Sid Vicious
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Biography: Sid Vicious, born John Simon Ritchie, was an English musician and vocalist. He achieved fame as a member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, replacing Glen Matlock, who had fallen out of favour with the rest of the group. American expatriate Chrissie Hynde, before she formed the Pretenders, tried to convince Ritchie to join her in a sham marriage so she could get a work permit in the UK. John Lydon nicknamed Ritchie "Sid Vicious" after Lydon's pet hamster Sid.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lewisham, London, England United Kingdom
Birthday: May 10, 1957
Deathday: February 02, 1979
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Punk and Its Aftershocks
Overview: Documentary about the pedigrees of punk featuring The Boomtown Rats, Sex Pistols, Pretenders, The Clash, The Jam, Madness, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, The Specials, Secret Affair, and many ...
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-10
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The Filth and the Fury
Overview: Julien Temple's second documentary profiling punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols is an enlightening, entertaining trip back to a time when the punk movement was just discovering itself. Featuring archival footage, never-before-seen performances, rehearsals, and recording sessions as well as interviews with group members who lived to tell the tale--including the one and only John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten).
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-29
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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Overview: A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam perpetrated by him in order to make "a million pounds."
Genres: Comedy Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-11
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Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Overview: Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva Edison's "Elephant Electrocution". In the tradition of films like Groove Tube (1974), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), and Saturday Night Live.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-20
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Queen: Days of Our Lives
Overview: In 1971, four college students got together to form a rock band. Since then, that certain band called Queen have released 26 albums and sold over 300 million records worldwide. The popularity of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon is stronger than ever 40 years on. But it was no bed of roses. No pleasure cruise. Queen had their share of kicks in the face, but they came through and this is how they did it, set against the backdrop of brilliant music and stunning live performances from every corner of the globe. In this film, for the first time, it is the band that tells their story. Featuring brand new interviews with the band and unseen archive footage (including their recently unearthed, first ever TV performance), it is a compelling story told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humor and painful honesty.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-29
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D.O.A.
Overview: Documentary chronicling the rise and fall of the punk movement with rare interview footage of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Also concert and news footage.
Genres: Documentary Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-12
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Sex Pistols - Live at the Longhorn
Overview: The Sex Pistols captured live onstage at the very end of their fame (they split days after this show). Sid Vicious had by now replaced bassist Glenn Matlock, but internal divisions in the band would come to a head during this winter tour of the US. Numbers performed include 'Pretty Vacant', 'Anarchy in the UK' and 'No Fun'. Live at the Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas, January 10, 1978.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-10
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The Punk Rock Movie
Overview: Documentary on the London punk-rock scene, circa '78
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-09
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Sex Pistols: Live in Winterland
Overview: Live At The Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco. 1978.01.14.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-29
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Sex Pistols: Live at Budokan
Overview: Here’s the Sex Pistols – the original Sex Pistols, with Glen Matlock on bass – in an intense, non-stop onslaught of pure punk rock in a 1996 reunion tour, shot at the fabled Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. John Lydon returns as Johnny Rotten, with two-tone hair, red shorts, and no letup from the famous raw, shouted vocals with which he helped invent UK punk in the 1970’s. Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook blast out the music in the Pistols’ trademark fast, tight, loud style, reviving a host of Sex Pistols favourites. While the great punk-rock moment that the Sex Pistols created and owned in the mid-1970’s was brief and fleeting, this concert shows that punk rock – and the band that made it famous – will never die. A searing evening of wild music.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-23
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Liam Gallagher: Knebworth 22
Overview: Liam traces back to the site of his former band’s defining performances, incorporating all-new interviews, behind the scenes and concert footage captured from 20 camera positions. The film explores and seeks out stories and perspectives from collaborators and fans from diverse generations from around the world, transposing the emotional and social context of the 90s’ shows versus the tumult of our current era.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-17
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Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits
Overview: The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-18
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Acceleration Punk
Overview: 1977 punk documentary filmed in the UK & France. Bands featured include The Jam, The Stinky Toys, The Damned, The Police, Wayne County & The Electric Chairs and The Sex Pistols.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Sid! By Those Who Really Knew Him
Overview: The story of Sid Vicious, by those who really knew him
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-24
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My Way
