Sid Vicious

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.\n', '

Due to intravenous drug use, Vicious was hospitalised with hepatitis during the recording of the Sex Pistols\' only studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here\'s the Sex Pistols; his bass is only partially featured on one song. Vicious later appeared as a lead vocalist, performing three cover songs, on the soundtrack to The Great Rock \'n\' Roll Swindle, a largely fictionalised documentary about the Sex Pistols.\n', '

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 w…