Episode 44: Vicious- The Killing of Nancy Spungen
Sid and Nancy have been called a modern-day “punk Romeo and Juliet”, but underneath that surface-level romanticism was a dark reality.
Sid Vicious, the notoriously rebellious member of the punk band The Sex Pistols met bleach-blonde groupie Nancy Spungen in London at the height of the punk rock movement. What followed was a relationship fueled by drug addiction, and Nancy would end up dead from a stab wound in NYC in 1978.
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Sources used:
“Who Killed Nancy?” Documentary
Nancy Spungen Found Dead, Sid Vicious Charged with Murder - Rolling Stone
Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen: Their Turbulent and Tragic Love Story - Biography
Is It Too Easy to Hate Nancy Spungen? -- New York Magazine - Nymag
Sid Vicious on EAUGTV -- Entire One Hour Episode - YouTube
Bio - Sex Pistols | The Official Website (sexpistolsofficial.com)
Not So Lonesome Death of Nancy Spungen — BardachReports
The Truth Behind Whether Sid Vicious Murdered His Girlfriend Nancy Spungen - Rock Celebrities
On This Day in 1977: Sid Vicious uses a bicycle chain very irresponsibly | Rhino
Thomas Testimony | The Smoking Gun
Resting in peace? That's just for wimps | Pop and rock | The Guardian
Steve Jones - interview on Sid and Nancy - Late Show 6/16/87 HQ stereo Sex Pistols - YouTube
When Sid Vicious assaulted the brother of Patti Smith (faroutmagazine.co.uk)
Sid and Nancy: The final hours | Salon.com
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