Sid Vicious death: How did Sex Pistols member Sid Vicious die?
Sid Vicious at the Sex Pistols' last gig (Image: Getty) READ MORE They had huge success, but Sid was abusing drugs, creating tensions between the band members. As well as that, Johnny Rotten, real name John Lydon, was having difficulties with their manager Malcolm McLaren, which added further tensions. Their final show as a band was in 1978, the famous Winterland performance, after which the band fell apart. Sid’s drug abuse had become very hard to deal with for the band, and he was also having outbursts at audience members during gigs. Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen (Image: Getty) At one po...