Sid was taken to Rikers Prison. McLaren persuaded Virgin Records to provide a deposit (50 thousand dollars), promising a new album from Sid. Warner Bros. raised money for a team of lawyers and the suspect was released on bail. On October 22, still in a state of deep shock from the death of his beloved, Sid attempted to commit suicide. While he was in the hospital, his mother, who flew in from England, looked after him. As soon as he was discharged, Sid got into a fight on December 9, broke a bottle on the head of Patti Smith's brother Todd Smith, and was arrested for 55 days. On February 1, he was released on bail again and headed to the apartment of his new girlfriend Michelle Robinson with his mother and a group of friends. Here he took a dose of heroin and lost consciousness. Those present managed to bring him to his senses, after which he took heroin again. “I could swear there was a pinkish aura over him at those moments,” Anne Beverly later said. - I brought him tea in the morning. Sid lay in complete peace. I tried to push him away, and then I realized that he was cold... And dead.”

New York's chief coroner, Dr. Michael Baden, who performed the autopsy, determined that the heroin found in his system was 80 percent pure, while Vicious usually used a 5 percent solution.

On February 7, 1979, Sid Vicious was cremated, and a few days later, Ann Beverly (despite the protests of the Spungen couple) scattered his ashes - as is commonly believed, over Nancy's grave in King David Cemetery. Later, however, reports emerged that she accidentally or deliberately knocked over an urn containing ashes at Heathrow, and the entire contents went into the airport's ventilation system.

Vicious's mother has repeatedly claimed that Sid committed suicide and was not the victim of a tragic accident. A direct indication of this, according to her, were the lines he wrote shortly before his death in Rikers prison:

You were my girl / And I shared all your fears with you / It was such a joy to hug you / And collect tears with kisses / But now you are gone, only pain remains / And nothing can be fixed / I don’t want to continue living If I can no longer live for your sake / My beautiful girl... / Our love will not die. end quote

Michelle Robinson version

In 2006, Canadian television showed a documentary in which an attempt was made to reconstruct the minute-by-minute events of Sid Vicious's last day. Here comes a shocking accusation made by Michelle Robinson. She claimed that Vicious' mother injected her son with a lethal dose while he was unconscious. This is consistent with the fact that, according to eyewitnesses, in the evening he took a very small dose, which in itself could not have been fatal. In addition, judging by the first reports, Vicious spent the evening with friends in a great mood, talked a lot about a comeback and about his “future in show business” - in other words, he showed no signs of depression.

The film also claimed that Ann Beverly, shortly before her death, allegedly admitted that she actually injected her son with a lethal dose because she was afraid that he would be sentenced to life for the murder of Nancy Spungen.

Musicality

Vicious' abilities as a bass player have been disputed. During an interview for Guitar Hero III, when Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones was asked why he recorded the bass parts for Vicious instead of Never Mind the Bollocks, he replied: "Sid was in hospital with hepatitis, he couldn't play, not that he could play at all." Sid asked Lemmy, Motörhead's bass player, to teach him how to play bass, saying, "I don't know how to play bass," to which Lemmy replied, "I know." In another interview, Lemmy said: “It wasn’t all easy. He still couldn't play the bass guitar at the time of his death."

According to Paul Cook, in the months between joining the band and meeting Nancy, Vicious worked devotedly and struggled to learn to play. Viv Albertine, a member of the band The Flowers of Romance, which included Vicious, said that one night she “went to bed and Sid was left with a Ramones album and a bass guitar, and when I woke up in the morning he could play. He took a bunch of speed and taught himself. He was fast." Keith Levine, also of The Flowers of Romance and later The Clash and Public Image Ltd, tells a similar story: “Could Syd play bass? I don't know that, but I know that Sid did things very quickly. One night, he played the first Ramones album non-stop all night, and the next morning he could play the bass guitar. That's how it was; he was ready! Sid did things very quickly!”

Albums

Singles

"My Way" (June 30, 1978)
"Something Else" (February 9, 1979)
"C'mon Everybody" (June 22, 1979)

Bootlegs

My Way/Something Else/C'mon Everybody (1979, 12", Barclay, Barclay 740 509)
Live (1980, LP, Creative Industry Inc., JSR 21)
Vicious Burger (1980, LP, UD-6535, VD 6336)
Love Kills N.Y.C. (1985, LP, Konexion, KOMA)
The Sid Vicious Experience - Jack Boots and Dirty Looks (1986, LP, Antler 37)
The Idols with Sid Vicious (1993)
Never Mind the Reunion Here's Sid Vicious (1997, CD)
Sid Dead Live (1997, CD, Anagram, PUNK 86)
Sid Vicious Sings (1997, CD)
Vicious & Friends (1998, CD, Dressed To Kill Records, Dress 602)
Better (to provoke a reaction than to react to a provocation) (1999, CD, Almafame, YEAAH6)
Steppin' Stone (1989, 7", SCRATCH 7)
Probably His Last Ever Interview (2000, CD, OZIT, OZITCD62)
Better (2001, CD)
Vive Le Rock (2003, 2CD)
Too Fast To Live… (2004, CD)
Naked & Ashamed (7", Wonderful Records, WO-73, 2004)
Sid Live At Max's Kansas City (LP, JSR 21, 2004)
Sid Vicious (LP, Innocent Records, JSR 23, 2004)
Sid Vicious McDonald Bros. Box (3CD, Sound Solutions, 2005)
Sid Vicious & Friends (Don't You Gimmyyyyyyyyyyyyyye) No Lip/(I'm Not Your, 2006)

On Wednesday, May 10, Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols would have turned 60 years old. He lived almost three times less than this period and became for many the standard of a punk rocker: a man who does not know how to hold back in anything and rushes towards death at full speed. recalls the artists for whom Vicious’s example turned out to be deadly infectious.

Sid

Vicious (real name John Simon Ritchie) died of a drug overdose on February 2, 1979, the day after he was released from prison on bail. The 21-year-old musician was accused of beating a club visitor, the singer's brother Todd. In addition, Sid was under investigation for the murder of Nancy Spangen, his lover. Spangen was found dead with a stab wound to the abdomen on October 12, 1978. Since that day, Vicious has tried to commit suicide several times, saying that he “wants to be with Nancy.”

Vicious was far from the first and not the last artist to die unexpectedly early; he also cannot be called a talented musician whose death cut short some special creative path. Nevertheless, he entered the pantheon of young pop culture heroes, along with the genius Jimi Hendrix, rock and roll pioneers Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran and dozens of other extraordinary personalities. At the same time, millions of people are convinced that Vicious is the main punk, although they have little idea of his achievements, and Sid and Nancy have become a canonical pair of daredevils, like Bonnie and Clyde. Vicious died shortly after the Sex Pistols disbanded, having managed to record several solo numbers. Among them is a cover version of Frank Sinatra's famous maverick anthem My Way. Sid's performance of this composition, of course, took on a new meaning.

Konstantin Stupin

They say that the main idol and life guide of the recently deceased musician from Orel was Lemmy, the legendary leader of Motorhead. However, in reality, Stupin rather followed Vicious, living by the principle of “not caring about anyone or himself.” With all the rock and roll lifestyle, Lemmy always stayed on his feet and was in a clear mind. What Stupin may not have known, Lemmy never took heroin and was an ardent anti-heroinist, considering this drug to be the cause of the deaths of hundreds of his acquaintances. In short, Lemmy was not drawn to death, he loved himself, his life and his fun. This is his difference from both Sid Vicious and most intoxicated self-destructors - they were and are driven by dislike for themselves.

By the way, Lemmy knew Vicious and even gave him several unsuccessful lessons in playing the bass guitar. Vicious never learned to play, but he was accepted into the Sex Pistols - their manager McLaren needed bright heroes. Lemmy called Sid a nice guy and considered the story of his short life more of a tragic mistake than existential heroism.

Stupin lived almost half as long as Lemmy, but exactly twice as long as Vicious. In the 1980s, he formed the punk band Night Cane, but he was more interested in the crazy life as such. Alcohol-containing liquids, drugs, fights, thefts, prison - these were the everyday life of radical punk in Orel. He could have remained a local urban legend, but in the early 2010s, caring friends decided to popularize Stupin and his impressive work. Videos of him went viral on social networks; viewers sometimes didn’t know the musician’s name: “the homeless man is singing,” “the prisoner is singing.” Stupin returned to rock, but unlike his idol Lemmy, alcohol greatly interfered with his music. He died at 42 years old. Judging by the latest video messages, Konstantin felt a desire to live and do something, but it was too late - habits and illnesses turned out to be stronger.

Mikhail Gorshenev (Gorshok)

The frontman of the most popular Russian punk band “Korol i Shut” consistently implemented Vicious’s precepts. The same heroin killed him. Close people protected Pot from himself as best they could, but the desire to escape into the impenetrable unknown won out.

Punk is strongly associated with self-destruction, although this music is full of principled teetotalers and supporters of a healthy lifestyle. The frontman of the same Sex Pistols, Johnny Rotten-Lydon, turned out to be such a vital young man, and in “The King and the Jester” there was a kind of antipode to the Pot - and not only the stage one - Prince (). But Gorshenev chose the path of Vicious.

Yuri Klinskikh (Khoy)

The title of the most popular Russian punk band could have been challenged by the band “Gaza Strip” if its leader Yuri Klinskikh, nicknamed Khoy, had not left this world in 2000. He was 35 years old, and the cause of death was again heroin. Hoy also lived without inhibitions, but fate protected him for the time being. Just look at the story of how he fell out of the Irkutsk-Chita train wearing only a T-shirt in the bitter cold, in a completely deserted place. He walked along the tracks for several kilometers, and he was lucky: the musician came across a lineman’s booth. Within a few hours, the leader of the “Sector” was singing songs to employees of the airbase near Chita. But at some point his luck ran out: Hoy discovered the hardest of drugs, and his heart, tired from many years of drunkenness, could not stand it.

