Who is Sid Vicious?
Sid Vicious, born Simon John Ritchie in 1957, was one of the principal players of the punk rock movement as bass player of the band The Sex Pistols. In a way, Sid Vicious become more infamous than famous. He was accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend Nancy Spungen in 1978, and while awaiting trial, he died of a heroin overdose of pure heroin, (usually the drug is in diluted form), in 1979. It is important to note Vicious never claimed knowledge of the stabbing, and could not recollect it, and that several other theories emerged about Nancy’s death. Both were so deeply immersed in heroin drug addiction at the time that any number of theories as to Nancy’s death, and Sid’s are possible. Prior to Nancy and Sid’s death, Sid had been recruited by music producer Malcolm McClaren, one of the great movers and shakers of the punk movement and later the New Wave movement, to replace Glen Matlock in the Sex Pistols. At the age of 20, Vicious had already played in several British bands that ha
Sid Vicious was born in 1957 in London to Anne Randal and John Ritchie. The two were never married and early on John left Anne to raise Sid or John Simon Ritchie by herself. Anne would move frequently because of financial problems. Together they lived in Ibiza with a return to London. When Sid started school he was often bullied because he moved often and attended new schools. Several years later Anne married Chris Beverly and was going to adopt Sid as his stepson when he died suddenly. Sid met Johnny Rotten while the two were classmates at Hackney College and became friends. The two left college and roomed together when Johnny joined the band, Sex Pistols with Sid being their #1 fan. Eventually, Sid joined the band as its bassist when the original bassist was kicked out. WHO IS NANCY SPUNGEN? Nancy Spungen was born in 1958 in Philadelphia to Frank and Deborah Spungen. Her father was an upper middle class businessman. She had a brother and a sister. As a child she had problems due to a
