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Sid Vicious

Born Simon John Ritchie May 10, 1957 in the Lewisham area of London, England, the controversial punk rock provocateur known as Sid Vicious burned boldly and brashly until his untimely death in 1979. Sid Vicious met John Lydon aka the future Johnny Rotten at Hackney Technical College in 1973 and the pair began hanging out at Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's now-iconic Kings Road clothing store, SEX. It was during this time that Simon Ritchie became Sid Vicious, named after an incident involving John Lydon's pet hamster Sid. Sid Vicious began busking and frequenting London r...