Andrey Panov (Pig)

The leader of the St. Petersburg group "Automatic Satisfaction" - perhaps the first punk band in the Soviet Union - died in 1998 from peritonitis caused by appendicitis. He was 38 years old. Those who knew Panov say: he lived like a punk and died like a punk. Pig had a severe stomach ache, but he was in no hurry to see a doctor, preferring to drown out the pain with his usual port wine.

Ol" Dirty Bastard

Old Dirty Bastard - the very nickname that rapper Russell Tyrone Jones chose for himself is typically punk. He was the wildest, craziest member of the Wu Tang Clan, one of the premier crews in hip-hop history. In some ways, Bastard was like the Russian Pot. He drank a lot, was a drug addict, did not value his life, and was constantly in trouble with the law. He fought, for some reason he tried to rob apartments, although he was already a wealthy artist. He was shot at many times: by rappers, police, acquaintances. He was arrested and tried. He died at the age of 35 from a heart attack. By this time his health was completely shaken. He left behind numerous offspring from different women. What else brings Bastard closer to Vicious - he was an artist-character, not a creator. His clan friends wrote the lyrics for him, and Bastard only performed them effectively.

GG Allin

Kevin Michael Allin, better known as GG Allin, has been crowned the most impressive degenerate in rock. He himself called himself the last rock and roller - his shocking (to put it bluntly) behavior on stage was not so much a spontaneous action as the result of ideological constructs and the fight against enemies he knew only. The artist’s creative arsenal included every imaginable radical technique, including eating his own feces. Allin repeatedly announced his intention to commit suicide on stage, but for the time being postponed this moment. In 1989, he went to prison for beating his assistant. Once released, he continued to rage. On June 27, 1993, Ellin played his last concert, which consisted of one and a half songs: during the second composition, the club owners, who may not have been very familiar with JJ’s reputation before, decided that it would be better to cancel the event. The singer, who had already stripped naked, destroyed the club and went to wander the streets of New York, accompanied by a crowd of fans. Then he showed up at a party, where he took a large dose of drugs and died.

(1979-02-02 ) (21 years old)

Biography

Sid Vicious was born on May 10, 1957 in London to the family of John Ritchie (a security guard who at one time worked at Buckingham Palace) and Anne, a woman with hippie tendencies who had been using drugs for many years. Jah Wobble (Sid's childhood friend and later a member of Public Image Limited) recalled how horrified he was when he saw Anne giving her son a dose of heroin: “I was 16 years old, and at that age your mother is the person who leaves you dinner in the oven, and not the syringe that I used myself...”

Soon after the birth of his son, John Ritchie left the family, and Sid and his mother went to the island of Ibiza, where they spent 4 years. On her return to England, Anne married Christopher Beverley in 1965. The family lived for some time in Kent; After the death of their stepfather, mother and son rented a room in Tunbridge Wells, then lived in Somerset.

Sid showed no interest in studying and dropped out of school at the age of 15, but soon (under the name Simon John Beverly) he entered Hackney College of Art, where he began to study photography. Here he met John Lydon, who gave him the nickname that later became famous. According to one version, Lydon's hamster, nicknamed Sid, bit John on the hand, and he exclaimed: “Sid is really vicious!” . Later versions appeared that the nickname was given in honor of Syd Barrett and Lou Reed's song “Vicious”. Together with John Wardle (who later took the alias Jah Wobble) and John Gray, they formed The 4 Johns. As Anne recalls, unlike Lydon, who was an extremely reserved and shy guy, Sid dyed his hair and behaved in the manner of his then idol, David Bowie. Lydon said that the duo often earned money by performing street concerts, performing Alice Cooper songs: John sang, and Sid accompanied him on the tambourine.

For a long time, Sid lived alternately - either with squatters or in his mother's house, but at the age of 17, having quarreled with her, he became truly homeless, thanks to which he entered punk culture for the first time (the majority of London squatters in those days were punks). It was around this time that Sid first walked into a shop on the King's Road called Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die (soon renamed SEX) and met - firstly Glen Matlock (who worked there and played music in the evenings). bass guitar), then through him with Steve Jones and Paul Cook. The latter two had just formed the Swankers and were trying to persuade store owner Malcolm McLaren (who had recently returned from America, where he briefly managed the affairs of the New York Dolls) to become their manager. Soon the line-up turned into the Sex Pistols and found a vocalist in the person of another regular, John Lydon - although at first McLaren's wife, Vivienne Westwood, chose Sid.

For some time, Sid was also considered as a possible vocalist for another new group, The Damned, but was removed from the list after he failed to show up for an audition. In those same days, he assembled the notorious squatter band The Flowers of Romance; participants included the future The Slits. Having recently suffered from loneliness, Sid suddenly found himself in the very center of a new cultural movement and decided not to miss his chance: taking up (following the example of his new idol, Dee Dee Ramone) a bass guitar, he finally accepted a lifestyle that very soon led him to tragedy.

Coming to the Sex Pistols

After Sex Pistols bass guitarist Glen Matlock was forced to leave in January 1977, his place was offered to Vicious, who had little command of the instrument, but had the image of an ideal punk. He sincerely tried to master the instrument, but his playing was uneven and weak. In particular, Steve Jones believed that Sid never learned to play. Lemmy was of the same opinion, from whom Sid took lessons. At concerts, it was often necessary to disconnect his bass guitar from the amplifiers so that he would not confuse other musicians (Vicious did not play in the studio). Sid's concert debut in the group took place on April 3, 1977 at a London club Screen on the Green. This performance was filmed by Don Letts; the recording was included in the film "Punk Rock Movie".

Sid (left) with the Sex Pistols

Having joined the Sex Pistols almost by accident, Sid Vicious found himself in the rays of the group's scandalous fame and immediately became its most prominent character. The press was especially attracted by the image and manners of Vicious, who loved to pose and give interviews, which is why in the perception of the general public Vicious, even more than Rotten and the rest of the band members, became the personification of punk, although he actually contributed little to the work of the Sex Pistols (one written song and several re-covers strangers). Meanwhile, it was Sid who invented the famous pogo “dance”. “I hated the Bromley Contingent and I came up with a way to drive them through this "Club 100". I just rushed from side to side, jumping - boyng, boyng, boyng! - and knocked them down to the floor,” he said.

Accepted [ by whom?] to believe that it was thanks to Sid that the atmosphere of violence thickened around the group. It was alleged that he once attacked journalist Nick Kent with a bicycle chain - allegedly at the instigation of McLaren and Rotten, who were outraged by the fact that Kent had performed with The Damned the day before. Subsequently, the reality of this fact was questioned, since there were no witnesses to the attack, and everyone learned about it from articles and memoirs of Kent himself. The myth of the “formidable” Sid also does not correspond to the fact, confirmed by many eyewitnesses, that Sid did not know how to fight at all and was beaten several times - in particular, by Paul Weller, David Coverdale and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Robertson.

Almost immediately after joining the group, Sid met Nancy Spungen, a groupie junkie who had arrived in London from New York with the sole purpose of sleeping with the Sex Pistols. Pamela Rook, a friend of Sid’s who worked in a clothing store, recalled: “She went from John and Steve to Sid, and he fell in love instantly. For him, among other things, Nancy was the personification of an entire culture centered in New York, where his favorite band, the Ramones, reigned.” The couple settled in Rook's apartment not far from Buckingham Palace, where all three sat on one common mattress - in the dining room.

“Sid became an easy target for her. Everyone wanted to be with him, but unfortunately he chose Nancy. She was surprisingly thick-skinned: perhaps the most unpleasant person I have ever met in my life. Everyone saw right through her. Everyone except Sid."

Meanwhile, the Sex Pistols also lost their second contract - with A&M Records; This was largely due to the fights inspired by Sid. However, Jah Wobble, in a review of Alan Parker's book Sid Vicious: Noone Is Innocent, claims that the rumors about them were greatly exaggerated. For example, there was no “attack” on radio host Bob “Whisperer” Harris at the Speakeasy club: Sid only said a few harsh words to him.

The group signed their third contract with Virgin Records, but by the time “God Save the Queen” was released, Sid’s health had deteriorated: he managed to visit the hospital where he was treated for hepatitis C. At the same time, his two passions - for Nancy and heroin - grew uncontrollably.

After the Sex Pistols returned from Scandinavia and played several "secret" British sets (SPOTS: Sex Pistols on Tour Secretly), it became clear that Nancy was becoming a dangerous liability for the group. They tried to forcefully send her to America, but the plan failed: Sid and Nancy became even closer: now they were opposed to the whole world, and nothing could separate them. At times the couple looked quite respectable: for example, during charity concerts in Huddersfield in favor of miners (where John took part in a “cake fight”) Sid and Nancy interacted with children and made the most pleasant impression on everyone. Here, for the first time, Sid was given the opportunity to go to the microphone (he sang “Chinese Rocks” and “Born to Lose”).

American tour

The Sex Pistols' American tour began in the South. Nancy was not around, she was left in England, and Sid fell into depression. Additionally, Warner Bros. Records, the band's American label, assigned security guards (led by Noel Monk) to him for the sole purpose of keeping him away from heroin. Thus, the opposite effect was achieved. Sid ran away after a concert in Georgia and returned the next day with a certain Helen Keeler (one of the Pistols fans).

