In the late 1970s, Sid Vicious was the bass player for the Sex Pistols, who acheived immortality through one of the greatest performances of "My Way" ever done, which is saying something since he had no musical talent whatsoever (although he did possess a genius for giving offense).
Nancy Spungen was his girlfriend, who had serious emotional problems and dreamed of being Debbie Harry. The two of them became addicted to heroin and embarked on a self-destructive spiral downward that led to him stabbing her to death and then later dying himself of a drug overdose.
They have since become the poster children for just how awful drug addiction can be, and as a tragic case of lovers who should have gotten help but didn't, in part because they had a sad sort of celebrity to maintain.
If you want to see a brilliant movie about the whole thing, go and rent "Sid and Nancy". Just remember to bring along a bottle of prozac.
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In the late 1970s, Sid Vicious was the bass player for the Sex Pistols, who acheived immortality through one of the greatest performances of "My Way" ever done, which is saying something since he had no musical talent whatsoever (although he did possess a genius for giving offense).
Nancy Spungen was his girlfriend, who had serious emotional problems and dreamed of being Debbie Harry. The two of them became addicted to heroin and embarked on a self-destructive spiral downward that led to him stabbing her to death and then later dying himself of a drug overdose.
They have since become the poster children for just how awful drug addiction can be, and as a tragic case of lovers who should have gotten help but didn't, in part because they had a sad sort of celebrity to maintain.
If you want to see a brilliant movie about the whole thing, go and rent "Sid and Nancy". Just remember to bring along a bottle of prozac.