The Sid Vicious Guide To London Hotels
Nick Kent, NME, 10 December 1977
IT WAS AT THE A&M Sex Pistols press conference, convened early this year, that newly appointed group bassist Sid Vicious gave his brusque views on the fate of Keith Richard, who'd just been charged with possession of about an ounce of heroin in Toronto.
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