Nancy Spungen Spungen's associates, including John Holmstrom, Don Letts, Glen Matlock, and Howie Pyro. Nancy Spungen Nancy Laura Spungen (; February 27, 1958 – October 12, 1978) was the American girlfriend of English Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and a figure of the 1970s punk rock scene. Spungen's life and death have been the subject of controversy among music historians and fans of the Sex Pistols. Raised in Philadelphia, Spungen was an emotionally disturbed child who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 15. After being expelled from college, she went to London at the height of the punk rock craze and became
Sid Vicious Joe Strummer, recorded "Love Kills" and "Dum Dum Club" for the "Sid and Nancy" soundtrack. In 1986, the Ramones released "Love Kills" on their album, "Animal Boy" which was a tribute to both Sid and Nancy. The 1986 UK feature-film "Sid and Nancy", directed by Alex Cox, portrays the chaotic last phase of their lives, ending with a fictionalised stabbing scene. It starred Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious and Chloe Webb as Nancy Spungen. Oldman's performance was praised by "Uncut" as a "hugely sympathetic reading of the punk figurehead as a lost and bewildered manchild." Sid Vicious Sid Vicious (born