Soon the group split into two camps. Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Malcolm McLaren continued to tour by plane, while John Lydon (by this time seriously concerned about his friend's condition) traveled with Sid in a van. The tour took place in an atmosphere of drug chaos and increasing violence. Bottles were constantly flying at Sid; one day he immediately responded to the offender - hitting him on the head with a bass guitar. With his chest cut and bleeding, he (according to John) “turned into a circus performer.” Sid went on stage in Dallas (Texas) with a bloody inscription scrawled on his chest: “Gimme a Fix.” On January 14, the remnants of the group, until recently considered the most popular in the world, gathered in San Francisco to give their last concert at the Winterland Ballroom. At the end of it, throwing a question into the audience: “Have you ever felt deceived?” - John Lydon announced his departure from the Sex Pistols and was left penniless in America. Steve and Paul went to Rio, Sid continued the drug orgy with new friends who provided him with drugs. One of them (a certain Boogie) saved him from death after an overdose and, on the second attempt, transported him to England, to Nancy.

Accepted [ by whom?] believe that Nancy was the cause of Sid's downfall. But John Lydon placed much of the blame on McLaren.

“I haven’t released it since the Sex Pistols started touring in America.<Сида>out of sight - even sat next to me on the bus. Everything was fine with him, but only until we arrived in San Francisco. Some will consider this a mere coincidence, but as soon as Malcolm appeared in our hotel, Sid sank like a stone... The tragedy was that he naively believed in his own image. But he was, in essence, harmless and defenseless! Sid slowly died, and those around him enjoyed the spectacle. Especially Malcolm, who believed that self-destruction was the essence of pop stardom. I was beside myself with rage: we never intended to become pop stars!..”

Death of Nancy

Sid and Nancy

In London, McLaren, busy making a film (which was then called “Who Killed Bambi”: it was later released under the title “The Great Rock and Roll Swindle”), made it clear to Sid and Nancy that they would not receive money from him unless they agreed to fulfill all his instructions regarding the film. Sid went to Paris to film and recorded a version of “My Way” (a song made famous by Frank Sinatra). The recording was not easy: Sid kept refusing to work “with these French idiots.” The finished tapes were sent to London: here Steve Jones overdubbed the guitar parts and gave the track a specifically “Pistol” sound. "My Way" was released as a single in June (from "No One Is Innocent") and immediately began to climb the charts (#7 UK Singles Chart). In gratitude for his participation in the film, Sid received his freedom from McLaren. Nancy Spungen, who officially became his manager, flew to New York and began organizing the upcoming tour there. With the group The Vicious White Kids (Glen Matlock, Steve New and Rat Scabiz), Sid gave one concert at the Electric Ballroom and, having received the money, immediately flew to New York. Upon arrival, Sid and Nancy headed to the Chelsea Hotel, once famous for its guests, now famous only for its drug orgies, and rented a room here (No. 100). Nancy actually managed to organize several concerts: Jerry Nolan and Killer Kane (ex-New York Dolls), as well as guitarist Steve Dior, appeared in the new group with Sid. Mick Jones, guitarist of The Clash, appeared as a guest at Max's club.

But after on September 7, 1978, at the last concert, Vicious appeared on heroin and, having barely sung a cover of Iggy Pop’s song “I Wanna Be Your Dog”, lost consciousness, all the musicians refused to perform with him. Soon after this, Sid went with Nancy to visit her parents, but the visit was not successful. Both were complete drug addicts, looked terrible and brought horror and indignation to the respectable Jewish family.

Two other songs Sid recorded simultaneously with “My Way” - “Something Else” and “C’mon Everybody” - were released as singles under the Sex Pistols banner and became hits (#3 UK). In October, he received from McLaren a fee (by check) and a cash amount of 25 thousand dollars: the latter was placed in the bottom drawer of the table in the hotel room that same day. The day arrived on October 11th: Sid and Nancy urgently needed a dose. There was a rumor that they had money and were ready to pay any amount. It is known that at least two drug dealers visited their hotel room. After receiving the doses, Sid and Nancy fell into oblivion. Sid came to his senses on the morning of October 12th. Nancy was in the bathroom: she was killed, apparently, with his knife. He immediately called first an ambulance, then the police, and on October 19 he was arrested on suspicion of murder. A sum of $25,000 disappeared from the bottom drawer and was never found. The musician himself, due to severe alcohol and drug intoxication, did not remember what happened and categorically denied his guilt.

In the very first hours after the incident, people who knew Sid and Nancy began to express confidence that he could not have committed this crime. “He was anything but Vicious; in fact, I didn’t even know him by that name. He was a quiet, very lonely man. Nancy and he were a very sensitive couple and treated each other well. Even in my office they did not let go of each other's embrace. It was felt that there was a strong connection between them,” said Stanley Bard, manager of the Chelsea Hotel.

Phil Strongman, in Pretty Vacant: A History of Punk, states that Nancy's killer was most likely Rockets Redglare, a drug dealer, bouncer, actor (and later stand-up comedian). He was reliably established that he was with Nancy that night, to whom he brought 40 capsules of hydromorphone. There was also a version according to which Nancy’s death was the result of a failed “double suicide.”

Death of Sid Vicious

Sid was taken to Rikers Prison. McLaren persuaded Virgin Records to provide a deposit (50 thousand dollars), promising a new album from Sid. Warner Bros. raised money for a team of lawyers and the suspect was released on bail. On October 22, still in a state of deep shock from the death of his beloved, Sid attempted to commit suicide. While he was in the hospital, his mother, who flew in from England, looked after him. As soon as he was discharged, Sid got into a fight on December 9, broke a bottle on the head of Patti Smith's brother Todd Smith and was arrested for 55 days. On February 1, he was released on bail again and headed to the apartment of his new girlfriend Michelle Robinson with his mother and a group of friends. Here he took a dose of heroin and lost consciousness. Those present managed to bring him to his senses, after which he took heroin again. “I could swear there was a pinkish aura over him at those moments,” Anne Beverly later said. - The next morning I brought him tea. Sid lay in complete peace. I tried to push him away, and then I realized that he was cold... And dead.”

New York's Chief Coroner, Dr. Michael Baden, who performed the autopsy, determined that the heroin found in his system was 80 percent pure, while Vicious usually used a 5 percent solution.

On February 7, 1979, Sid Vicious was cremated, and a few days later, Ann Beverly (despite the protests of the Spungen couple) scattered his ashes - as is commonly believed, over Nancy's grave in King David Cemetery. Later, however, reports emerged that she accidentally or deliberately knocked over an urn containing ashes at Heathrow, with the entire contents going into the airport's ventilation system.

You were my girl
And I shared all your fears with you,
It was such a joy to hug you
And collect tears with kisses.
But now you're gone, all that's left is pain
And you can't fix anything
I don't want to continue living
If I can no longer live for you.
To my beautiful girl.
Our love will never die.

Original text (English)
You were my little baby girl
And I shared all your fears,
Such joy to hold you in my arms
And kiss away your tears.
But now your gone there"s only pain
And nothing can do
And I don't want to live this life,
If I can't live for you.
To my beautiful baby girl
Our love will never die.

Michelle Robinson version

Musicality

Vicious' abilities as a bass player have been disputed. During an interview for Guitar Hero III"When Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones was asked why he did the bass for The Flowers of Romance instead of Vicious" (June 30, 1978)

"Something Else" (February 9, 1979)

"C'mon Everybody" (June 22, 1979)

Bootlegs

My Way/Something Else/C'mon Everybody (1979, 12", Barclay, Barclay 740 509)
Live (1980, LP, Creative Industry Inc., JSR 21)
Vicious Burger (1980, LP, UD-6535, VD 6336)
Love Kills N.Y.C. (1985, LP, Konexion, KOMA)
The Sid Vicious Experience - Jack Boots and Dirty Looks (1986, LP, Antler 37)
The Idols with Sid Vicious (1993)
Never Mind the Reunion Here's Sid Vicious (1997, CD)
Sid Dead Live (1997, CD, Anagram, PUNK 86)
Sid Vicious Sings (1997, CD)
Vicious & Friends (1998, CD, Dressed To Kill Records, Dress 602)
Better (to provoke a reaction than to react to a provocation) (1999, CD, Almafame, YEAAH6)
Steppin' Stone (1989, 7", SCRATCH 7)
Probably His Last Ever Interview (2000, CD, OZIT, OZITCD62)
Better (2001, CD)
Vive Le Rock (2003, 2CD)
Too Fast To Live… (2004, CD)
Naked & Ashamed (7", Wonderful Records, WO-73, 2004)
Sid Live At Max's Kansas City (LP, JSR 21, 2004)
Sid Vicious (LP, Innocent Records, JSR 23, 2004)
Sid Vicious McDonald Bros. Box (3CD, Sound Solutions, 2005)
Sid Vicious & Friends (Don't You Gimmyyyyyyyyyyyyyye) No Lip/(I'm Not Your, 2006)

Memory

Such groups as The Exploited (“Sid Vicious Was Innocent”), Chimera (“Sid Vicious Was Innocent”), Lumen (“Sid and Nancy”), Yorsh (“Sid and Nancy”) and a number of others dedicated songs to Sid Vicious. In addition, in the 12th episode of the 19th season of The Simpsons, one of the stories repeats the plot of the film Sid and Nancy.

Biography

Soon after the birth of their son, John Ritchie left the family, and Sid and his mother went to the island of Ibiza, where Anne married Christopher Beverly in 1965. The family spent four years here, returning to London in 1961 and living for some time in Kent. After the death of their stepfather, mother and son rented a room in Tunbridge Wells, then lived in Somerset. Sid showed no interest in studying and dropped out of school at the age of 15, but soon (under the name Simon John Beverley) entered Hackney College of Art, where he began to study photography. Here he met John Lydon, who gave him the nickname that later became famous. According to one version, Lydon's hamster, nicknamed Sid, bit Richie on the hand, and he exclaimed: “Sid is really vicious!” (Later versions appeared according to which the nickname was given in honor of Syd Barrett and Lou Reed's song “Vicious”). Together with John Wardle (who later took the alias Jah Wobble) and John Gray, they formed The 4 Johns. As Anne recalls, unlike Lydon, who was an extremely reserved and shy guy, Sid dyed his hair and behaved in the manner of his then idol, David Bowie. Lydon said that the duo often earned money by performing street concerts, performing Alice Cooper songs: John sang, and Sid accompanied him on the tambourine.

