks."
During the 1960s and 1970s, Forster was part of the bohemian scene in London. Starting in the late 1960s, Forster's home in Shepherd's Bush became a crash pad, salon, and meeting place for rock musicians including Joe Strummer of the Clash, Jimi Hendrix, Jon Anderson of the band Yes, and many other bands.
She helped to financially support the punk bands the Slits, the Sex Pistols, and the Clash.
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Nora Forster
Nora Maier Forster (née Maier; 6 November 1942 – 6 April 2023) was a German-British music promoter, publishing heiress, actress, and model. Before moving to London in the late 1960s, she worked in West Germany with Jimi Hendrix, Wishbone Ash, and Yes. In London, she helped to financially support the punk bands the Slits, the Sex Pistols, and the Clash. She was married to John Lydon of the Sex Pistols.
Nora Maier Forster was born 6 November 1942 in Munich, Germany, to a wealthy publishing family. Her father, Franz Karl Maier, worked as a "prosecutor who helped bring wartime Nazis to justice." After the end of World War II, her father was the editor and publisher of the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel.
Forster was educated in Munich and was interested in music from an early age. After she finished school, she went to work for her father's media company. After the death of her father she inherited a large share of his AU$ 120 million fortune and became heir of Der Tagesspiegel.
Forster began her work as a music promoter in Munich. Her home there became a meeting place for "rock royalty". Some of the acts she worked with in West Germany were Jimi Hendrix, Wishbone Ash, and Yes. She found German society to be too restricting and decided to move to London with her daughter in the latter half of the 1960s.
Their first flat was located in a "cold, damp and dark" basement in West London, near the Chelsea football ground. Following that, they moved to a small house off Gowrie Road in South London. During this time she came to be called a "Punk Mummy Warrior" who guided her daughter Ari Up's musical pursuits and supported the development of her band, the Slits, when Ari was just fourteen or fifteen.
Forster hosted numerous musician house guests and among them was Neneh Cherry, the teenage step-daughter of Don Cherry. Cherry performed backing vocals with the Slits for a time. Rock journalist and historian Vivien Goldman stated that Forster was "a den mother to all the young punks."
During the 1960s and 1970s, Forster was part of the bohemian scene in London. Starting in the late 1960s, Forster's home in Shepherd's Bush became a crash pad, salon, and meeting place for rock musicians including Joe Strummer of the Clash, Jimi Hendrix, Jon Anderson of the band Yes, and many other bands.
She helped to financially support the punk bands the Slits, the Sex Pistols, and the Clash.