- Paperback: 232 pages
- Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing Ltd (2 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1860745806
- ISBN-13: 978-1860745805
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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To coincide with the 25th anniversary of the death in 1979 of the greatest icon to come out of the punk era, this biography celebrates his life and career and recounts the circumstances of his sad untimely death. Like so many rock stars before him, Simon John Beverley (AKA Sid Vicious) got too close to the flame of celebrity and paid the ultimate price in suicide and scandal with the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungeon in New York. Still mourned by fans past and present, his legacy cannot be denied, as part of the first major act to take punk into the mainstream, albeit via the unashamed tactics and PR spin of Malcolm McClaren. Now, author Mark Paytress charts the rise and fall of the Prince of Punk, containing interviews with contemporaries past and present, as well as an overview of the period itself and a look at what became of the icons that glittered all too briefly.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
OUTSTANDING! Fantastic insight into a punk superstar.,
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This review is from: Vicious: The Art of Dying Young (Paperback)
I have been waiting for this book for a long time. At last a well written, fantastically researched biography of a punk legend.Most biographies of Sid Vicious concentrate on the punk cliches. This is the first account I have found that documents Sid's life from cradle to grave and reports detailed interviews with the people who knew him best. I now feel I have far more of an idea about what made Simon John Ritchie tick. Some hilarious quotes from Sid. Great cover too! An essential addition to any music fan's bookshelf. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sid Sings!,
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This review is from: Vicious: The Art of Dying Young (Paperback)
A good overview of Sidney's life, though perhaps a little too reliant on the work of other people (Lydon's book; Please Kill Me; Sid and Nancy etc).
Plenty of hilarious and sickening anecdotes that highlight (lowlight?) Sid's life. Pity to think it was Spungen that pretty much caused his downfall - but maybe he wouldn't have lived to a ripe old age anyway. Some annoying minor errors - it was The Vicious White Kids not The Vicious White Cats and lyrics from Sid's version of My Way were incorrect - which seemed like Paytress wasn't really into this subject as much as he should've been. But overall, a good read.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Badly Written Book,
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This review is from: Vicious: The Art of Dying Young (Paperback)
I'm currently halfway through reading this book, and it's hard going.
Quite simply, Paytress is a bad writer, very non-linear. The story leaps backwards and forwards across Vicious's life from page to page - which makes it near impossible for the reader to focus on any developing storyline, or get taken on a journey of any kind through Vicious's life. It's almost as if the book was originally written with the story going from A to Z, but then someone dropped the draft copy and shoved the loose pages back in random order...giving us a story which goes from X to A via C and Z by way of D and K. The life story of Sid Vicious is pretty straightforward, and of course, short. So why does this author completely overcomplicate the issue? I'd assume to flesh out the book. I'm 70 pages into it, almost half way. And I feel like 2/3rds of what I've already read is complete filler, with maybe only 2 pages worth of new information about Vicious coming from the remainder. The author also has a VERY annoying habit of devoting half a page to explaining how he met some interviewee or other in a coffee shop or somesuch, then just using ONE sentence of that interview. I would say rather than buy this book, give the latest Alan Parker book on Vicious a try. I haven't read it, but it surely has to be written in a more logical and accessible style than this Paytress effort. 'Vicious: The Art Of Dying Young' gets a 1 star rating from me because Amazon doesn't provide the option of minuses.
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