How did Sid Vicious become famous?

Answer 1

Nothing makes him a hero. He wasn't a hero. Heroes don't throw their lives away with drugs. Sid Vicious accomplished virtually nothing in his short lifetime. He rode Johnny Rotten's coattails to fame, then crashed and burned. Lots of other punk rockers were drug addicts too. But the difference is, they also wrote good songs and played good rock 'n' roll.

He couldn't even play his instrument! The same can be said of many punk rockers. The difference is, they eventually learned. Sid never did. He never became a proper musician, never even really tried. He was a terrible bass player.

He contributed nothing to the Sex Pistols except shock value. Johnny Rotten was the brains behind the operation, and the rest of the band could at least play their instruments. Sid couldn't do anything but cut himself up onstage and be obnoxious and self-destructive.

He was a tragic figure, and an archetype of the punk movement. But not a hero.

Answer 2

Sid Vicious sang and played guitar. At the end he always smashed the guitar.

Answer 3

Sid Vicious was an English musician born in 1957, and died at the age of 21 from a drug overdose. He became famous because he was the bassist of the popular band, the Sex Pistols.