On this day in 1979 Simon John Ritchie otherwise known as Sid Vicious passed away\u00a0On the evening of 1 February 1979, a small group of friends, including\u00a0Jerry Only and\u00a0Howie Pyro, gathered to celebrate Vicious having made bail at a friend’s Manhattan apartment.<\/p>\n
Sid was clean, having been on a\u00a0 methadone program during his time at Rikers Island, but at the dinner gathering,\u00a0 photographer Peter Kodick, deliver him heroin. He had apparently spent hours during the party looking toward the future, planning an album he would record to get his life and career back on track should he be acquitted. Sid played Max’s along with a stellar\u00a0line up including Mick Jones, Steve Dior, Matlock (who he replaced in the Pistols) Jerry Nolan to name a few who he played with or made plans to help him record this solo album he had planned. Sadly none of those pans would come\u00a0to fruition as Sid overdosed at midnight, but everyone present worked together to get him up and walking around to revive him.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Sid died in the night and was discovered dead by his mother, Anne Beverley, early the next morning. Aged just 21.\u00a0 still to this day its such a sad story to tell and a waste.\u00a0 RIP Sid.<\/p>\n