Sid Vicious

Never mind the other biographies: Sid Vicious is the definitive guide to the life and times of the Sex Pistols front man. As a veteran punk-rocker who lived briefly with Sid�s mother, author Alan Parker is intimately acquainted with the musical and cultural scene that Sid Vicious dominated during his short life. This account fills in the gaps of John Simon Ritchie�s life, from his art-school days to the death of girlfriend Nancy Spungeon to his drug overdose at 21. New and previously-unheard voices�including the headmistress of his parish school and his mother�help paint a fuller picture of this punk luminary. Those interviews, along with in-depth research in the New York City Police Department�s archives, lead to dramatic conclusions about who killed Nancy Spungeon and how Sid himself died.