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Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen: Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll

Rosalind Russell, Record Mirror, 8 April 1978

When SID VICIOUS was at the height of fame with the Sex Pistols, be was supporting an £80 a day heroin habit. His fix cost £40 and he had to find the same again for his American girlfriend NANCY SPUNGEN. Here they talk to ROSALIND RUSSELL about the hell they lived through and how they kicked the habit. Their first night of sex together. Sid's overdose and why he quit the band. Now, as they say, read on, over page...

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