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Simon John Ritchie [a] (10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979), better known by his stage name Sid Vicious, was an English musician, best known as the second bassist for the punk rock band Sex Pistols.Despite dying in 1979 at the age of 21, he remains an icon of the punk subculture; one of his friends noted that he embodied "everything in punk that was dark, decadent and nihilistic."
Apr 2, 2014 · After the band broke up in 1978, Vicious holed up in New York's Chelsea Hotel with his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Their relationship was full of ups and downs, leading to the eventual mysterious ...
Oct 29, 2024 · Sid Vicious (born May 10, 1957, London, England—died February 2, 1979, Manhattan, New York, U.S.) was an English bass player and singer who achieved fame as a member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols in the late 1970s. Vicious’s short life and career were marked by violence, nihilism, rebellion, and apathy, which made him the ultimate ...
Dec 28, 2020 · Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose on Feb. 2, 1979, just a year after Nancy Spungen's death in New York City. At the time of his death, he had been living with his current girlfriend, Michelle Robinson in their Greenwich Village apartment, as per the New York Daily News. Advertisement.
May 14, 2023 · Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen were inseparable from the time they met in England in 1976. The rest of the Sex Pistols disliked her immensely and effectively banned her from their final shows. But after the fateful disbanding of the Sex Pistols in 1978 — which happened largely due to Vicious' relationship with Spungen and his ongoing drug ...
May 28, 2024 · W hen Sid Vicious stepped out of Rikers Island, New York, on 1 February 1979, oblivion was the first thing on his mind. During the 54 days he spent in the notorious Bronx prison – there for ...
Feb 2, 2019 · Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen circa 1978 in New York City. (Picture: Allan Tannenbaum/IMAGES/Getty Images) On this day in 1979, Sid Vicious was found dead in New York City.
Sid Vicious. Sid Vicious (aka John Simon Ritchie / Beverley): Bass. Born: May 10th 1957, London, England. Died: February 2nd 1979, New York, USA. There has been much confusion over Sid’s name. Both his real name and his nickname. Born as John Simon Ritchie his mother Anne would insist on calling him Simon; she also used the surname Beverley ...
The Damned- While Sid Vicious never played with The Damned, he was noticed during his time with The Flowers of Romance and offered the chance to audition. This opportunity went nowhere when Sid Vicious failed to show up. Sid Vicious and the Sex Pistols . The original bassist for the Sex Pistols, Glen Matlock, was kicked out of the band in early ...
Apr 2, 2020 · Ultimately, Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen found their common ground in the combustible arena of punk rock until driving over the edge together, like a musical Bonnie and Clyde, joined in death as ...
