Punk and New Wave thread.

Stumbled across a documentary last night on Hula called either Did Sid Vicious murder Nancy or Who killed Nancy.
Spoke to a lot of people around Sid (Don Letts Glen Matlock Viv Albertine and people who were in the apartments the night both of them died....
One of Matlock's friend says (almost in tears) Sid strung up a cat in front of him and it was his biggest regret that he didn't try and stop him.
Read a couple of books on Sid and Nancy and never been convinced he killed her. Too wasted.... And the knife had been wiped clean and left on the fridge or TV with no prints.....
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Stumbled across a documentary last night on Hula called either Did Sid Vicious murder Nancy or Who killed Nancy.
Spoke to a lot of people around Sid (Don Letts Glen Matlock Viv Albertine and people who were in the apartments the night both of them died....
One of Matlock's friend says (almost in tears) Sid strung up a cat in front of him and it was his biggest regret that he didn't try and stop him.
Read a couple of books on Sid and Nancy and never been convinced he killed her. Too wasted.... And the knife had been wiped clean and left on the fridge or TV with no prints.....
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I actually went around the neighbourhood with a petition calling for his release when he was arrested for murder.
I believe that the wound wasn't that bad and had she called the emergency services she may have survived. As it was she just bled to death.
In his suicide note Sid wrote 'we had a pact'
I guess that's the only clue as to what they were up to.
 
When Sid came round in the morning he said he found her still alive on the floor covered in blood so he left her and walked to the drug centre to get his methadone.... Called the ambulance when he got back but then it was too late. The pathologist said it took 3 hours for her to bleed to death.
 
PinkFinal said:
I actually went around the neighbourhood with a petition calling for his release when he was arrested for murder.
I believe that the wound wasn't that bad and had she called the emergency services she may have survived. As it was she just bled to death.
In his suicide note Sid wrote 'we had a pact'
I guess that's the only clue as to what they were up to.
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Didnt know he wrote a suicide note.....
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Didnt know he wrote a suicide note.....
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Sid's mother killed herself too. Ended up in Derbyshire after sticking a pin in a map.
I think it's her sister's son who makes all the cash as Sid had no siblings.
 
I'd forgotten that he died when he was only 21 years old, blimey that was 40 years ago!
 
PinkFinal said:
Sid's mother killed herself too. Ended up in Derbyshire after sticking a pin in a map.
I think it's her sister's son who makes all the cash as Sid had no siblings.
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Finished reading Steve Jones's book the other week, this is what he said
"When the court case was won the money was spilt into quarters with the last quarter split between Glen and Sid's estate. Sid's money first went to his mum who then died. Then it went to her sister and she died and so it went to someone else and they died and it went to some kid way down the family tree."
 
ZenHalfTimeCrock said:
Technically post-punk, I suppose. But this may interest some on here:

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Looking forward to reading this, my copy is on the way. If it’s half as good as Steve Hanley’s book it will be excellent.
Although I’m a huge Fall fan from since before this album even came out (hence the username) I have always thought Hex Enduction Hour was somewhat over-eulogised. It’s a great album, but by no means their best, but that’s a whole other thread of ‘barn/muffin’ proportions.
 
bluethrunthru said:
Hope you enjoyed it - if not I hope the gap between v1 and v2 was explanatory lol
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I did enjoy it and the voice was struggling a bit this morning....
Highlights were Fade Away, suspect device, at the edge, nobody's hero and of course alternative Ulster.
Jake gave a great story for writing barbed wire love.... The record company told them they wanted a love song not another political rant.... So they took the piss with all the doo wopping and made it into a Belfast love song!
 
roman totale said:
Looking forward to reading this, my copy is on the way. If it’s half as good as Steve Hanley’s book it will be excellent.
Although I’m a huge Fall fan from since before this album even came out (hence the username) I have always thought Hex Enduction Hour was somewhat over-eulogised. It’s a great album, but by no means their best, but that’s a whole other thread of ‘barn/muffin’ proportions.
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I've read MES's book, Simon Wolstencroft's book, the excellent book where all of the 45 ex members are tracked down and the brilliant book by Brix.
 
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