Overview: My Way is more than a song, it's a major score that has crossed the boundaries of eras and generations. An anthem that has become a part of ourselves and of music history. My Way is one of the most covered songs in the world, from Sid Vicious to Tom Jones, from Nina Simone to Pavarotti. Yet many people are unaware that it was conceived in France, by the pool of Claude François' private hotel, in the summer of 1967, and that a succession of chance encounters and sleepless nights guided it across the Atlantic to the man who was to make it a legend. Like a biopic, this documentary recounts the birth of a myth and how a song entered the pantheon of pop culture.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-16
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Sex Pistols: Decade... A Look Back (Unlimited Supply)
Overview: Featuring portions of over a dozen songs, humorous British 'punk' ads, opinions, Ronnie Biggs, Malcolm McLaren (of course!), and a fantastic not-so-candid Lydon interview.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-11
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Sex Pistols: Buried Alive
Overview: Featuring the infamous Bill Grundy interview, snippets of live footage including God Save the Queen, No Fun, and two version of Anarchy in the UK. Also watch for cameos by Siouxie, Malcolm, Vivienne, Jordan from Jubilee, and Shane McGowan who would later form the Pogues.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-16
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Sad Vacation: The Last Days of Sid and Nancy
Overview: The final days of Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious are explored.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-25
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Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Overview: Punk rock devotees will welcome director Lech Kowalski's reflective video portrait of late bassist Dee Dee Ramone and his life as a music industry icon -- including his self-destructive bouts with heroin. The centerpiece of the hourlong documentary -- which is peppered with vintage performance clips -- is a 1991 interview with a clean Dee Dee, who talks at length about his storied career and penchant for living on the edge.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-03
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Sex Pistols: The Whole Story
Overview: Rules are made to be broken and over three decades, the Sex Pistols lived this lifestyle better than anyone. The Sex Pistols went from public enemy number one to national treasures, and influenced an entire generation along the way. With rare and exclusive interviews and live performances, band members tell their side of the story. There was nothing like them before, and there’s been nothing quite like them since. Without them, popular culture would be very different. They ignited the punk rock revolution in Britain and created controversies that often eclipsed their music. During their twenty-six month existence they released just one album, and a handful of singles, which remain some of the most definitive releases in the history of modern music
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
Overview: Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don Letts. With participation of Richard Branson, Neneh Cherry, Paul Cook, Sly Dunbar, Paul Weller, John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and others. Released in 2017.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-29
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Never Mind the Baubles: Xmas '77 with the Sex Pistols
Overview: Director Julien Temple presents a unique insight into the tradition and transgression of Christmas. Featuring interviews and 70s archive, framing the Sex Pistols’ last UK concert with Sid Vicious, for the children of striking firemen in Huddersfield on Christmas Day 1977.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-26
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25 Years of Punk
Overview: Lou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk rock movements in New York & England, the underground punk scenes in the 70's & 80's, and the punk resurgence in the 90's. A collaboration between VH1 and Spin magazine.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-19
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Classic Albums: Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
Overview: The Sex Pistols album Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols is unquestionably one of the most important musical statements in the history of British music. It was in 1977, at a time when the nation was crippled by class division and unemployment that four working class teenagers with supposedly non-existent futures recorded an album that to this day remains as one of the greatest and most influential bodies of work ever recorded. This documentary features exclusive interview's with all four of the original members of the Sex Pistols as they take you on a track by track look at the making of the album. Featuring Steve Jones and Glen Matlock demonstrating selected riffs and licks off the album and explaining the development of the song writing. Candid interviews with Malcolm McLaren, Chris Thomas and Bill Price set the record straight about the recording session. Intertwining additional rare home video, live footage and early demo's make this release a compelling must see.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-19
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Who Killed Nancy?
Overview: On October 12th, 1978, New York Police discovered the lifeless body of a young woman, slumped under the bathroom sink in a hotel room. She was Nancy Spungen, an ex-prostitute, sometimes stripper, heroin addict, and girlfriend of Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious.
Genres: Documentary History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-11
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NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
Overview: New York City, 1977 - It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and social services. There was a city wide blackout with major looting, a serial killer on the loose, and the Bronx was burning. And yet out of the chaos emerged one of the most creative times any city has ever encountered.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-09
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The Sex Pistols: In their own words
Overview: By the time Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols was released, on 28 October 1977, both the band and the punk culture that had formed around them had begun to unravel.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-12
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Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
Overview: Special 35th anniversary edition CD/DVD box set of "Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols". Includes: Riverboat Party (Queen Elizabeth River Boat, The River Thames, London, June 7th 1977) / Happy House Stockholm (Sweden, July 28th 1977) / Winter Gardens (Penzance, Cornwall, September 1st, 1977 (S.P.O.T.S. Tour)) / Promo Videos / Interviews
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-21
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