Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols)
Born: 10 May 1957
Died: 2 February 1979 (21 Years)
Died: 2 February 1979 (21 Years)
Sex Pistols
John Simon Ritchie (10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979) widely known as Sid Vicious, was an English musician, best known as the bassist for the punk rock band Sex Pistols. Despite dying in 1979 at age 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."
In 2006, Vicious and the Sex Pistols were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They declined to attend the ceremony.
Anne Beverley had taken possession of Sid's bass guitar, a white Fender Precision Bass with a black Pickguard and a leather strap with the name 'Sid' etched into it. Shortly before her death (of a drug overdose in 1996) she sold it to Steve Jones for £2,000.
(wikipedia)
In 2006, Vicious and the Sex Pistols were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They declined to attend the ceremony.
Anne Beverley had taken possession of Sid's bass guitar, a white Fender Precision Bass with a black Pickguard and a leather strap with the name 'Sid' etched into it. Shortly before her death (of a drug overdose in 1996) she sold it to Steve Jones for £2,000.
(wikipedia)