Spike and Dru were modeled on Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen ; punk, " badass " vampires to contrast sharply with the more ceremonial tradition of the Master and the Order of Aurelius from Season One.

Vicious ' abilities as a bass player were debated.

Despite never playing live, they were interviewed by a fanzine named SCUM, in which Sid Vicious proclaimed " I'll just be the yob that I am now ".

Vicious attacks by Ebert's right-wing adversaries, including slander and ridicule, were often condoned or even supported by the judiciary when the president turned to the courts.

They were impressed with the program and contracted Vicious Cycle to make a Robotech game for the then new video game consoles, the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

Some former employees who were not initially invited to join Vicious Cycle would go on to join them later, and some original employees would leave.

Kent's relationship with the punk scene was strained, particularly by one episode in which future Sex Pistol Sid Vicious and entourage member Jah Wobble ( later bassist with Public Image Ltd ) were approached by Kent, who was intoxicated and when Kent tried to fight Sex Pistol basses Sid Vicious, Jah Wobble stepped in to help his friend and threatened to beat Kent to within an inch of his life with a motorcycle chain if he ever tried to attack Sid again.

Sid Vicious and Harlem Heat were visibly struggling to contain their laughter as Ottman began his promo, which was actually voiced by Ole Anderson.

Vicious supposedly invented the dance as a way of mocking people who came to see Sex Pistols ' performances, but who were not part of the punk movement.

Because Vicious was injured, the Skyscrapers had to pull out of the " Iron Team Tournament " at Starrcade 1989 and the Samoan Swat Team were chosen to be their replacements.

Both versions of the song are credited to Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious as composers ( even though the lyrics for the second version were rewritten by Ronnie Biggs ).

There were times, however, when Chilly and Smedley got along, as they did in Vicious Viking and Fractured Friendship.

Some of the legends were: Depression, Gash, Arm The Insane, Death Sentence, The Rejected, Death Mission, World War XXIV, Psychotic Maniacs, Vicious Circle, End Result, Ribcage Wrestlers, Permanent Damage, C. H. A. O. S, Progression Cult, Sick Things, Perdition, Positive Hatred, Suicide Squad, Box of Fish, Feedtime, Examplehead, Toys Went Berserk, Crucified Truth, I Spit On Your Gravy, Public Execution, Lethal Overdose and Civil Dissident.

Among the members in the independent versions of this stable were Golden, Sid Vicious, Cactus Jack, Dutch Mantel, Gary Young, and Brian Lee.

The Skyscrapers were a professional wrestling tag team in World Championship Wrestling in 1989 and 1990 in six distinct forms with members ” Psycho ” Sid Vicious, ” Dangerous ” Dan Spivey, " Mean " Mark Callous with The Masked Skyscraper making a one night appearance.

Long paired Dan Spivey with Sid Vicious, two people who had recently signed with the federation and gave them the name “ The Skyscrapers ” – mainly because both men were so tall.

Spivey and Vicious were disqualified against the Road Warriors at Halloween Havoc 1989 but did not look like losers on the night.

He also produced tracks for artists such as 50 Cent, Lil ' Kim, the Notorious B. I. G., Canibus, Mad Skillz, Estelle, Lil ' Vicious, Mona Lisa, Slick Rick and Rakim as well as groups such as The Future Sound and Original Flavor, both of which were signed to East West Records and Atlantic Records respectively, both groups having been signed by Clark who was a director of A & R at Atlantic at the time.

The Puppy Collective were also variously active participants in events and situations of the period-including a Sid Vicious Memorial March in 1979, the Wapping Autonomy Centre in 1981 / 2, Centro Iberico Anarchist Centre 1982, the 1982 Stonehenge to Greenham Peace Convoy and the 1983 Stop the City protest and the 1982 / 3 / 4 Stonehenge Free festivals.

Spivey and Vicious were disqualified against the Road Warriors at Halloween Havoc.

The Vicious White Kids were a punk rock band from London that formed for one concert on August 15, 1978, at the Electric Ballroom in London.

Because Vicious was injured the Skyscrapers had to pull out of the " Iron Team Tournament " at Starrcade 1989 and the Samoan Swat Team were chosen to be their replacements – Fatu and the Samoan Savage with no explanation of why the more experienced Samu was not chosen.

On July 28, three new songs were added to their MySpace page, Anywhere, Simple and Vicious Thinking, as well as another version of Fiend, Goodbye and Hail Mary.

Love worked with director Alex Cox on her first two films ; she gained a small part in the Sid Vicious biopic Sid and Nancy ( 1986 ), and was then given the leading role in his following film, Straight to Hell ( 1987 ), which caught the attention of artist Andy Warhol.

Vicious sports an emaciated, embittered look, wields a katana for a weapon and is always accompanied by a strange, crow-like bird perched on his shoulder.

It is also known as the place where the writer Dylan Thomas was staying when he died of pneumonia on November 9, 1953, and where Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols, was found stabbed to death on October 12, 1978.

* Philadelphia MC Reef the Lost Cauze put out a song called " Nat Turner " on his album A Vicious Cycle.

They contrasted with early American hardcore bands by placing an emphasis on appearance with frontman Walter " Wattie " Buchan's giant red mohawk, and the bands continuance of wearing swastikas a la Sid Vicious.

American heavy metal band Vicious Rumors had a track named " Ship of Fools " on their 1990 self-titled album.

The track " Low Life " ( with its accusatory lyrics of " Egomaniac traitor ", " You fell in love with your ego " and " Bourgeoisie anarchist ") has also been regarded as an attack on McLaren, although Lydon has stated that the lyrics refer to Sid Vicious.

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Sid Vicious also regularly performed " I Wanna Be Your Dog ", " Search and Destroy " and " Shake Appeal ( Tight Pants )" in his post-Pistols solo shows, and the first two feature on his Sid Sings album.

McLaren also said in person and in a documentary that if he'd met Vicious before he had hired Rotten to be the singer, Vicious would have been the Sex Pistols ' front man, because he had the most charisma of anyone on that stage.

Alan Jones described Vicious as " the iconic punk look (...) Sid, on image alone, is what all punk rests on.

Vicious played his first gig with the Pistols on 3 April 1977 at The Screen On The Green in London.

With Spungen acting as his " manager ", Vicious embarked on a solo career during which he performed with musicians including Mick Jones of The Clash, Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, Rat Scabies of The Damned and the New York Dolls ' Arthur Kane, Jerry Nolan, and Johnny Thunders.

On the morning of 12 October 1978, Vicious claimed to have awoken from a drugged stupor to find Nancy Spungen dead on the bathroom floor of their room in the Hotel Chelsea in Manhattan, New York.

The knife used had been bought by Vicious on 42nd Street and was identical to a collector's knife given to punk rock vocalist Stiv Bators of the Dead Boys by Dee Dee Ramone.

Vicious was clean, having been on a detoxification methadone programme ; he detoxed from heroin during his time at Rikers Island.

Matlock was replaced by Sid Vicious, and went on to form The Rich Kids, a New Wave power pop band, with himself as bass guitarist and singer, Midge Ure ( guitarist, singer and keyboard player ), Steve New ( guitarist and singer ) and Rusty Egan ( drummer ).

In John Lydon's autobiography, Rotten: No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish, Lydon claimed that Matlock worked on later Sex Pistols material ( including their album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols ) as a paid session musician ( Jones played bass on all of the songs recorded after Matlock's departure, with Vicious also contributing to the song " Bodies ").

* February 2 – Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious is found dead from an overdose, a day after being released on bail from Rikers Island prison.