SEX PISTOLS

John Simon Ritchie, aka the only Sid Vicious

Sid was born May 10th, 1957. He was born in England, and spent his many of his younger years in London. A high-school dropout, at a young age he was recruited by Malcolm McLaren to join a band that McLaren had created to exploit the disaffected youth of London. That band was called the 'Sex Pistols', named in part after McLaren's boutique, 'Sex.'

At the age of 19 the Pistols made it to the very top of the music industry in 1977 with songs like 'Anarchy in the U.K.' and 'God Save the Queen', which made number one on the charts despite being censored. The Sex Pistols were a smartly packaged group representing rebellion and anarchy, even as they were basically about making money. Sid, however, was no act: cruel, nasty, self-destructive, he personified that which the Sex Pistols purported to represent.

ANARCHY IN THE UK -FRENCH LYRICS

Sex Pistols Lyrics

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