Oldman lost weight to play the emaciated Vicious by eating nothing but " steamed fish and lots of melon ," but was briefly hospitalized when he lost too much weight.

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

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

If the Sex Pistols ' breakup the previous year had marked the end of the original UK punk scene and its promise of cultural transformation, for many the death of Vicious signified that it had been doomed from the start.

In addition, many albums have been named with allusions to proverbs, such as Spilt milk ( a title used by Jellyfish and also Kristina Train ), The more things change by Machine Head, Silk purse by Linda Rondstadt, Another day, another dollar by DJ Scream Roccett, The blind leading the naked by Vicious Femmes, What's good for the goose is good for the gander by Bobby Rush, Resistance is Futile by Steve Coleman.

She also garnered critical plaudits for her roles in several independent films including Mrs. Parker And The Vicious Circle, and The Opportunists.

While that had proven a fatal assumption with Vicious ( Lydon cites Sid's musical inability as a prime reason for the Pistols ' break-up ), Wobble would prove to be a natural talent.

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According to Lydon, the two of them would often busk for money with Vicious playing the tambourine.

According to members of The Damned, Vicious was considered, along with Dave Vanian, for the position of lead singer for the Damned, but Sid failed to show up for the audition.

During an interview for Guitar Hero III, when Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones was asked why he, instead of Vicious, recorded the bass parts of Never Mind the Bollocks, Jones responded, " Sid was in a hospital with yellow jaundice and he couldn't really play, not that he could play anyway.

Vicious was arrested December 9, 1978 and sent to Rikers Island metro jail for 55 days.

# The Great Rock N ' Roll Swindle ( 1979, directed by Julien Temple ; Julien Temple's The Great Rock N ' Roll Swindle features famous Sid Vicious footage, such as his videos for " My Way " and " Something Else ," along with various live Sex Pistols footage.

Sid Vicious, the bassist who replaced Glen Matlock in the Sex Pistols, claimed he despised the Bromley Contingent, despite having played drums for the Banshees ' debut live appearance at the 100 Club Punk Festival in 1976.

In a 1977 interview for BBC Wales, Vicious claimed to have invented the Pogo as a means to knock them over at the 100 Club.

They wore suits with ascots for Veni Vidi Vicious, suits with colonel-styled laces and white spats for Tyrannosaurus Hives and bandanas and suspenders for their 2007 tours ( notably at the German Hurricane Festival ).

The band never played live or released any recordings, and, like London SS and Masters of the Backside, are more famed for the number of band members that later became well known, including: Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols, Keith Levene ( an early member of The Clash and later of Public Image Ltd ) and Palmolive and Viv Albertine, who went on to play in The Slits.

Huntington bands like Vicious Circle, Avenged Sevenfold, T. S. O. L., The Screws, and The Crowd had a reputation for being aggressive and sometimes violent, while Uniform Choice, and Doggy Style somewhat later bands, became known as the prominent straight edge bands from the West Coast.

She received Best Actress award from the National Society of Film Critics for her film debut in the 1986 cult classic feature film Sid and Nancy, which was based on the relationship of the Sex Pistols bassist, Sid Vicious, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.

Agnes Moorehead won an Emmy for her role as Emma Valentine in " The Night of The Vicious Valentine ".

In a July 2010 interview for The Village Voice, Big Boi revealed that he is working on the follow-up album to Sir Lucious Left Foot, entitled Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, stating that he is " maybe about six songs into it ".

: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba a. k. a. Death of Evil Ryo Saeba-Sexy newscaster Sayaka Asagiri appears at the City Hunter offices and hires Ryo and Kaori for a new assignment-their first contract in over four months, with Sayaka promising to spend one night with Ryo thrown in for good measure.

