Sid Lives!

Ah, but can anyone every truly "know" an enigma wrapped up in a paradox wrapped up in a dirty, blood-encrusted sock?

By Blurt Staff

Ya just can't keep a good stiff down, especially when it's a punk icon like Sid Vicious. Ergo, Odeon/MVD Visual's upcoming DVD Sid! By Those Who Really Knew Him. Due Nov. 17, it's billed as "the first intimate full-length 80 minute documentary on Sid's life."

It marks 30 years since Vicious' death from a heroin overdose (he was just 21 years old), and for the documentary many of those closest to him speak for what's reportedly "the very first time" about the Sex Pistol who wasn't willing to burn out and fade away quietly. He simply went up in flames...

According to MVD;

 
 This brand new documentary, in association with ITN Archive, charts the fall and rise of Sid Vicious from punk's hero to society's cultural icon of the twentieth century.

 
Sid's short and controversial life is profiled with interviews from Jah Wobble (childhood friend, founder PIL), Steve Severin (Siouxsie and the Banshees), David Vanian (The Damned), Malcolm McLaren (Sex Pistols Manager), Viv Albertine (Flatmate, The Slits), Ron Watts (100 Club), Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Rat Scabies (The Damned), Caroline Coon (Writer and Artist), Vivienne Westwood (Sex Designer), Marco Pirroni (Adam & The Ants), John Tiberi (Sex Pistols Tour Manager), and many more of Sid's close friends.

Featuring previously unseen archive footage and filmed in HD, this new documentary provides the most definitive and intimate life story of the punk hero who truly lived his life with chaos and anarchy. Fuelled with a soundtrack of Sid's own music, this is the faithful telling of Sid's life story by those who really knew him.

 
In addition to the DVD documentary, this special collector's edition includes a 10 track CD of Sid live in New York's, and a biography booklet profile by best-selling music author Mark Paytress.

Er, there does appear to be at least one person missing from that roll call of true friends, but nevermind those rotten bollocks.

Check out the trailer to the film, below.