Sid Vicious the glass missed, shattered on a pillar and partially blinded a girl in one eye. Vicious was arrested the next day and imprisoned at Ashford Remand Centre. Westwood sent him a book about Charles Manson to keep him occupied during his imprisonment. According to various publications (such as the biography "England's Dreaming" by Jon Savage) and films (namely "The Filth and the Fury"), Vicious was asked to join the Sex Pistols after Glen Matlock's departure in February 1977, due to Vicious being present at every gig. Manager Malcolm McLaren once claimed "if Johnny Rotten is the voice of punk, then
Belsen Was a Gas demo version features very faint, reverbed vocals. A different version of the song – titled simply "Belsen Was a Gas Demo 2" – was released as part of a single box on 19 April 2014. Belsen Was a Gas "Belsen Was a Gas" is a highly controversial song by the British punk rock band the Sex Pistols. The song is about one of the Nazi concentration camps in Nazi Germany, Bergen-Belsen, which was liberated by British troops in 1945. ASCAP credits the songwriters as John Beverly (Sid Vicious), Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon but Sid Vicious is often credited