During the late 1950s, after a series of lurid magazine articles and Hollywood films helped to sensationalize youth gangs and violence, Yates called for legislation to ban automatic-opening or switchblade knives, proclaiming that " Vicious fantasies of omnipotence, idolatry ... barbaric and sadistic atrocities, and monstrous violations of accepted values spring from the cult of the weapon, and the switchblade knife is included in this.

Despite his outwardly carefree attitude, he is haunted by the memory of his time in the syndicate, and particularly by his romantic relationship with a mysterious woman named Julia, and his conflict with arch-rival and former syndicate partner, Vicious.

Despite only five appearances throughout the entire show, Vicious is arguably the series ' main antagonist, or at any rate the only recurring one.

The Algonquin Hotel in New York City is famed as the meeting place of the literary group, the Algonquin Round Table, and Hotel Chelsea, also in New York City, has been the subject of a number of songs and the scene of the stabbing of Nancy Spungen ( allegedly by her boyfriend Sid Vicious ).

Sid Vicious, before he became the Sex Pistols ' bassist, is credited with initiating the pogo in Britain as an attendee at one of their concerts.

; Vicious circularity, or infinite regress: " This statement is false "; if the statement is true, then the statement is false, thereby making the statement true.

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.

A Vicious Circle ( 1996 ) is a novel by Amanda Craig which dissects and satirizes contemporary British society.

However, A Vicious Circle is also about falling in and out of love, marriage, bringing up children, class consciousness, poverty, and the sad state of hospitals and the medical profession in Britain.

Spike is in fact a fan of Sid Vicious ' band The Sex Pistols and punk band The Ramones.

Manager Malcolm McLaren once claimed " if Johnny Rotten is the voice of punk, then Vicious is the attitude.

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

Avnery is the author of several books about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including 1948: A Soldier ’ s Tale, the Bloody Road to Jerusalem ( 2008 ); Israel ’ s Vicious Circle ( 2008 ); and My Friend, the Enemy ( 1986 ).

The title of the memoir is taken from a poem written by Vicious after Spungen's death.

is a 2010 British documentary film directed by Alan G. Parker that includes interviews from those associated with Vicious and Spungen, including Glen Matlock, Don Letts, John Holmstrom, and Howie Pyro, among others.

Vicious is soon driven to a police station and upon arrival is asked to describe what happened.

Vicious air bombings were targeted on Alicante during the three years of civil conflict, most notably the bombing by the Italian Aviazione Legionaria of the Mercado de Abastos in 25 May 1938 in which more than 300 civilians perished.

Some well-known punks have had biographical films made about them, such as Sid and Nancy, which tells the story of the Sex Pistols ' bassist Sid Vicious ( portrayed by Gary Oldman ) and Nancy Spungen ( portrayed by Chloe Webb ).

Ferber was portrayed by the actress Lili Taylor in the 1994 film Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.

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.

Her novel A Vicious Circle was originally contracted to be published by Hamish Hamilton, but was cancelled when its proof copy received a libel threat from David Sexton, a literary critic and former boyfriend of Craig's at Cambridge, fifteen years previously.

In the final scene of the episode " Lovers Walk ", he can be seen singing to a cover of " My Way " by Gary Oldman, who portrayed Vicious in the film Sid and Nancy.

* Vicious Cycle Software, a game development company started by employees laid off in the North Carolina Hasbro Interactive studio closing.

MacArthur was portrayed by the actor Matthew Broderick in the 1994 film Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.

The title " Flowers of Romance " was the name of a short-lived band featuring Keith Levene and Sid Vicious in 1976 ( it has also been applied to a pair of improvisational live numbers performed by the Sex Pistols ).

Marx was portrayed by the actor J. M. Henry in the film Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle ( 1994 ).

Ritchie was given the nickname " Sid Vicious " by John Lydon, after Lydon's pet hamster, Sid.

According to various publications ( such as the biography England's Dreaming by Jon Savage ) and films ( namely The Filth and the Fury ) Vicious was asked to join the group after Glen Matlock's departure in February 1977 due to his being present at every gig.