Sid Vicious

“Beautiful figure”.

An eighteen-year-old John Simon Ritchie (aka ‘Sid Vicious’) taken at Hackney Technical College in 1975. The photo is featured in the 1980 book, ‘The Sid…

“The Ultimate Punk Rocker” doll by S.I.D. Limited, 1993 Apparently in 1993, only 3,000 of these super strange-looking, officially licensed action figures called “The Ultimate…

The biggest-selling single the Sex Pistols ever put out wasn’t “Anarchy in the U.K.” or “God Save the Queen” or “Pretty Vacant” or “Holidays in…

John Lydon may have said The Rolling Stones looked “silly” performing at Glastonbury earlier this year, but the former Sex Pistol and PiL frontman has…

He certainly knew how to play-up to the camera. A young Sid Vicious on his way to a David Bowie concert in London, 1973. Mark…

A few days before he fatally overdosed on some particularly strong heroin, Sid Vicious wrote what appears to be a suicide note. Sid’s mother, Anne…

This surprisingly good documentary includes interviews with people who know what they’re talking about. Unexploitive and free of the usual finger wagging. “One of them…

A revealing interview with Sid Vicious conducted by Judy Vermorel in August, 1977. In it Vicious rails against “grown-ups” and “grown-up attitudes”, TV host Hughie…

Who Killed Nancy opens today In New York City. The film makes a strong case that Sid Vicious did not kill Nancy Spungen. Read about…