On this day in 1979, Sex Pistols member Sid Vicious dies of a heroin overdose in New York. His death came just one day after he was released from prison on bail after his arrest on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend.
The Sex Pistols were formed in 1975 by Malcolm McLaren, owner of a counterculture boutique in London who wanted to create a band that would challenge norms of acceptable behavior. Accordingly, the Sex Pistols' live performances were fraught with foul language and a rebellious energy that drew a large following even before they released their first single, "Anarchy in the U.K.," in 1977.
Okay, we can give them credit for opening up the punk scene, but was Nevermind the BUllocks...really that great of an album? I don't know. I guess I have heard to much punk in my day. Maybe I can't appreciate the back in the day punk. Who fuckin cares anyway. Its all punk anyway right? Whatever.
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And all this time I thought it was The Ramones that actually started Punk Rock
Love your site.
It is time you grew up and started listening to Southern Rock or Country.
actually if you want to argue about who started punk rock, the Ramones, Sex Pistols etc. would be the children of such luminaries as Iggy and The Stooges along with the MC5
veteran punk Ralph
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