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2 unusual facts about Sid Vicious


House of Rock

Sometimes his sexual frustration is so great he has to take it out on the house's postman, a constantly shuddering Sid Vicious.

Lovers Walk

He returns to the old burned down factory (despondently singing Sid Vicious's "My Way") and surveys the damage.


BC Racers

Others are obvious references to several real world characters, such as Brick Jagger, Sid Viscous and Jimi Handtrix (referencing Mick Jagger, Sid Vicious and Jimi Hendrix).

Deborah Spungen

Deborah Spungen (born 1937) is the mother of Nancy Spungen, the girlfriend of punk rocker Sid Vicious, who became known for her autobiography And I Don't Want to Live This Life which details the life with her late daughter.

From the Entrails to the Dirt

Track number 5 ("My Way") is a cover version of the 1967 pop song popularized by Frank Sinatra and later covered by Sid Vicious, among others.

Goodbye, 20th Century!

The solemn mourning degenerates into violence while the sounds of the Sid Vicious punk rock rendition of My Way floods the proceedings.

Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969

The player names their character (Default is Sid Vacant, a parody of Sid Vicious and the Sex Pistols song "Pretty Vacant") and chooses a picture to represent them.

Kill Your Pet Puppy

The Puppy Collective were also variously active participants in events and situations of the period - including a Sid Vicious Memorial March in 1979, the Wapping Autonomy Centre in 1981/2, Centro Iberico Anarchist Centre 1982, the 1982 Stonehenge to Greenham Peace Convoy and the 1983 Stop the City protest and the 1982/3/4 Stonehenge Free festivals.


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Claytown Troupe

Riou and Williams continued to stay in touch but decided to go their separate ways, Williams working on various music projects with members of D:Ream & Jamiroquai, while Riou went onto to work in Film & Television, recently producing films on Sid Vicious (Sid! By those that really knew him) and the annual cinema documentary event I, Superbiker.

Kurt and Sid

Sid Vicious was only portrayed in the 1986 film Sid and Nancy previously.

River of Darkness

The film features professional wrestling stars Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, and Sid Eudy (credited as "Psycho Sid Vicious" on the cover art) as well as Ray Lloyd in a minor role.