Latest Sid Vicious News
God Save The Queen Re-released For Queen's Platinum Jubilee
The Sex Pistols are re-releasing 'God Save The Queen' in time for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee.The anti-establishment purveyors' 1977 hit was released amid the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations, and now it's set to make a...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 03 May 2022
Sex Pistols To Release 20-Track Companion Compilation To Pistol
A new 20-track Sex Pistols compilation is being released as a companion to the Disney+ series 'Pistol'.In celebration of Danny Boyle’s six-episode limited series on the streaming service, the notorious punk rockers are releasing 20...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 30 March 2022
Unseen Punk Photos Unearthed For New Book
Almost 200 unseen photographs documenting the heyday of the British punk movement and featuring icons including Sid Vicious and The Clash will be released next month (Apr13).Snapper Sheila Rock is opening up her personal archives...
By WENN on 26 March 2013
In Light Of Courtney Love Covering Jay Z's '99 Problems': Five Most Unlikely Cover Versions
Courtney Love doesn’t have much of a track record when it comes to cover versions. With her band Hole, she would often play a version of Guns N Roses’ ‘Paradise City’ that she would abandon...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 29 January 2013
Sex Pistols Guitarist Wants Musical Revolution
Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones is calling for a new musical revolution. The 'God Save the Queen' band changed the course of musical history with their outrageous lyrics, behaviour and shock tactics in the 70s,...
By Bang Showbiz on 18 September 2012
Controversial Sid Vicious Song Included On New Sex Pistols Release
The Sex Pistols have released a lost demo recording of a track penned by the late Sid Vicious.The bass player and punk icon reportedly wrote the controversial track, Belsen Was a Gas, before he signed...
By WENN on 12 September 2012
Sid Vicious' Art To Hit The Auction Block
A collection of Sid Vicious' newly-discovered artwork is set to fetch $6,400 (£4,000) at auction.The Sex Pistols star, real name John Simon Beverley, created a variety of sketches and paintings as a teen studying at...
By WENN on 06 April 2011
The Monkees Surprised To Influence The Sex Pistols
The Monkees are "surprised" they influenced The Sex Pistols.The family friendly 60s group - the first ever manufactured pop band - said they are astounded by the artists who admire them, in particular the outrageous...
By Bang Showbiz on 24 February 2011
John Lydon's Sid Regret
John Lydon regrets bringing former band member Sid Vicious into the Sex Pistols.The group's former frontman believes the late musician could not cope with the pressure of being part of the 'Pretty Vacant' hitmakers and...
By Bang Showbiz on 14 December 2009
Lydon's Warning For Wannabes
Tragic punk icon SID VICIOUS would still be alive and well today if he had met rocker LOU REED - because he would have realised that the drug lifestyle the VELVET UNDERGROUND star sang about...
By WENN on 16 November 2009
Kapranos Wanted To Die Like Sid Vicious
FRANZ FERDINAND frontman ALEX KAPRANOS is disappointed he didn't die "glamorously" at a young age - because he always wanted to emulate his idol SID VICIOUS.The Take Me Out hitmaker wishes he could have passed...
By WENN on 09 November 2009
Vicious Voted Top Rock Wildman
Hellraising SEX PISTOLS star SID VICIOUS has been voted the most controversial rocker of all time. Vicious - real name John Ritchie - died of a heroin overdose in 1979, months after he was accused of...
By WENN on 17 March 2009
Vicious + Gaye's Last Day Studied In Tv Documentary
SID VICIOUS, MARVIN GAYE and cult writer HUNTER S THOMPSON's final hours are to be scrutinised in a macabre new US TV series. America's Biography Channel will debut THE FINAL 24 series, beginning this week...
By WENN on 17 January 2007
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