Sid Vicious and The Sex Pistols with Alan Freeman Richard Branson and Malcolm Mclaren contributes. Sid Vicious (born Simon John Ritchie,10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979 was an English bassist and vocalist. He achieved fame as a member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, replacing Glen Matlock, who had fallen out of favour with the rest of the group.
Due to intravenous drug use, Vicious was hospitalised with hepatitis during the recording of the Sex Pistols' only studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks. As the Sex Pistols were gaining attention, Vicious met Nancy Spungen, and the pair entered a destructive codependent relationship based on drug use. This culminated in Spungen's death from an apparent stab wound while staying in New York with Vicious. Under suspicion of murder, Vicious was released on bail; he was arrested again for assaulting Todd Smith, brother of Patti Smith and underwent drug rehabilitation on Rikers Island. He died in 1979 after overdosing on heroin.
