Book

Vicious: Too Fast To Live

2004

Synopsis

Music. Cultural Studies. Written with the full co-operation of his late mother, the book charts punk legend Sid Vicious' story from his childhood to his final fix in New York. It details his life before, during and after the Sex Pistols, and reveals, for the first time, what really happened in Sid and Nancy's Chelsea Hotel room in the early hours of October 12th 1978. Complete with a full discography, concert listings and many rare photographs, VICIOUS: TOO FAST TO LIVE is the only authorised biography of a 20th century icon.

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