For a long time, Sid lived alternately with squatters and in his mother’s house, but at the age of 17, having quarreled with her, he became truly homeless, thanks to which he entered punk culture for the first time (the majority of London squatters in those days were punks). It was around this time that Sid first walked into a shop on the King's Road called Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die (soon renamed SEX) and met - firstly Glen Matlock (who worked there and played music in the evenings). bass guitar), then through him with Steve Jones and Paul Cook. The latter two had just formed the Swankers and were trying to persuade store owner Malcolm McLaren (who had recently returned from America, where he briefly managed the affairs of the New York Dolls) to become their manager. Soon the line-up transformed into the Sex Pistols and found a vocalist in the person of another regular, John Lydon, - although at first McLaren's wife, Vivienne Westwood, chose Sid.

For some time, Sid was also considered as a possible vocalist for another new group, The Damned, but was removed from the list after he failed to show up for an audition. During the same days, he formed the notorious squatter band The Flowers of Romance; participants included the future The Slits. Having recently suffered from loneliness, Sid suddenly found himself in the very center of a new cultural movement and decided not to miss his chance: taking up (following the example of his new idol, Dee Dee Ramone) a bass guitar, he finally accepted a lifestyle that very soon led him to tragedy.

In September 1976, Syd became a participant in the so-called First International Punk Festival, organized by Ron Watts, manager 100 Club in collaboration with Malcolm McLaren. The headliners here were The Sex Pistols, who by that time already had a reputation as a new, highly promising group with an amazing songwriting duo. When it became known that time had become available in the program for one more participant, two participants Bromley Contingent- Susie Sue and Steve Spanker (Severin) - immediately offered their services, inviting Sid (drums) and Billy Idol (guitar; the latter’s place was immediately taken by Marco Pirroni, a friend of Soo Catwoman, with whom Sid was also a friend). So on the first day of the Festival, Sid appeared on the big stage for the first time. However, already on the second day he “left” it, because he was arrested (for starting to throw bottles on stage) and placed in the Ashford Remand juvenile prison. After being released from prison, he moved in with Catwoman and became something of a bodyguard for her.

Coming to the Sex Pistols

Thanks to Sid, an atmosphere of violence thickened around the group. One day he attacked journalist Nick Kent with a bicycle chain - allegedly at the instigation of McLaren and Rotten, who were outraged by the fact that Kent had performed with The Damned the day before. The myth of the “formidable” Sid, however, clearly does not correspond to the fact, confirmed by many eyewitnesses, that Sid did not know how to fight at all and was repeatedly beaten - in particular, by Paul Weller, David Coverdale and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Robertson.

Almost immediately after joining the group, Sid met Nancy Spungen. Nancy Laura Spungen; 27 February - 12 October) was a drug-addicted groupie who arrived in London from New York for the sole purpose of sleeping with the Sex Pistols. From John and Steve she passed on to Sid, who fell in love instantly. For him, among other things, Nancy was the personification of an entire culture centered in New York, where his favorite band, the Ramones, reigned. They settled in the apartment of a common friend, Pamela Rook, not far from Buckingham Palace, where they settled on one common mattress - in the dining room.

Sid became an easy target for her. Everyone wanted to be with him, but unfortunately he chose Nancy. She was surprisingly thick-skinned: perhaps the most unpleasant person I have ever met in my life. Everyone saw right through her. Everyone except Sid. - Pamela Rook.

Meanwhile, the Sex Pistols also lost their second contract - with A&M Records; This was largely due to the fights inspired by Sid. The group signed their third contract with Virgin Records, but by the time of release God Save the Queen Sid's health deteriorated: he managed to visit the hospital (where he was treated for hepatitis-C). At the same time, his two passions - for Nancy and heroin - grew uncontrollably.

American tour

The Sex Pistols' American tour began in the South (in Atlanta, Georgia). Nancy was not around, she was left in England, and Sid fell into depression. Additionally, Warner Bros. Records, the band's American label, assigned security guards (led by Noel Monk) to him for the sole purpose of keeping him away from heroin. Thus, the opposite effect was achieved. Sid ran away after a concert in Georgia and returned the next day with a certain Helen Keeler (one of the Pistols fans). Soon the group split into two camps. Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Malcolm McLaren continued to tour by plane, while John Lydon (by this time seriously concerned about his friend's condition) traveled with Sid in a van. The tour took place in an atmosphere of drug chaos and increasing violence. Bottles were constantly flying at Sid; one day he immediately responded to the offender - hitting him on the head with a bass guitar. With his chest cut and bleeding, he (according to John) “turned into a circus performer.” Sid took the stage in Dallas, Texas, with a bloody inscription scrawled on his chest: Gimme a Fix. On January 14, the remnants of the group, which until recently was considered the most popular in the world, gathered in San Francisco to give their last concert in Winterland Ballroom. At the end of it, throwing his question into the audience: “Have you ever felt deceived?” - John Lydon announced his departure from the Sex Pistols and was left penniless in America. Steve and Paul went to Rio, Sid continued the drug orgy with new friends, thanks to whom “fix” finally ceased to be a problem. One of them (a certain Boogie) saved him from death after an overdose and, on the second attempt, transported him to England, to Nancy.

It is generally accepted that Nancy was the cause of Sid's downfall. But John Lydon placed much of the blame on McLaren.

I haven't released it since the Sex Pistols' American tour.<Сида>out of sight - even sat next to me on the bus. Everything was fine with him, but only until we arrived in San Francisco. Some will consider this a mere coincidence, but as soon as Malcolm appeared in our hotel, Sid sank like a stone... The tragedy was that he naively believed in his own image. But he was, in essence, harmless and defenseless! Sid slowly died, and those around him enjoyed the spectacle. Especially Malcolm, who believed that self-destruction was the essence of pop stardom. I was beside myself with rage: we never intended to become pop stars!..— John Lydon in conversation with Paul Morley, New Musical Express, October 1996.

Death of Nancy

In London, McLaren, busy making a film (which was then called “Who Killed Bambi”: it was later released under the title “The Great Rock and Roll Swindle”), made it clear to Sid and Nancy that they would not receive money from him unless they agreed to fulfill all his instructions regarding the film. Sid went to Paris to film and recorded a version of "My Way" (a song made famous by Frank Sinatra). The recording was not easy: Sid kept refusing to work “with these French idiots.” The finished tapes were sent to London: here Steve Jones overdubbed the guitar parts and gave the track a specifically “Pistol” sound. "My Way" was released as a single in June (with "No One Is Innocent" on the back) and immediately began climbing the charts. In gratitude for his participation in the film, Sid received his freedom from McLaren. Nancy Spungen, who officially became his manager, flew to New York and began organizing the upcoming tour there. With the group The Vicious White Kids (Glen Matlock, Steve New and Rat Scabiz), Sid gave one concert at the Electric Ballroom and, having received the money, immediately flew to New York. Upon arrival, Sid and Nancy headed to the Chelsea Hotel, once famous for its guests, now famous only for its drug orgies, and rented a room here (No. 100). Nancy actually managed to organize several concerts: Jerry Nolan and Killer Kane (ex-New York Dolls), as well as guitarist Steve Dior, appeared in the new group with Sid. Mick Jones, guitarist of The Clash, appeared as a guest at Max's club. Soon Sid and Nancy went to visit the latter's parents, but the visit was not successful. Both were complete drug addicts, looked terrible and brought horror and indignation to the respectable Jewish family.

Two other songs Sid recorded simultaneously with “My Way,” “Something Else” and “C’mon Everybody,” were released as singles under the Sex Pistols banner and became hits. In October, he received from McLaren a fee (by check) and a cash amount of 25 thousand dollars: the latter was placed in the bottom drawer of the table in the hotel room that same day. The day arrived on October 11th: Sid and Nancy urgently needed a dose. There was a rumor that they had money and were ready to pay any amount. It is known that at least two drug dealers visited their hotel room. After receiving the doses, Sid and Nancy fell into oblivion. Sid came to his senses on the morning of the 12th. Nancy was in the bathroom: she was killed, apparently, with his knife. He immediately called first an ambulance, then the police, and on October 29 he was arrested on suspicion of murder. The amount of 25 thousand dollars from the bottom drawer of the table disappeared and was not found. The musician himself, due to severe alcohol and drug intoxication, did not remember what happened and categorically denied his guilt.

In the very first hours after the incident, people who knew Sid and Nancy began to express confidence that he could not have committed this crime.

He was anything but Vicious; in fact, I didn’t even know him by that name. He was a quiet, very lonely man. Nancy and he were a very sensitive couple and treated each other well. Even in my office they did not let go of each other's embrace. It was felt that there was a strong connection between them. - Stanley Bard, manager of the Chelsea Hotel.

Phil Strongman, in Pretty Vacant: A History of Punk, states that Nancy's killer was most likely Rockets Redgler, a drug dealer, bouncer, actor (and later stand-up comedian). He was reliably established that he was with Nancy that night, to whom he brought 40 capsules of hydromorphone. There was also a version according to which Nancy’s death was the result of a failed “double suicide.”

