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سید ویشس

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Also known as John Simon Ritchie, Simon Beverley, John Beverley, Simon John Ritchie, John Simon Ritchie-Beverly

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Sid Vicious was an English bassist for the Sex Pistols, a highly influential punk rock band of the 1970s, who became a cultural icon of the punk movement before his early death at age 21. His brief life and controversial persona have made him a significant figure in rock music history and punk culture.

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It sits within the topics 1957 births, 1979 deaths and 20th-century English bass guitarists.

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Acting · Lewisham, London, England United Kingdom

Sid Vicious, born John Simon Ritchie, was an English musician and vocalist. He achieved fame as a member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, replacing Glen Matlock, who had fallen out of favour with the rest of the group. American expatriate Chrissie Hynde, before she formed the Pretenders, tried to convince Ritchie to join her in a sham marriage so she could get a work permit in the UK. John…

Known for

  • 70 Years of Youth Revolt — Self (archive footage)2020
  • Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits — Self (archive footage)2018
  • Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers — Self2017
  • Sad Vacation: The Last Days of Sid and Nancy2016
  • Never Mind the Baubles: Xmas '77 with the Sex Pistols — Sid Vicious (archive footage)2013
  • Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols — Self - Bass2013
  • Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols — Self2012
  • Queen: Days of Our Lives — Self (archive footage)2011
  • Sex Pistols: The Whole Story — Self2011
  • Sid! By Those Who Really Knew Him — Himself2009

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John Simon Ritchie-Beverley (May 10, 1957 – February 2, 1979), better known as Sid Vicious, was an English punk rock musician and bassist for the Sex Pistols. He died of a heroin overdose at the age of 21. In November 1977 Ritchie met American groupie Nancy Laura Spungen and they immediately began a relationship (Spungen had come to London looking for Jerry Nolan of The Heartbreakers). She was a heroin addict, and inevitably Ritchie, who already believed in his own "live fast, die young" image

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Quotes

  • I'm not vicious really. I consider myself kind-hearted. I love my mum.
  • I'll probably die by the time I reach 25. But I'll have lived the way I wanted to.
  • Well, you know, like, I don't really give a fuck what the general public think.
  • American audiences are just the same as anybody else. Except a bit more boring.
  • The band broke up because I couldn't bear Rotten anymore because he was an embarrassment with his silly hats and his, like, shabby, dirty, nasty looking appearance.
  • You just pick a chord, go twang, and you've got music.

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Sid Vicious
date of birth
1957-05-10
date of death
1979-02-02
name in native language
John Ritchie
birth name
John Simon Ritchie
start of work period
1976-00-00
pseudonym
Sid Vicious
end of work period
1979-00-00
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