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 version by the Sex Pistols, Vicious's is yet again a live recording, introduced on the album as "[written] by Sid Vicious!". Cover versions of the song have been performed and recorded live and in studio by numerous bands, including British punk group the Exploited who played theirs as early as 1983. Chaos UK also covered the song. The lost demo version of the song was rediscovered during a recent move from Virgin Records to Universal Music Catalogue. It was included in a "Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols" box set that was released on 24 September 2012. This