Goes to Hackney Technical College, and meets John Lydon (later known as Johnny Rotten) and Jon Wardle (later Jah Wobble).Īged 16, he is injecting drugs along with his mother, Anne Beverley, openly in front of Wardle and Lydon.
The Beverleys move back to London from Tunbridge Wells In a school for disturbed children, Nancy discovers drugs at age 13. They stay in Tunbridge Wells for 6 years. But 6 months later his new father-figure dies, devastating both Simon and Anne. Simon Ritchie becomes Simon Beverley, after his mum remarries. Although she has tantrums and mood swings, she has an extremely high IQ. Mother Anne embarks on a nomadic bohemian lifestyle, which takes her and her son to Ibiza for two years, then to Soho where she works at Ronnie Scotts jazz club.Īt age 4 years, Nancy is sent to see her first psychiatrist. June: Nancy is given her first sedatives, Phenobarbital, at age 3 months. The baby is jaundiced and immediately needs a blood transfusion. May 13th: Sid Vicious is born - as Simon John Ritchie.įebruary 27 th: Nancy Spungen is born. So, was Sid just an unfortunate victim of circumstance that propelled him into the limelight, where he had to live out the life the media circus expected of him? Or did he really embody the spirit of punk as well as being the poster-boy face of it? What direction would his life have aken had he not paired up with the similarly disturbed Nancy? Was it because of the drugs? Was it manager Malcolm McLaren’s fault? But, perhaps it’s all a little more complicated than that….
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Sid Vicious, Nancy Spungen and The Sex Pistols – A Series of Events It's a n up close and personal account of their tumultuous and stormy relationship. ' Sad Vacation - the last days of Sid & Nancy ' is a film by director Danny Garcia (The Clash, Johnny Thunders). Buy the limited 2xLP here (while stocks last) Listen to 'Sid Lives' - on Spotify, Apple & iTunes or Amazon.īuy the 2xCD here. It includes Steve Dior's fascinating recollections of life with Sid, and the background to each song, only available in hardcopy in the 2xCD booklet and the vinyl 2xLP sleeve.
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It's the full recordings of four of Sid's last performances from Max's Kansas City, September 1978, with guitarist Steve Dior and the New York Dolls rhythm section, Arthur Kane and Jerry Nolan. Vicious died in 1979 at age 21.This Sid Vicious timeline history ( see below), from his beginnings to the Sex Pistols and beyond, is taken from the 'Sid Lives' CD's 24-page booklet and LP gatefold sleeve of the double-album. Rotten, whose real name is John Lydon, has slammed the series as “disrespectful” and is refusing to grant permission for the songs to be included.Įdmund Cullen, a lawyer for Jones and Cook, told a judge at the High Court in London on Thursday that the former bandmates have a “brittle and fractious” relationship.Ĭullen argued that under the terms of a 1998 band agreement, decisions regarding licensing requests could be determined on a “majority rules basis.” Lydon, however, contends that licenses to use the music can’t be granted without his consent.Ĭullen said both the band’s original bassist, Glen Matlock, and the estate of Matlock’s replacement, Sid Vicious, supported the position of Cook and Jones. Guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook want the songs to appear in “Pistol,” a television series based on a memoir by Jones. LONDON – Two former members of the Sex Pistols are suing singer Johnny Rotten for the right to use the band’s songs in an upcoming television series about the anarchic punk rock icons.