Punk rocker sid vicious became famous as bassist for the sex pistols before his entanglement with drugs, which ended his career and life. It also helped fuel growing tension within the band Less than a year after sid joined the sex pistols split. 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. Sid vicious was thrust upon the sex pistols by their manager malcolm mclaren, following the departure of original bassist glen matlock Even though sid had no experience playing bass, his attitude got him the gig
This early performance from stockholm in 1977 sees sid getting to grips with the bassline to anarchy in the uk, the first 14 seconds of which remains among the most triumphant.
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