It's no wonder that people were frightened by the first wave of punk rock. Loud, snotty and obsessed with self-destruction, the Sex Pistols were a force of nature who blew through London (and the rest of the world) in a tornado of nihilism, abuse and buzzsaw riffs. Though most of the band managed to move on from that initial burst into the universe, bassist Sid Vicious (born John Ritchie) kept his cycle of drug abuse and mania up — a lifestyle that tragically caught up with him. Vicious of a heroin overdose on this day in 1979.
Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren once declared, "If Johnny Rotten is the voice of punk, then Vicious is the attitude." Indeed, Vicious was the consummate punk in many ways, from his fashion sense (he walked around in a trademark leather jacket) to his musicianship (Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones recorded the bass parts for the...
Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren once declared, "If Johnny Rotten is the voice of punk, then Vicious is the attitude." Indeed, Vicious was the consummate punk in many ways, from his fashion sense (he walked around in a trademark leather jacket) to his musicianship (Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones recorded the bass parts for the...
- 2/2/2011
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
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