Sid Vicious: No One is Innocent

Never mind the other biographies: Sid Vicious is the definitive guide to the life and times of the Sex Pistols front man. As a veteran punk-rocker who lived briefly with Sids mother, author Alan Parker is intimately acquainted with the musical and cultural scene that Sid Vicious dominated during his short life. This account fills in the gaps of John Simon Ritchies life, from his art-school days to the death of girlfriend Nancy Spungeon to his drug overdose at 21. New and previously-unheard voicesincluding the headmistress of his parish school and his motherhelp paint a fuller picture of this punk luminary. Those interviews, along with in-depth research in the New York City Police Departments archives, lead to dramatic conclusions about who killed Nancy Spungeon and how Sid himself died.