Sid Vicious Sid Vicious Sid Vicious (born Simon John Ritchie, 10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979) was an English bassist and vocalist. He achieved fame as a member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, replacing Glen Matlock, who had fallen out of favour with the rest of the group. Due to intravenous drug use, Vicious was hospitalised with hepatitis during the recording of the Sex Pistols' only studio album, "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols"; his bass is only partially featured on one song. Vicious later appeared as a lead vocalist, performing three cover songs, on the
Ex Pistols engineer until 1977. Goodman produced the recordings that formed the "Spunk" album. Goodman's collection of very poor live sound recordings of the Sex Pistols have been released as "Live Worldwide" (Konexion Records, Belgium) and other titles. Some of these titles contain live Sex Pistols recordings interspersed with recordings of the Ex Pistols making it appear that these tracks were performed by the Sex Pistols. Pseudonyms used on the releases were Actual musicians were Land Of Hope And Glory reached #2 on the UK Independent charts. Ex Pistols The Ex Pistols were a punk rock band from London, formed in 1979