sid vicious

[Photo by: Sex Pistols/Facebook] “Ah, ha-ha,” chuckled Johnny Rotten, crouching in front of Paul Cook’s drum kit. “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? Goodnight.” Then he stood up, took a final look at the crowd and followed bandmate Sid Vicious into the wings of San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom. It was nearly midnight, Jan. 14, 1978. […]

According to the Independent, Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon recently said he feels “a bit responsible” for the death of his former bandmate, Sid Vicious. At the Cheltenham Literature Festival over the weekend, Johnny Rotten told the audience he feels a bit responsible for the 1979 heroin overdose that led to the bassist’s death.   […]