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Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
English punk rock band
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Glen Matlock
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John Lydon
John Lydon
English musician
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Steve Jones
Steve Jones
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Public Image Ltd.
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The Flowers of Romance
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Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm McLaren
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Chris Thomas
Chris Thomas
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Richard Hell and the Voidoids
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The Professionals
The Professionals
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Jah Wobble
Jah Wobble
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Sham Pistols
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Negative Trend
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Paul Cook
Paul Cook
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Rich Kids
British new wave band from London
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The Innocents
The Innocents
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The 101ers
The 101ers
British pub rock band, best known as the band Joe Strummer was in before The Clash
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Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks
British band
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Jim Walker
Jim Walker
Canadian musician, drummer
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Mr. Irish Bastard
Mr. Irish Bastard
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Fluffy
Fluffy
1990s UK punk band
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Slaughter & The Dogs
Slaughter & The Dogs
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The Boys
The Boys
English punk rock band
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The Damned
The Damned
British rock band
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Johnny Thunders
Johnny Thunders
musician, songwriter
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Sham 69
Sham 69
British Punk/Oi! band
Sid Vicious
English bassist and vocalist

Sid Vicious

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John Simon Ritchie (10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979), known professionally as Sid Vicious, was an English musician best known as the bassist for the English punk rock band Sex Pistols. Vicious replaced Glen Matlock, who had fallen out of favour with the other members of the group.

Likely due to intravenous drug use, Vicious was hospitalized 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, "Bodies." Vicious later appeared as a lead vocalist, performing three songs, on the soundtrack to The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980), a largely fictionalised documentary about the Sex Pistols.

As the Sex Pistols were gaining attention, Vicious met Nancy Spungen, and the couple began a relationship that culminated in Spungen's death from an apparent stab wound while staying in New York City's Hotel Chelsea with Vicious. Under suspicion of murder, Vicious was released on bail; he was arrested again for assaulting Todd Smith, brother of Patti Smith, at a nightclub, and underwent drug rehabilitation on Rikers Island. He died in 1979 after overdosing on heroin.

Less than four weeks after Vicious's death, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle soundtrack album was released. On 15 December 1979, a compilation of live material recorded during his brief solo career was released as Sid Sings. Gary Oldman portrayed Vicious in the biopic Sid and Nancy (1986). In 2006, Vicious, along with the four original members of the Sex Pistols, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, although the band refused to attend.