Author: Malcolm Butt Publisher: Plexus Publishing (UK) ISBN: 9780859652346 Category : Punk rock music Languages : en Pages : 0
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Sid Vicious, most controversial member of the Sex Pistols did not survive to see them reform in 2002. He was the epitome of punk rock, brash, abusive, a hopeless heroin addict. His brief 21 years became a metaphor for all that was rotten in rock, culminating in his lethal overdose as he contemplated a life sentence for the murder of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Controversial and compelling, SID VICIOUS: Rock'n'Roll Star documents the rise and fall of this rock colossus.
Author: Deborah Spungen Publisher: Ballantine Books ISBN: 0307807436 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 417
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“Honest and moving . . . Her painful tale is engrossing.”—Washington Post Book World For most of us, it was just another horrible headline. But for Deborah Spungen, the mother of Nancy, who was stabbed to death at the Chelsea Hotel, it was both a relief and a tragedy. Here is the incredible story of an infant who never stopped screaming, a toddler who attacked people, a teenager addicted to drugs, violence, and easy sex, a daughter completely out of control—who almost destroyed her parents’ marriage and the happiness of the rest of her family.
Author: David Dalton Publisher: St Martins Press ISBN: 9780312155209 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 223
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Examines the life of Sid Vicious, the infamous late member of the Sex Pistols, and argues that this mindlessly violent, nihilistic, self-destructive young man was the perfect rock 'n' roll icon
Author: Keith Bateson Publisher: Omnibus Press& Schirmer Trade Books ISBN: 9780711924833 Category : Rock musicians Languages : en Pages : 96
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This title has been reissued to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Sid Vicious's death. Written and compiled with the co-operation of his late mother, this book traces Sid's life before, during and after The Sex Pistols, to his death from a heroin overdose at 21.
Author: Teddie Dahlin Publisher: ISBN: 9780957517073 Category : Languages : en Pages : 310
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The true story of a young interpreter and her relationship with the punk icon Sid Vicious.This story takes us behind the scenes of the Sex Pistols Scandinavian Tour of 1977 and shows the true characters of the band and their associates. Other peoples comments are speckled throughout the book, by people who were there. After Sid leaves Scandinavia other people who were present at the time, tell the story of what really happened to Sid in New York and follow him all the way to spreading his ashes.
Author: John Lydon Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1471137228 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 728
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John Lydon has secured prime position as one of the most recognizable icons in the annals of music history. As Johnny Rotten, he was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols - the world's most notorious band, who shot to fame in the mid-1970s with singles such as 'Anarchy in the UK' and 'God Save the Queen'. So revolutionary was his influence, he was even discussed in the Houses of Parliament, under the Traitors and Treasons Act, which still carries the death penalty. Via his music and invective he spearheaded a generation of young people across the world who were clamouring for change - and found it in the style and attitude of this most unlikely figurehead. With his next band, Public Image Ltd (PiL) Lydon expressed an equally urgent impulse in his make-up - the constant need to reinvent himself, to keep moving. From their beginnings in 1978 he set the groundbreaking template for a band that continues to challenge and thrive in the 2010s. He also found time for making innovative new dance records with the likes of Afrika Baambaata and Leftfield. Following the release of a solo record in 1997, John took a sabbatical from his music career into other media, most memorably his own Rotten TV show for VH1 and as the most outrageous contestant ever on I'm a Celebrity…. Get Me Out of Here!He then fronted the Megabugsseries and one-off nature documentaries and even turned his hand to a series of much loved TV advertisements for Country Life butter. Lydon has remained a compelling and dynamic figure - both as a musician, and, thanks to his outspoken, controversial, yet always heartfelt and honest statements, as a cultural commentator. The book a fresh and mature look back on a life full of incident from his beginnings as a sickly child of immigrant Irish parents who grew up in post-war London, to his present status as a vibrant, alternative national hero.
Author: Alan Parker Publisher: Creation Books ISBN: 9781840681109 Category : Punk rock musicians Languages : en Pages : 0
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Written with the full co-operation of his late mother, this definitive new biography charts Sid's story from his childhood to his final fix in New York, detailing his life before, during and after the Sex Pistols. Also revealed for the first time, the truth about what really happened in Sid and Nancy's Chelsea Hotel room in the early hours of October 12th 1978, and the figure now widely believed to have been Nancy's murderer. Features a full discography, concert listings and 100 rare b/w photographs.
Author: Viv Albertine Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1466873078 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 433
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A feminist musician icon, Viv Albertine reveals the rocking, uncompromising story of her life on the front lines at the birth of the British punk movement and beyond in this exciting, humorous, and inspiring memoir. Selected by the New York Times as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years Viv Albertine is a pioneer. As lead guitarist and songwriter for the seminal band The Slits, she influenced a future generation of artists including Kurt Cobain and Carrie Brownstein. She formed a band with Sid Vicious and was there the night he met Nancy Spungeon. She tempted Johnny Thunders...toured America with the Clash...dated Mick Jones...and inspired the classic Clash anthem “Train in Vain.” But Albertine was no mere muse. In Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys., Albertine delivers a unique and unfiltered look at a traditionally male-dominated scene. Her story is so much more than a music memoir. Albertine’s narrative is nothing less than a fierce correspondence from a life on the fringes of culture. The author recalls rebelling from conformity and patriarchal society ever since her days as an adolescent girl in the same London suburb of Muswell Hill where the Kinks formed. With brash honesty—and an unforgiving memory—Albertine writes of immersing herself into punk culture among the likes of the Sex Pistols and the Buzzcocks. Of her devastation when the Slits broke up and her reinvention as a director and screenwriter. Or abortion, marriage, motherhood, and surviving cancer. Navigating infidelity and negotiating divorce. And launching her comeback as a solo artist with her debut album, The Vermilion Border. Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. is a raw chronicle of music, fashion, love, sex, feminism, and more that connects the early days of punk to the Riot Grrl movement and beyond. But even more profoundly, Viv Albertine’s remarkable memoir is the story of an empowered woman staying true to herself and making it on her own in the modern world.
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