Death of Sid Vicious

Sid was taken to Rikers Prison. McLaren persuaded Virgin Records to provide a deposit (50 thousand dollars), promising a new album from Sid. Warner Bros. raised money for a team of lawyers and the suspect was released on bail. On October 22, still in a state of deep shock from the death of his beloved, Sid attempted to commit suicide. While he was in the hospital, his mother, who flew in from England, looked after him. As soon as he was discharged, Sid got into a fight on December 9, broke a bottle on the head of Patti Smith's brother Todd Smith, and was arrested for 55 days. On February 1, he was released on bail again and headed to the apartment of his new girlfriend Michelle Robinson with his mother and a group of friends. Here he took a dose of heroin and lost consciousness. Those present managed to bring him to his senses, after which he took heroin again. “I could swear there was a pinkish aura over him at those moments,” Anne Beverly later said. - The next morning I brought him tea. Sid lay in complete peace. I tried to push him away, and then I realized that he was cold... And dead.”

New York City Chief Coroner Dr. Michael Baden Michael Baden, who performed the autopsy, determined that the heroin found in his body was 80 percent pure, while Vicious usually used a 5 percent solution.

Original text(English)

You were my little baby girl / And I shared all your fears / Such joy to hold you in my arms / And kiss away your tears / But now your gone there"s only pain / And nothing can do / And I don"t want to live this life / If I can't live for you / To my beautiful baby girl / Our love will never die.

Michelle Robinson version

Albums

Singles

My Way (June 30, 1978)
Something Else (February 9, 1979)
C'mon Everybody (June 22, 1979)

Bootlegs

My Way/Something Else/C'mon Everybody (1979, 12", Barclay, Barclay 740 509)
Live (1980, LP, Creative Industry Inc., JSR 21)
Vicious Burger (1980, LP, UD-6535, VD 6336)
Love Kills N.Y.C. (1985, LP, Konexion, KOMA)
The Sid Vicious Experience - Jack Boots and Dirty Looks (1986, LP, Antler 37)
The Idols with Sid Vicious (1993)
Never Mind the Reunion Here's Sid Vicious (1997, CD)
Sid Dead Live (1997, CD, Anagram, PUNK 86)
Sid Vicious Sings (1997, CD)
Vicious & Friends (1998, CD, Dressed To Kill Records, Dress 602)
Better (to provoke a reaction than to react to a provocation) (1999, CD, Almafame, YEAAH6)
Steppin' Stone (1989, 7", SCRATCH 7)
Probably His Last Ever Interview (2000, CD, OZIT, OZITCD62)
Better (2001, CD)
Vive Le Rock (2003, 2CD)
Too Fast To Live… (2004, CD)
Naked & Ashamed (7", Wonderful Records, WO-73, 2004)
Sid Live At Max's Kansas City (LP, JSR 21, 2004)
Sid Vicious (LP, Innocent Records, JSR 23, 2004)
Sid Vicious McDonald Bros. Box (3CD, Sound Solutions, 2005)
Sid Vicious & Friends (Don't You Gimmyyyyyyyyyyyyyye) No Lip/(I'm Not Your, 2006)

Notes

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"The Filth and the Fury", St. Martin's Press, 2000, p. 13
Jah Wabble. www.punk77.co.uk (English) . - Preface to an interview with A. Parker, author of two books about Vicious. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
Kit & Morgan Benson Sid Vicious. www.findagrave.com. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
, The Punk Issue, March 2006, p. 65
Sid Story, part 1 (English) . - www.punk77.co.uk. Retrieved October 7, 2009.

listen)) is a British musician, best known as the bassist for the punk rock band the Sex Pistols.

Biography

Sid showed no interest in studies and dropped out of school at the age of 15, but soon (under the name Simon John Beverley) entered Hackney Art College. Hackney College), where he began to study photography. Here he met John Lydon, who gave him the nickname that later became famous. According to one version, Lydon's hamster, nicknamed Sid, bit John on the hand, and he exclaimed: “Sid is really vicious!” . Later versions appeared that the nickname was given in honor of Syd Barrett and Lou Reed's song “Vicious”. Together with John Wardle (who later took the alias Jah Wobble) and John Gray, they formed The 4 Johns. As Anne recalls, unlike Lydon, who was an extremely reserved and shy guy, Sid dyed his hair and behaved in the manner of his then idol, David Bowie. Lydon said that the duo often earned money by performing street concerts, performing Alice Cooper songs: John sang, and Sid accompanied him on the tambourine.

In September 1976, Syd became a participant in the so-called First International Punk Festival, organized by Ron Watts, manager 100 Club in collaboration with Malcolm McLaren. The headliners here were the Sex Pistols, who by that time already had a reputation as a new, highly promising group with an amazing songwriting duo. When it became known that time had become available in the program for one more participant, two participants Bromley Contingent- Susie Sue and Steve Spanker (Severin) - immediately offered their services, inviting Sid (drums) and Billy Idol (guitar; the latter’s place was immediately taken by Marco Pirroni, a friend of a girl named Sue Woman) as the other two members of the non-existent “group”. -cat ( Soo Catwoman), with whom Sid was also friends). So on the first day of the Festival, Sid appeared on the big stage for the first time. However, already on the second day he “left” it, because he was arrested (for starting to throw bottles on stage) and placed in the Ashford Remand juvenile prison. After being released from prison, he moved in with Catwoman and became something of a bodyguard for her.

Coming to the Sex Pistols

Sid in the Sex Pistols

It is generally accepted that it was thanks to Sid that the atmosphere of violence thickened around the group. It was alleged that he once attacked journalist Nick Kent with a bicycle chain - allegedly at the instigation of McLaren and Rotten, who were outraged by the fact that Kent had performed with The Damned the day before. Subsequently, the reality of this fact was questioned, since there were no witnesses to the attack, and everyone learned about it from articles and memoirs of Kent himself. The myth of the “formidable” Sid also does not correspond to the fact, confirmed by many eyewitnesses, that Sid did not know how to fight at all and was beaten several times - in particular, by Paul Weller, David Coverdale and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Robertson.

Almost immediately after joining the group, Sid met Nancy Spungen, a groupie junkie who had arrived in London from New York with the sole purpose of sleeping with the Sex Pistols. Pamela Rooke, a friend of Sid’s who worked in a clothing store, recalled: “She went from John and Steve to Sid, and he fell in love instantly. For him, among other things, Nancy was the personification of an entire culture centered in New York, where his favorite band, the Ramones, reigned.” The couple settled in Rook's apartment not far from Buckingham Palace, where all three sat on one common mattress - in the dining room.

Sid became an easy target for her. Everyone wanted to be with him, but unfortunately he chose Nancy. She was surprisingly thick-skinned: perhaps the most unpleasant person I have ever met in my life. Everyone saw right through her. Everyone except Sid.

Meanwhile, the Sex Pistols also lost their second contract - with A&M Records; This was largely due to the fights inspired by Sid. The group signed their third contract with Virgin Records, but by the time “God Save the Queen” was released, Sid’s health had deteriorated: he managed to visit the hospital where he was treated for hepatitis C. At the same time, his two passions - for Nancy and heroin - grew uncontrollably.

American tour

Soon the group split into two camps. Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Malcolm McLaren continued to tour by plane, while John Lydon (by this time seriously concerned about his friend's condition) traveled with Sid in a van. The tour took place in an atmosphere of drug chaos and increasing violence. Bottles were constantly flying at Sid; one day he immediately responded to the offender - hitting him on the head with a bass guitar. With his chest cut and bleeding, he (according to John) “turned into a circus performer.” Sid took the stage in Dallas, Texas, with a bloody inscription scrawled on his chest: Gimme a Fix. On January 14, the remnants of the group, which until recently was considered the most popular in the world, gathered in San Francisco to give their last concert in Winterland Ballroom. At the end of it, throwing his question into the audience: “Have you ever felt deceived?” - John Lydon announced his departure from the Sex Pistols and was left penniless in America. Steve and Paul went to Rio, Sid continued the drug orgy with new friends who provided him with drugs. One of them (a certain Boogie) saved him from death after an overdose and, on the second attempt, transported him to England, to Nancy.

It is generally accepted that Nancy was the cause of Sid's downfall. But John Lydon placed much of the blame on McLaren.

I haven't released it since the Sex Pistols' American tour.<Сида>out of sight - even sat next to me on the bus. Everything was fine with him, but only until we arrived in San Francisco. Some will consider this a mere coincidence, but as soon as Malcolm appeared in our hotel, Sid sank like a stone... The tragedy was that he naively believed in his own image. But he was, in essence, harmless and defenseless! Sid slowly died, and those around him enjoyed the spectacle. Especially Malcolm, who believed that self-destruction was the essence of pop stardom. I was beside myself with rage: we never intended to become pop stars!..
Sid and Nancy

