Sid Vicious

Sid Vicious, birth name John Simon Ritchie, was born on May 10, 1957 in London, England and died on February 2, 1979 in New York City, New York, the United States. He is an English musician best known for being bassist in influential punk rock band Sex Pistols. He began his music career in 1976 as a member of the band The Flowers of Romance though next year he joined Sex Pistols, though he wasn’t recognized as a good bass player. In 1977, he met Nancy Spungen who was heroin addict and Sid shared her dependence. Sex Pistols broke up in San Francisco in 1978 and Sid embarked on a solo career with Nancy acting as his manager. He released only one solo album “Sid Sings” which spawned hit singles “My Way”, “Something Else” and “C’mon Everybody”. From our site, you can download Sid Vicious’ album in mp3.