Sid Vicious

Sid Vicious, born John Simon Ritchie on May 10, 1957, in London, England, achieved fame as the bassist for the punk rock band Sex Pistols. Despite his tragic death at age 21 in 1979, Sid remains an icon of the punk subculture. His rebellious and self-destructive nature embodied the essence of punk—dark, decadent, and nihilistic. Sid’s life was marked by turmoil, from his early days in Ibiza to his involvement with the Sex Pistols and his tumultuous relationship with Nancy Spungen.