In London, McLaren, busy making a film (which was then called “Who Killed Bambi”: it was later released under the title “The Great Rock and Roll Swindle”), made it clear to Sid and Nancy that they would not receive money from him unless they agreed to fulfill all his instructions regarding the film. Sid went to Paris to film and recorded a version of "My Way" (a song made famous by Frank Sinatra). The recording was not easy: Sid kept refusing to work “with these French idiots.” The finished tapes were sent to London: here Steve Jones overdubbed the guitar parts and gave the track a specifically “Pistol” sound. "My Way" was released as a single in June (from "No One Is Innocent") and immediately began to climb the charts (#7 UK Singles Chart). In gratitude for his participation in the film, Sid received his freedom from McLaren. Nancy Spungen, who officially became his manager, flew to New York and began organizing the upcoming tour there. With the group The Vicious White Kids (Glen Matlock, Steve New and Rat Scabiz) Sid gave one concert in Electric Ballroom and, having received the money, immediately flew to New York. Upon arrival, Sid and Nancy headed to the Chelsea Hotel, once famous for its guests, now famous only for its drug orgies, and rented a room here (No. 100). Nancy actually managed to organize several concerts: Jerry Nolan and Killer Kane (ex-New York Dolls), as well as guitarist Steve Dior, appeared in the new group with Sid. Mick Jones, guitarist of The Clash, appeared as a guest at Max's club. But after on September 7, 1978, at the last concert, Vicious appeared on heroin, barely sang a cover of Iggy Pop’s song “I Wanna Be Your Dog” and lost consciousness, all the musicians refused to perform with him. Soon after this, Sid and Nancy went to visit the latter's parents, but the visit was not successful. Both were complete drug addicts, looked terrible and brought horror and indignation to the respectable Jewish family.
Two other songs Sid recorded simultaneously with “My Way” - “Something Else” and “C’mon Everybody” - were released as singles under the Sex Pistols banner and became hits (#3 UK). In October, he received from McLaren a fee (by check) and a cash amount of 25 thousand dollars: the latter was placed in the bottom drawer of the table in the hotel room that same day. The day arrived on October 11th: Sid and Nancy urgently needed a dose. There was a rumor that they had money and were ready to pay any amount. It is known that at least two drug dealers visited their hotel room. After receiving the doses, Sid and Nancy fell into oblivion. Sid came to his senses on the morning of the 12th. Nancy was in the bathroom: she was killed, apparently, with his knife. He immediately called first an ambulance, then the police, and on October 19 he was arrested on suspicion of murder. A sum of $25,000 disappeared from the bottom drawer and was never found. The musician himself, due to severe alcohol and drug intoxication, did not remember what happened and categorically denied his guilt.
In the very first hours after the incident, people who knew Sid and Nancy began to express confidence that he could not have committed this crime. “He was anything but Vicious; in fact, I didn’t even know him by that name. He was a quiet, very lonely man. Nancy and he were a very sensitive couple and treated each other well. Even in my office they did not let go of each other's embrace. It was felt that there was a very strong connection between them,” said Stanley Bard, manager of the Chelsea Hotel.
Phil Strongman, in Pretty Vacant: A History of Punk, states that Nancy's killer was most likely Rockets Redgler, a drug dealer, bouncer, actor (and later stand-up comedian). He was reliably established that he was with Nancy that night, to whom he brought 40 capsules of hydromorphone. There was also a version according to which Nancy’s death was the result of a failed “double suicide.”

Death of Sid Vicious

Sid was taken to Rikers Prison. McLaren persuaded Virgin Records to provide a deposit (50 thousand dollars), promising a new album from Sid. Warner Bros. raised money for a team of lawyers and the suspect was released on bail. On October 22, still in a state of deep shock from the death of his beloved, Sid attempted to commit suicide. While he was in the hospital, his mother, who flew in from England, looked after him. As soon as he was discharged, Sid got into a fight on December 9, broke a bottle on the head of Patti Smith's brother Todd Smith, and was arrested for 55 days. On February 1, he was released on bail again and headed to the apartment of his new girlfriend Michelle Robinson with his mother and a group of friends. Here he took a dose of heroin and lost consciousness. Those present managed to bring him to his senses, after which he took heroin again. “I could swear there was a pinkish aura over him at those moments,” Anne Beverly later said. - I brought him tea in the morning. Sid lay in complete peace. I tried to push him away, and then I realized that he was cold... And dead.”
New York City Chief Coroner Dr. Michael Baden Michael Baden), who performed the autopsy, determined that the heroin found in his system was 80 percent pure, while Vicious usually used a 5 percent solution.
The film also claimed that Ann Beverly, shortly before her death, allegedly admitted that she actually injected her son with a lethal dose because she was afraid that he would be sentenced for many years for the murder of Nancy Spungen.

Musicality

Vicious' abilities as a bass player have been disputed. During an interview for Guitar Hero III, when Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones was asked why he recorded the bass parts for Vicious instead of , he replied: "Sid was in hospital with hepatitis, he couldn't play, not that he could play at all." Sid asked Lemmy, Motörhead's bass player, to teach him how to play bass, saying, "I don't know how to play bass," to which Lemmy replied, "I know." In another interview, Lemmy said: “It wasn’t all easy. He still couldn't play the bass guitar at the time of his death."

Albums

Year Name Notes
1979 Sid Sings A collection of amateur recordings from concerts of Vicious and his friends in September 1978.
1998 Sid Vicious & Friends Collection
2000 Too Fast To Live Collection
Singles

"My Way" (June 30, 1978)

"Something Else" (February 9, 1979)

"C'mon Everybody" (June 22, 1979)

Bootlegs

My Way/Something Else/C'mon Everybody (1979, 12", Barclay, Barclay 740 509)

Live (1980, LP, Creative Industry Inc., JSR 21)

Vicious Burger (1980, LP, UD-6535, VD 6336)

Love Kills N.Y.C. (1985, LP, Konexion, KOMA)

The Sid Vicious Experience - Jack Boots and Dirty Looks (1986, LP, Antler 37)

The Idols with Sid Vicious (1993)

Never Mind the Reunion Here's Sid Vicious (1997, CD)

Sid Dead Live (1997, CD, Anagram, PUNK 86)

Sid Vicious Sings (1997, CD)

Vicious & Friends (1998, CD, Dressed To Kill Records, Dress 602)

Better (to provoke a reaction than to react to a provocation) (1999, CD, Almafame, YEAAH6)

Steppin' Stone (1989, 7", SCRATCH 7)

Probably His Last Ever Interview (2000, CD, OZIT, OZITCD62)

Better (2001, CD)

Vive Le Rock (2003, 2CD)

Too Fast To Live… (2004, CD)

Naked & Ashamed (7", Wonderful Records, WO-73, 2004)

Sid Live At Max's Kansas City (LP, JSR 21, 2004)

Sid Vicious (LP, Innocent Records, JSR 23, 2004)

Sid Vicious McDonald Bros. Box (3CD, Sound Solutions, 2005)

Sid Vicious & Friends (Don't You Gimmyyyyyyyyyyyyyye) No Lip/(I'm Not Your, 2006)

Sid Vicious's height at the time of death was 188 cm, weight 62 kg.

Memory

The Exploited song “Sid Vicious Was Innocent” is dedicated to Vicious.

The song of the Chimera group is “Sidu Vishezou”.

The song by Lumen is "Sid and Nancy".

The song of the group Yorsh is "Sid and Nancy".

The song of the group Psyche is “Sid Spears”.

In the song "Foreva?" Russian punk rock band Tarakany! Sid Vicious is mentioned.

NOFX's song is "Sid & Nancy".

The song of the group Alice is “All this is rock and roll”.

In the song “Harakiri” by the punk rock group Civil Defense - “Sid Vicious died before your eyes...”

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Filth and Fury, Julian Temple, 2000; “The best time in the band was when Sid first joined - he actually decided to learn how to play bass and fit in and be part of the band.”

John Savage. England's Dreaming. - Faber & Faber, 1994. - P. 194.

Literature

Parker A. Sid Vicious: Too Fast to Live... / Transl. from English O. Andreeva. - M.: Alpina non-fiction, 2013. - 166 pp., ill., 2500 copies. - (Counterculture). ISBN 978-5-91671-257-5

