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Sex Pistols performing live onstage

at Baton Rouge's Kingfisher Club,

Louisiana, USA.

 

Photograph: Richard E. Aaron

Redferns/Getty

 

Sid Vicious was born on 10 May 1957.

 

Bass guitarist for the Sex Pistols,

he charted with his notorious solo version

of My Way.

 

He died on 2 February 1979

from a heroin overdose

while on bail for the murder

of his girfriend Nancy Spungen.

 

Sid Vicious - a picture from the past

G

10 May 2014

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2014/may/10/
photography-sexpistols

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 21 1977,

and le tout punk rock are out in force

for the opening night of the Roxy in Covent Garden,

a tiny club leased for three months

by Andy Czezowski, Generation X's manager.

 

Looking dapper

at the centre

of Erica Echenberg's photograph

is John Lydon,

already a star of the scene

with the Sex Pistols;

 

on the right is Mark P,

the young editor

of the punk fanzine Sniffin' Glue.

 

On the left is Brian James,

songwriter and guitarist of the Damned,

NME journalist Nick Kent

and James's then-girlfriend Julie Nylon.

 

"Brian dumped her that night,"

recalls Echenberg, "and started up with me.

She stubbed a cigarette out in my face.

They were lovely people, you know."

 

Snapshot: Opening night at the Roxy club

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Film & Music        p. 4        7 July 2006

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/image/0,,1814284,00.html - broken URL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johnny Rotten and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols

at the 100 Club, London, 1976

 

Photograph: Ray Stevenson

Rex Shutterstock

 

Spitting images:

the man who captured anarchy by accident – in pictures

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Wednesday 11 November 2015    07.00 GMT

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/nov/11/
spitting-images-the-man-who-captured-anarchy-by-accident-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Late 1975.

 

Portrait of Johnny Rotten

by Peter Christopherson

 

Peter Christopherson,

whose workspace was next

to the Sex Pistols’ rehearsal space,

was a member of the Hipgnosis design collective,

and went on to become a member

of industrial bands

Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV and Coil

 

Prettily vacant: the art of the Sex Pistols – in pictures

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Monday 7 November 2016    07.00 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/nov/07/
god-save-sex-pistols-book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Lydon

 

post-punk band > Public Image Ltd    1978-2020s

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
public-image-ltd

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
john-lydon

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/13/
public-image-ltd-end-of-world-review-
a-frustratingly-mixed-bag-john-lydon-hawaii

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/09/
john-lydons-public-image-ltd-
compete-to-represent-ireland-at-eurovision

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/
style/johnny-rotten-john-lydon-sex-pistols.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/15/
john-lydon-
i-didnt-want-to-be-a-comfortable-mick-jagger-type-naughty-pop-star

 

 

 

 

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/31/
521816347/punk-singer-john-lydon-on-his-songbook

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/23/
john-lydon-queen-god-save-monarchy-sex-pistols

 

 

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2016/jan/29/
john-lydon-at-60-a-life-in-pictures-johnny-rotten-sex-pistols

 

 

 

 

http://www.npr.org/2015/05/02/
402556082/john-lydon-the-foul-mouthed-yob-sets-the-record-straight

 

 

 

 

http://www.npr.org/2012/08/14/
155786268/john-lydon-on-world-cafe

 

 

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/
arts/music/20pil.html

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/sep/06/
john-lydon-public-image-limited

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/sep/06/
john-lydon-public-image-ltd

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/jul/21/
john.lydon.denies.racist.attack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren    1946-2010

 

Sex Pistols manager

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
malcolm-mclaren

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/23/
punk-jordan-mooney

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2010/apr/22/
malcolm-mclaren-funeral

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/apr/22/
malcolm-mclaren-minute-of-mayhem

 

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125754046 -
Updated April 9, 2010 1:04 PM E
Published April 9, 2010 4:00 AM ET

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2010/apr/09/
malcolm-mclaren-carnage

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/09/
malcolm-mclaren-obituary

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/09/
mclaren-punk-dies

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/
arts/music/09mclaren.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As Johnny Rotten in 1976,

when he told Jonh Ingham of Sounds:

‘I hate shit.

I hate hippies and what they stand for.

I hate long hair. I hate pub bands.

I want to change it

so there are rock bands like us.’

