Sid Vicious Biography

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An angry voice of anguish and fury screech out of two large speakers on either side of a short pub stage. The crowd full of young people stomp their feet and raise their fists. In the spotlight on the left of the stage is a young man, bloody and bruised soaking it all in while mindlessly strumming a bass guitar. Bobbing his head to the beat he starts screaming into a microphone. The underground punk scene was thriving in London at the time and needed a spokesperson. So this young man, known as Sid vicious, became the attitude of punk.
Born John Simon Ritchie on May 10, 1957, Sid had a difficult early childhood. His mother, Anne Beverly, was known for selling and using illegal drugs, such as heroin ("Sid Vicious."). She was often described as a wild spirit or a hippie of sorts. Meanwhile Ritchie’s birth father was a guard at Buckingham Palace and a semiprofessional trombone player. Shortly after Sid was born, his father left his mother to raise him alone. She eventually moved and remarried but Sid’s new step father died six months after, leaving her to raise him alone, yet again (John Simon Ritchie (1957 - 1979) - Genealogy). Sid and his mother moved fairly often, and barely had enough to support themselves. At the age of 16, Sid’s mother kicked him out on the streets because she couldn’t support him, herself and her addiction. He had nowhere to go, but she didn’t care (Sid Vicious: Little Boy Lost, 2009).
After Sid was kicked out he started attending Hackney Technical college in 1974 where he met his friend John Lydon. He started his drug habit shortly after and dropped out ("Sid Vicious."). Sid moved into a small apartment with John lydon, John Wardle, and John gray (Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memo...

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...The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-unseen-sid-vicious-the-least-days-of-a-punk-legend-835631.html
John Simon Ritchie (1957 - 1979) - Genealogy. (n.d.). Retrieved nov 18, 2013, from Geni family tree: http://www.geni.com/people/Sid-Vicious/6000000009728941288
Memorials, F. A.-M. (n.d.). Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013, from Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4388
Nicholson, G. (2010, Febuary ). Sid Memorial March Febuary 2nd 1980. Retrieved December 12, 2013, from God save the Sex Pistols: http://www.philjens.plus.com/vicious/MemorialFeb1980.htm
Sid Vicious Quotes. (n.d.). Retrieved December 12, 2013, from Brainy Quotes: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/sid_vicious.html

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