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And then one day, mortally tired of empty, endless waiting, I finally decided to fulfill my long-standing, sad dream - knowing that I would probably never be able to see my beloved Venice in another way, I decided to go there “by breath” to say goodbye ...
It was May outside, and Venice was dressing up like a young bride, celebrating her most beautiful holiday - the holiday of Love...
Love hovered everywhere - the air itself was saturated with it!.. Bridges and canals breathed with it, it penetrated into every corner of the elegant city... into every fiber of every lonely soul living in it... For this one day, Venice turned into a magical flower love - burning, intoxicating and beautiful! The streets of the city were literally “drowning” in a myriad of scarlet roses, with lush “tails” hanging down to the very water, gently caressing it with fragile scarlet petals... All of Venice was fragrant, exuding the smells of happiness and summer. And for this one day, even the most gloomy inhabitants of the city left their homes, and smiling with all their might, they expected that maybe on this beautiful day even they, sad and lonely, would smile at the capricious Love...
The holiday began from the very early morning, when the first rays of the sun were just beginning to gild the city canals, showering them with hot kisses, from which they, blushing shyly, were filled with red bashful highlights... Right there, not even allowing you to wake up properly, under the windows The first love romances were already tenderly sounding from the city beauties... And the magnificently dressed gondoliers, having decorated their polished gondolas in a festive scarlet color, waited patiently at the pier, each hoping to seat the brightest beauty of this wonderful, magical day.
During this holiday, there were no prohibitions for anyone - young and old poured out into the streets, enjoying the upcoming fun, and tried to take the best places on the bridges in advance in order to get a closer look at the passing gondolas carrying the famous Venetian courtesans, as beautiful as spring itself. These one-of-a-kind women, whose intelligence and beauty were admired by poets, and whom artists embodied forever in their magnificent canvases.
I always believed that love can only be pure, and I never understood or agreed with betrayal. But the courtesans of Venice were not just women from whom love was bought. Apart from the fact that they were always extraordinarily beautiful, they were all also superbly educated, incomparably better than any bride from a rich and noble Venetian family... Unlike the very educated noble Florentines, the women of Venice in my time were not even allowed to enter to public libraries and to be “well-read,” since the wives of noble Venetians were considered just a beautiful thing, a loving husband closed at home “for the good” of his family... And the higher the status of the lady, the less she was allowed to know. Courtesans, on the contrary, usually knew several languages, played musical instruments, read (and sometimes wrote!) poetry, knew philosophers very well, understood politics, sang and danced superbly... In short, they knew everything that any noble woman (in my opinion) should have known. And I have always honestly believed that if the wives of nobles knew even the slightest fraction of what the courtesans knew, fidelity and love would reign forever in our wonderful city...
I did not approve of treason, but also, I could not respect women who did not know (and did not want to know!) beyond what was beyond the walls of their native Venice. Surely, this was my Florentine blood speaking in me, but I absolutely could not stand ignorance! And people who had unlimited opportunities to KNOW, but did not want to, only caused me hostility.
But let's return to my beloved Venice, which, as I knew, was supposed to prepare for its usual annual celebration that evening...
Very easily, without any special effort, I appeared in the main square of the city.
Everything seemed to be the same as before, but this time, although decorated in the old way, Venice was almost empty. I walked along the lonely canals, unable to believe my eyes!.. It was not too late, and usually at such a time the city was still noisy, like an alarmed beehive, anticipating its favorite holiday. But that evening, beautiful Venice was empty... I couldn’t understand where all the happy faces had gone?.. What happened to my beautiful city in those short few years???
Walking slowly along the deserted embankment, I inhaled such familiar, warm and soft, salty air, unable to hold back the happy and sad tears flowing down my cheeks at the same time... This was my home!.. My truly native and beloved city. Venice has always remained MY city!.. I loved its rich beauty, its high culture... Its bridges and gondolas... And even just its unusualness, making it the only city of its kind ever built on Earth.
The evening was very pleasant and quiet. Gentle waves, quietly whispering something, lazily splashed against the stone portals... And smoothly rocking the elegant gondolas, they ran back into the sea, taking with them the crumbling rose petals, which, floating further, became like scarlet drops of blood, by someone generously splashed across the mirror water.
Suddenly, a very familiar voice pulled me out of my sad-happy dreams:
- It can not be!!! Isidora?! Is it really you?!..
Our good old friend, Francesco Rinaldi, stood looking at me in shock, as if a familiar ghost had suddenly appeared right in front of him... Apparently not daring to believe that it was really me.
- My God, where are you from?! We thought you died a long time ago! How did you manage to escape? Have you really been released?!..
“No, they didn’t let me go, my dear Francesco,” I answered sadly, shaking my head. – And, unfortunately, I did not manage to escape... I just came to say goodbye...
- But how can that be? You're here right? And completely free? Where is my friend?! Where is Girolamo? I haven’t seen him for so long and I missed him so much!..
- Girolamo is no more, dear Francesco... Just as his father is no more...
Was the reason that Francesco was a friend from our happy “past”, or was I just wildly tired of endless loneliness, but, telling him about the horror that the Pope had done to us, I suddenly felt inhumanly pain... And then I finally burst through!.. Tears poured out like a waterfall of bitterness, sweeping away embarrassment and pride, and leaving only the thirst for protection and the pain of loss... Hiding on his warm chest, I sobbed like a lost child looking for friendly support...
– Calm down, my dear friend... Well, what are you talking about! Please calm down...
Francesco stroked my tired head, as my father had done long ago, wanting to calm me down. The pain burned, again mercilessly throwing me into the past, which could not be returned, and which no longer existed, since there were no longer people on Earth who created this wonderful past...
– My home has always been your home, Isidora. You need to hide somewhere! Let's come to us! We'll do everything we can. Please come to us!.. You will be safe with us!
They were wonderful people - his family... And I knew that if only I agreed, they would do everything to shelter me. Even if they themselves are in danger for it. And for a short moment I suddenly wanted to stay so wildly!.. But I knew perfectly well that this would not happen, that I would leave right now... And in order not to give myself vain hopes, I immediately said sadly:
– Anna remained in the clutches of the “holy” Pope... I think you understand what this means. And now I have her alone... Sorry, Francesco.
And remembering something else, she asked:
– Can you tell me, my friend, what is happening in the city? What happened to the holiday? Or has our Venice, like everything else, also become different?..
– The Inquisition, Isidora... Damn it! It's all the Inquisition...
– ?!..
- Yes, dear friend, she even got here... And the worst thing is, many people fell for it. Apparently, the evil and insignificant need the same “evil and insignificant” so that everything that they have hidden for many years will be revealed. The Inquisition has become a terrible instrument of human revenge, envy, lies, greed and malice!.. You can’t even imagine, my friend, how low seemingly the most normal people can fall!.. Brothers slander unwanted brothers... children slander their aged fathers, wanting to get rid of them as quickly as possible... envious neighbors against neighbors... This is terrible! No one is protected today from the coming of the “holy fathers”... It’s so scary, Isidora! You just have to say to someone that he is a heretic, and you will never see that person again. True madness... which reveals the lowest and worst in people... How to live with this, Isidora?
Francesco stood hunched over, as if the heaviest burden was pressing on him like a mountain, not allowing him to straighten up. I knew him for a very long time, and I knew how difficult it was to break this honest, brave man. But the life of that time crushed him, turning him into a confused man who did not understand such human meanness and baseness, into a disappointed, aging Francesco... And now, looking at my good old friend, I realized that I was right in deciding to forget my personal life , giving it for the death of the “holy” monster, who trampled on the lives of other, good and pure people. It was only unspeakably bitter that there were low and vile “people” who rejoiced (!!!) at the arrival of the Inquisition. And the pain of others did not touch their callous hearts, rather, on the contrary - they themselves, without a twinge of conscience, used the clutches of the Inquisition to destroy innocent, good people! How far our Earth was from that happy day when Man will be pure and proud!.. When his heart will not succumb to meanness and evil... When Light, Sincerity and Love will live on Earth. Yes, the North was right - the Earth was still too evil, stupid and imperfect. But I believed with all my soul that someday she would become wise and very kind... only many more years would pass for this. In the meantime, those who loved her had to fight for her. Forgetting yourself, your family... And not sparing your only earthly Life, which is very dear to everyone. Having forgotten myself, I didn’t even notice that Francesco was watching me very carefully, as if he wanted to see if he could persuade me to stay. But the deep sadness in his sad gray eyes told me - he understood... And hugging him tightly for the last time, I began to say goodbye...
“We will always remember you, honey.” And we will always miss you. And Girolamo... And your good father. They were wonderful, pure people. And I hope that another life will be safer and kinder for them. Take care of yourself, Isidora... No matter how funny it may sound. Try to get away from him if you can. Together with Anna...
Giving him a final nod, I quickly walked along the embankment so as not to show how painfully this farewell hurt me, and how brutally my wounded soul ached...
Sitting on the parapet, I plunged into sad thoughts... The world around me was completely different - it did not contain that joyful, open happiness that illuminated our entire past life. Didn’t people really understand that they themselves were destroying our wonderful planet with their own hands, filling it with the poison of envy, hatred and anger?.. That by betraying others, they plunged their immortal soul into “black”, leaving it no way to salvation!.. The Magi were right when they said that the Earth was not ready... But this did not mean that there was no need to fight for it! That it was necessary to just sit with folded hands and wait until she herself someday “grows up”! showing the way, and hoping that for some reason she herself will be lucky enough to survive?!..
Without noticing at all how much time had passed in thought, I was very surprised to see that it was getting dark outside. It was time to return. My long-time dream of seeing Venice and my home didn’t seem so right now... It no longer brought happiness, rather the opposite - seeing my hometown so “different”, I felt in my soul only the bitterness of disappointment, and nothing more. Taking another look at such a familiar and once beloved landscape, I closed my eyes and “left”, knowing full well that I would never see all this again...
Caraffa was sitting by the window in “my” room, completely lost in some of his gloomy thoughts, hearing nothing and not noticing anything around... I so unexpectedly appeared right before his “sacred” gaze that Dad shuddered sharply, but then collected himself and surprisingly calmly asked:
- Well, where were you walking, Madonna?
His voice and gaze expressed a strange indifference, as if Dad no longer cared what I did or where I went. This immediately alerted me. I knew Karaffa quite well (I don’t think anyone knew him completely) and such a strange calmness of his, in my opinion, did not bode well.
“I went to Venice, Your Holiness, to say goodbye...” I answered just as calmly.
– And did this give you pleasure?
- No, Your Holiness. She is no longer the same as she was... as I remember.
– You see, Isidora, even cities change in such a short time, not only people... And probably states too, if you look closely. But how can I not change?..
