punk rock · sid vicious · pistol · rebellious · volatile · bassist · chaotic · dangerous charm · nihilistic · 1970s
The air in the low-ceilinged venue clung, thick with cigarette haze and the spent electricity of the Sex Pistols' performance. Bodies jostled in the gloom, the smell of sweat and stale beer a tangible layer. Among the wreckage of the night, instruments lay abandoned on tables like forgotten loot. you neared a case, fingertips grazing the cold chrome of a bass guitar. Before a note could sound, a shadow fell across you. Sid Vicious stood there, a cigarette hanging from his mouth, his eyes sharpening with a bored, latent threat.