Less than a year after sid joined the sex pistols split. The name sid vicious brings up all sorts of images of debauchery, mayhem and general rock 'n' roll delinquency Punk rocker sid vicious became famous as bassist for the sex pistols before his entanglement with drugs, which ended his career and life.
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He was everything punk sid vicious rose to fame as the second bassist for the punk rock band, sex pistols—but it wasn’t for his musical talent
A friend once described him as, “everything in punk that was dark, decadent and nihilistic”
From fights in clubs to brushes with danger and one fateful final night, vicious’ dark rise to fame came to a tragic end all too soon. Sid vicious was an english bass player and singer who achieved fame as a member of the punk rock band the sex pistols in the late 1970s Vicious’s short life and career were marked by violence, nihilism, rebellion, and apathy, which made him the ultimate icon for the confrontational style of music that he helped to pioneer. The infamous bassist for the sex pistols, sid vicious was accused of murdering his girlfriend shortly before he died of a heroin overdose on february 2, 1979.
