Sid Vicious
Birthday: 10 May 1957, Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham, London, England, UK
Birth Name: John Simon Ritchie
Height: 185 cm
Along with fellow Sex Pistol member, Johnny Rotten, lanky, sneering, pock faced Sid epitomised the punk movement born in the mid 1970s in working class England. Sid Vicious (real name John Beverly) wa ...Show More
When there are no more categorizations; when there are no more "niggers", when there are no more "wh Show more
When there are no more categorizations; when there are no more "niggers", when there are no more "whites", when there's just "people", you know, when there's no more "punks" when there's no more "dirt", that is when everything is gonna be OK. Hide
On what EMI thought the Sex Pistols were: "We weren't the nice boys they thought we were. And, we we Show more
On what EMI thought the Sex Pistols were: "We weren't the nice boys they thought we were. And, we weren't nice boys, we were fuckin' nasty little bastards... and we still are. Hide
I got this feeling I'm gonna die before I get old. I don't know why. I just have this feeling.
I got this feeling I'm gonna die before I get old. I don't know why. I just have this feeling.
[Talking about joining the Sex Pistols] I was getting my own group together; "The Flowers of Romance Show more
[Talking about joining the Sex Pistols] I was getting my own group together; "The Flowers of Romance", and John (Lydon) said to me - there was this big hoo-haa, and Malcolm was saying "it's all a big secret man, you know. Come down to this pub at such-and-such", and I thought they were gonna do me over cos I didn't turn up to one of Rotten's parties or something - he gets touchy over things like that. And they said "do you wanna play bass for The Sex Pistols?" Hide
On John Lydon, a.k.a. Johnny Rotten: "John's just jealous because I'm the brains of the group. I've Show more
On John Lydon, a.k.a. Johnny Rotten: "John's just jealous because I'm the brains of the group. I've written all the songs, even from the beginning when I wasn't in the group." Hide
[towards the end of the Sex Pistols career] "In the end I was the only one with any anarchy left in Show more
[towards the end of the Sex Pistols career] "In the end I was the only one with any anarchy left in me." Hide
On drugs: "I don't want to be a junkie for the rest of my life. I don't want to be a junkie at all."
On drugs: "I don't want to be a junkie for the rest of my life. I don't want to be a junkie at all."
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