Never Mind The Sex Pistols, Here Comes The Wrath Of Sid!
Nick Kent, NME, 17 December 1977
IT WAS the last day in November when the whole ugly mess finally exploded. Sid Vicious, the bass player of The Sex Pistols, had once more traipsed down to his band's rehearsal room for a much-needed repertoire brush-up, merely to encounter yet again the irksome absence of the other three members of the band.
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