Forty five years ago today, #SidVicious died from an overdose, just a little over a year after I saw the #SexPistols and took this photo at the #LonghornBallroom.
@45rpm@curtisysmith Bloodied it, but I don’t think broke it. It was a punk named Helen Killer. She was on another girl’s shoulders and head butted him as they were trying to spit into each other’s mouths. A friend with me also saw her punch him in the nose. This is my friend on the far upper right. He was a good friend’s little brother and tagged along at only 13 years of age. This one is not my photo. You can see my glasses and forehead if you know where to look lol, just past the guy on the right side with black glasses that’s yelling. The bleached blonde at the bottom right corner is the girl that bloodied Sid’s nose
@Defiance That article is pretty accurate. I know I saw the girl headbutt him and my friend swears he saw Sid get punched by her, so I think both things happened. Sid was so out of it, they pulled his bass out of the mix almost right away. Later in the show, he smashed a Lowenbrau bottle over his amp and shorted it out. Then he raked the broken bottle across his chest. More blood @45rpm