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Simon John Beverley; formerly Simon John Ritchie (May 10, 1957 – February 2,
1979), better known as Sid Vicious, was an English punk rock musician, the bass
player of the Sex Pistols (replacing Glen Matlock).
He was deeply involved in the birth of punk along with close friend of John
Lydon (Johnny Rotten, Sex Pistols vocalist). He died of a drug overdose at the age
of 21.
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Pistols
Already known as "the ultimate Sex Pistols fan," and a close friend of vocalist
Johnny Rotten, Vicious was asked to join the group after Glen Matlock's departure
in February 1977. Manager Malcolm McLaren once claimed "if Rotten is the voice of
punk, then Vicious is the attitude".
His punk character was considered far more helpful than any knack for playing,
as he was not renowned for his playing skills, though he did have some composing
ability, as was later shown when he composed the track "Belsen Was A Gas" entirely
by himself. Jon Savage's biography of the Sex Pistols, England's Dreaming, recounts
that most of the bass parts on the band's later recordings were played by guitarist
Steve Jones and at later live performances Vicious' amplifier was sometimes
switched off.
Vicious is said to have asked Lemmy from Motörhead to teach him how to play bass
with the words, "I can't play bass." Lemmy's reply was (according to Lemmy himself)
"I know." In his autobiography No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs, Lydon writes, "he
wasn't too bad at all for three-chord songs."
Sid played his first gig with the Pistols on April 3, 1977, at the Screen on the
Green in London. His debut was filmed by Don Letts and appears in Punk Rock
Movie.
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