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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 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."
Sid Eudy. Sidney Raymond Eudy (December 16, 1960 – August 26, 2024) was an American professional wrestler, best known for his tenures in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), wrestling under the ring names Sid Justice, Sid Vicious, and Sycho Sid. Eudy was a six-time world champion, having won the WWF ...
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 ...
Aug 28, 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 ...
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 ...
Dec 28, 2020 · Dennis Oulds/Getty Images. 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.
May 14, 2023 · The virtual embodiment of '70s punk rock was a skinny English kid named John Simon Ritchie, better known to the public as Sid Vicious. Known for his rebellious lifestyle, his rowdy antics, and his trademark sneer, Vicious did his best to live up to his moniker. In a perfect world, his claim to fame would be his role as the former bassist for ...
Feb 2, 2019 · S ex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious was found dead in New York City on 2 February 1979, 40 years ago. It was less than four months after the death of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen – and Vicious ...
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.
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 ...