 

Photograph: Ray Stevenson

Rex/Shutterstock

 

John Lydon at 60 – a life in pictures

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Friday 29 January 2016    14.00 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2016/jan/29/
john-lydon-at-60-a-life-in-pictures-johnny-rotten-sex-pistols 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sex Pistols

 

Sid Vicious, Steve Jones,

Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
sexpistols

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/
sex-pistols

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/09/
anarchy-in-high-wycombe-the-real-story-of-the-sex-pistols-earliest-gigs

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/22/
john-lydon-handwritten-sex-pistols-lyrics-sell-auction

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/05/
sid-vicious-sex-pistols-paul-dacre-bob-gruens-best-photograph

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/21/
anarchy-in-the-auction-house-
the-sex-pistols-ephemera-thats-going-going-gone

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/23/
punk-jordan-mooney

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/
arts/music/sex-pistols-documentary-doa-a-right-of-passage.html

 

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/31/
521816347/punk-singer-john-lydon-on-his-songbook

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/nov/07/
god-save-sex-pistols-book

 

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/06/
sex-pistols-early-photographs-pt-madden

 

http://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2016/jan/29/
john-lydon-at-60-a-life-in-pictures-johnny-rotten-sex-pistols

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/jan/19/
missing-action-photos-british-gigs-radiohead-pink-floyd-otis-redding-jukely

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/09/
413249908/sex-pistols-artwork-to-be-featured-on-virgin-money-credit-cards

 

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/dec/23/
sex-pistols-anarachy-film-huddersfield-never-mind-baubles

 

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5259850
Updated December 12, 2012 10:47 AM ET

Published March 13, 2006 1:00 PM ET

 

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125754046
Updated April 9, 2010 1:04 PM ET

Published April 9, 2010 4:00 AM ET
 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/18/
sid-vicious-death-icon

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/dec/31/
sex-pistols-ireland-police-investigation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sid Vicious    1957-1979

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/05/
sid-vicious-sex-pistols-paul-dacre-bob-gruens-best-photograph

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2014/may/10/
photography-sexpistols

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1979

 

Sid Vicious dies of drug overdose

 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2014/may/10/
photography-sexpistols

 

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/1979/feb/03/
artsfeatures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 October 1978

 

Sex Pistol Vicious on murder charge

 

Punk Rocker Sid Vicious

arrested on

suspicion of murder

after the body of his girlfriend

Nancy Spungen

was found in

their New York hotel room

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/12/
newsid_2543000/2543439.stm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols

 

1889 Indecent Advertisement Act > 1977

 

https://www.theguardian.com/century/1970-1979/
Story/0,,106929,00.html  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sex pistols    Interview    December 1, 1976

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/feb/04/
realitytv.broadcasting1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sex pistols

 

John Lydon / Johnny Rotten

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/23/
punk-jordan-mooney

 

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/31/
521816347/punk-singer-john-lydon-on-his-songbook

 

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/08/john-lydon-q-and-a

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/may/31/john-lydon-sex-pistols-pil-interview

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/
anarchy-in-barcelona-as-lydon-is-accused-of-racist-attack-on-singer-873744.html

 

http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2007/sep/15/greatinterviews1 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/apr/27/news2 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3444151.stm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revealed:

how the Sex Pistols shook Ireland

 

Wednesday 31 December 2008

The Guardian

Henry McDonald, Ireland correspondent
This article was first published on guardian.co.uk
at 00.01 GMT on Wednesday 31 December 2008.

It appeared in the Guardian
on Wednesday 31 December 2008
on p9 of the UK news section.

It was last updated at 00.03 GMT
on Wednesday 31 December 2008.

 

They raged against the Queen and the "fascist regime", and noisily agitated for anarchy in the UK. But in the late 1970s the Sex Pistols were considered just as much of a threat to Ireland and its traditional Catholic moral values, it emerged yesterday, as state papers revealed the extent of official concern about the prime instigators of the punk revolution.

The Sex Pistols were targeted in a 1978 Irish police investigation aimed at protecting the country's morals, the papers revealed.

At a time when the IRA was intensifying its campaign of bombings and assassinations the Garda Síochána turned its attention towards Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones and Paul Cook and the sale of their first album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The papers include a garda memo on the force's concerns about the title of the band's LP and whether it breached Ireland's once rigid censorship laws.

"The title on the sleeve ... would indicate that the contents of the record is obscene," a garda inspector wrote.

The album was referred to Ireland's censorship board. The Irish deputy assistant chief state solicitor suggested the record sleeve might contravene the Indecent Advertisements Act. "However, the penalty on conviction cannot exceed IR£2 and in all circumstances you may feel that prosecution is not called for," the law officer advised the garda.

The Irish state did not carry out its threat to fine record stores displaying the album. Soon after, Virgin Records successfully defended itself against British obscenity charges relating to the LP at Nottingham magistrates court.

Revealed: how the Sex Pistols shook Ireland,
G,
31.12.2008,
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/31/
sex-pistols-ireland-police-investigation  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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