He was in a very strange, uncharacteristic mood, so I tried to answer very carefully, so as not to accidentally touch some “prickly” corner and not fall under the threat of his holy wrath, which could destroy a stronger person than I was at that time. time i.
“Didn’t I remember you saying, Holiness, that now you will live a very long time?” Has anything changed since then?.. – I asked quietly.
- Oh, it was just a hope, my dear Isidora!.. A stupid, empty hope that dissipated as easily as smoke...
I patiently waited for him to continue, but Caraffa remained silent, again immersed in some gloomy thoughts.
- Excuse me, Your Holiness, do you know what happened to Anna? Why did she leave the monastery? – almost not hoping for an answer, I still asked.
Caraffa nodded.
- She's coming here.
- But why?!. – my soul froze, feeling bad.
“She’s coming to save you,” Caraffa said calmly.
– ?!!..
“I need her here, Isidora.” But in order for her to be released from Meteora, her desire was needed. So I helped her “decide.”
– Why did you need Anna, Your Holiness?! You wanted her to study there, didn't you? Why then was it necessary to take her to Meteora at all?..
– Life is passing away, Madonna... Nothing stands still. Especially Life... Anna will not help me with what I need so badly... even if she studies there for a hundred years. I need you, Madonna. It is your help... And I know that I won’t be able to persuade you just like that.
Here it comes... The worst thing. I didn’t have enough time to kill Karaffa!.. And next on his terrible “list” was my poor daughter... My brave, sweet Anna... Just for a short moment, our suffering fate was suddenly revealed to me... and it seemed terrible...
After sitting silently for some time in “my” chambers, Caraffa stood up and, just about to leave, said quite calmly:
– I will inform you when your daughter appears here, Madonna. I think it will be very soon. - And bowing secularly, he left.
And I, trying with all my might not to succumb to the surging hopelessness, with a trembling hand, took off my shawl and sank onto the nearest sofa. What was left for me - exhausted and lonely?.. By what miracle could I save my brave girl, who was not afraid of the war with Caraffa?.. What kind of lie did they tell her to force her to leave Meteora and return to this earthly Inferno cursed by God and people? ?..
I couldn’t even think what I had in store for Anna Caraffa... She was his last hope, the last weapon that I knew he would try to use as successfully as possible to force me to surrender. Which meant that Anna would have to suffer severely.
Unable to remain alone with my misfortune any longer, I tried to call my father. He appeared immediately, as if he was just waiting for me to call him.
– Father, I’m so scared!.. He’s taking Anna away! And I don’t know if I can save her... Help me, father! At least give me some advice...
There was nothing in the world that I would not agree to give to Karaffa for Anna. I agreed to everything... except for one thing - to give him immortality. And this, unfortunately, was exactly the only thing that the Holy Pope wanted.
– I’m so afraid for her, father!.. I saw a girl here – she was dying. I helped her leave... Is Anna really going to get a similar test?! Are we really not strong enough to save her?..
– Don’t let fear into your heart, daughter, no matter how much it hurts you. Don't you remember what Girolamo taught his daughter?.. Fear creates the possibility of bringing into reality what you are afraid of. He opens the doors. Don't let fear weaken you before you even begin to fight, dear. Don't let Karaffa win without even starting to fight back.
- What should I do, father? I didn't find his weakness. I didn’t find what he was afraid of... And I no longer had time. What should I do, tell me?..
I understood that our short lives with Anna were approaching their sad end... But Caraffa still lived, and I still didn’t know where to start to destroy him...
- Go to Meteora, daughter. Only they can help you. Go there, my heart.
My father’s voice sounded very sad, apparently just like me, he did not believe that Meteora would help us.
“But they refused me, father, you know.” They believe too much in their old “truth”, which they once instilled in themselves. They won't help us.
- Listen to me, daughter... Go back there. I know you don't believe... But they are the only ones who can still help you. You have no one else to turn to. Now I have to leave... I'm sorry, dear. But I will return to you very soon. I won't leave you, Isidora.
The father’s essence began to “ripple” and melt as usual, and after a moment completely disappeared. And I, still looking in confusion at where his transparent body had just shone, realized that I didn’t know where to start... Caraffa declared too confidently that Anna would very soon be in his criminal hands, so I had no time to fight there was almost none left.
Getting up and shaking myself from my heavy thoughts, I decided to follow my father’s advice and go to Meteora again. It couldn't have been worse anyway. Therefore, having tuned in to the North, I went...
This time there were no mountains or beautiful flowers... I was greeted only by a spacious, very long stone hall, at the far end of which something incredibly bright and attractive sparkled with green light, like a dazzling emerald star. The air around her shone and pulsated, splashing out long tongues of burning green “flame”, which, flaring up, illuminated the huge hall right up to the ceiling. North stood next to this unprecedented beauty, thinking about something sad.
- Hello, Isidora. “I’m glad you came,” he said affectionately, turning around.
- And hello to you, Sever. “I came for a short time,” I answered, trying my best not to relax and not succumb to Meteora’s charm. - Tell me, Sever, how could you let Anna go from here? You knew what she was doing! How could you let her go?! I hoped Meteora would be her protection, but she betrayed her so easily... Please explain, if you can...
He looked at me with his sad, wise eyes, without saying a word. As if everything had already been said, and nothing could be changed... Then, shaking his head negatively, he said softly:
– Meteora did not betray Anna, Isidora. Anna herself decided to leave. She is no longer a child, she thinks and decides in her own way, and we have no right to keep her here by force. Even if you don’t agree with her decision. She was informed that Caraffa would torture you if she did not agree to return there. That's why Anna decided to leave. Our rules are very strict and unchanging, Isidora. Once we transgress them once, the next time there will be a reason why life here will quickly begin to change. This is unacceptable; we are not free to deviate from our path.
– You know, North, I think THIS is exactly your main mistake... You have blindly locked yourself into your infallible laws, which, if you look closely at them, will turn out to be completely empty and, to some extent, even naive. You are dealing here with amazing people, each of whom is already a wealth in itself. And they, so unusually bright and strong, cannot be tailored to fit one law! They simply will not obey him. You need to be more flexible and understanding, North. Sometimes life becomes too unpredictable, just as circumstances are unpredictable. And you cannot judge equally what is common and what no longer fits into your long-established, outdated “framework.” Do you really believe that your laws are correct? Tell me honestly, North!..
He looked searchingly into my face, becoming more and more confused, as if he couldn’t decide whether to tell me the truth or leave everything as it is, without bothering his wise soul with regrets...
– What our laws are, Isidora, was not created in one day... Centuries passed, and the Magi still paid for their mistakes. Therefore, even if something sometimes seems not quite right to us, we prefer to look at life in its comprehensive picture, without focusing on individual individuals. No matter how painful it may be...
I would give a lot if you would agree to stay with us! One fine day you might change the Earth, Isidora... You have a very rare Gift, and you can truly THINK... But I know that you will not stay. Don't betray yourself. And there's nothing I can do to help you. I know that you will never forgive us while you are alive... Just as Magdalene never forgave us for the death of her beloved husband, Jesus Radomir... But we asked her to return, offering protection to her children, but she never returned to us... We have been living with this burden for many years, Isidora, and believe me - there is no heavier burden in the world! But this is our fate, unfortunately, and it is impossible to change it until the real day of “awakening” comes on Earth... When we no longer need to hide, when the Earth finally becomes truly pure and wise, it becomes brighter. .. Then we will be able to think separately, think about each gifted person, without fear that the Earth will destroy us. Without fear that after us there will be no Faith and Knowledge left, there will be no KNOWING people left...
Sever drooped, as if inside he did not agree with what he himself had just told me... I felt with all my heart, with all my soul, that he believed much more in what I believed so confidently. But I also knew that he would not open up to me without betraying Meteora and his beloved great Teachers. So I decided to leave him alone and not torment him any more...
- Tell me, Sever, what happened to Mary Magdalene? Do her descendants still live somewhere on Earth?
“Of course, Isidora!..” Sever immediately answered, and it seemed to me that he was sincerely pleased by the change of topic...
Wonderful painting by Rubens “The Crucifixion”. Next to the body of Christ (below) are Magdalene and his brother, Radan (in
red), and behind Magdalena is Radomir’s mother, Sage Maria. At the very top is John, and to the right and left of
him - two Knights Templar. The remaining two figures are unknown. Perhaps they were Jews who
lived Radomir's family?..
– After the death of Christ, Magdalene left that cruel, evil land, which took away from her the most dear person in the world. She left, taking with her her baby daughter, who was only four years old at the time. And her eight-year-old son was secretly taken to Spain by the Knights of the Temple so that, no matter what, he would survive and be able to continue the great Family of his father. If you wish, I will tell you the true story of their lives, for what is presented to people today is simply a story for the ignorant and blind...
Magdalena with her children - daughter Radomir with her children - son Svetodar and daughter Vesta
and son. Stained glass from the Church of St. Nazar,
Lemoux, Languedoc, France
(St. Nazare, Lemoux, Langedoc)
On these wonderful stained glass windows Radomir and Magdalena with their children - their son
Svetodar and daughter Vesta. Also, here you can see another very interesting
detail - the clergyman standing next to Radomir is dressed in a Catholic uniform
church, which two thousand years ago in no way could have been
maybe. It appeared among priests only in the 11th-12th centuries. Which, again,
proves the birth of Jesus-Radomir only in the 11th century.
I nodded in agreement to North.
– Please tell me the truth... Tell me about them, Sever...
Radomir, anticipating his ambulance
death, sends a nine-year-old
Svetodar to live in Spain... Chu-
there is deep sadness and general
despair.
His thoughts flew far, far away, plunging into ancient, hidden memories covered with the ashes of centuries. And an amazing story began...
– As I already told you earlier, Isidora, after the death of Jesus and Magdalene, their entire bright and sad life was entwined with shameless lies, transferring this lie also to the descendants of this amazing, courageous family... They were “dressed” with ANOTHER FAITH. Their pure images were surrounded by the lives of ALIEN PEOPLE who had not lived for a long time... WORDS that they NEVER SPEAKED were put into their mouths... They were made RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIMES that ANOTHER FAITH, the most deceitful and criminal that existed, had committed and is committing ever on earth...
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From the author: Many, many years have passed since my meeting with Isidora... And now, remembering and living through the former distant years, I managed to find (while in France) the most interesting materials, largely confirming the veracity of Sever's story about the life of Mary Magdalene and Jesus Radomir, which, I think, will be interesting for everyone reading Isidora’s story, and perhaps even help shed at least some light on the lies of “the rulers of this world.” Please read about the materials I found in the “Supplement” after the chapters of Isidora.
* * *
I felt that this whole story was very difficult for the North. Apparently, his broad soul still did not agree to accept such a loss and was still very sick of it. But he honestly continued to talk further, apparently realizing that later, perhaps, I would not be able to ask him anything more.
This stained glass window depicts Magdalene
wife in the form of a Teacher standing over

Year	Name	Notes
1979	Sid Sings	A collection of amateur recordings from concerts of Vicious and his friends in September 1978.
1998	Sid Vicious & Friends	Collection
2000	Too Fast To Live	Collection

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