Sid Vicious

English bassist

Photo by: Chicago Art Department c/o: L. Schorr · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:May 10, 1957

Died:February 2, 1979

Age at death:21

Manner of death:Suicide

Cause of death:Heroin Overdose

Zodiac Sign:Taurus

Born in:Lewisham, United Kingdom

Languages:English

Musician Bass Guitarist

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Photo credits (3)

Sid Vicious:
Photo by: Chicago Art Department c/o: L. Schorr · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
John Lydon:
Photo by: Σπάρτακος · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Robert Smith:
Photo by: Bill Ebbesen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Famous For

Bands

Sex PistolsSiouxsie and the BansheesThe Flowers of RomanceVicious White Kids

Movies & TV

The Great Rock 'n' Roll SwindleThe Filth and the Fury

Songs & Albums

Sid SingsThe Vicious White Kids featuring Sid ViciousThe Idols with Sid ViciousMy Way

Sid Vicious

English bassist

Biography

John Simon Ritchie (born Simon John Ritchie; 10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979), known professionally as Sid Vicious, was an English musician, best known as the second bassist for the punk rock band Sex Pistols. After his death in 1979 at the age of 21, he remained an icon of the punk subculture; one of his friends noted that he embodied "everything in punk that was dark, decadent and nihilistic".

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Quotes

“Daily Mirror (11 June 1977), as reported in Fred Vermorel, Judy Vermorel, Sex Pistols: The Inside Story (1987), p. 169.”

“I'll probably die by the time I reach 25. But I'll have lived the way I wanted to.”

— Daily Mirror, (11 June 1977), as reported in Fred Vermorel, Judy Vermorel, Sex Pistols: The Inside Story (1987), p. 169.

“Well, you know, like, I don't really give a fuck what the general public think.”

— Reported in Julien Temple, The Filth and the Fury: The Sex Pistols (2000), p. 104.

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Photos

Sid Vicious from the Sex Pistols - Winterland - 14 January 1978 - this was the final show of the original Sex Pistols first and only US tour and the last time that Sid would have been on stage.

Sid Vicious Swastika t-shirt

Sid Vicious from the Sex Pistols - Winterland - 14 January 1978 - this was the final show of the original Sex Pistols first and only US tour and the last time that Sid would have been on stage.