Sid & Nancy: A Punk Rock Tragedy

When punk rocker Sid Vicious and infamous groupie Nancy Spungen meet in 1970's London, sparks fly -- as does chaos. Within two years, both would be dead, becoming known as punk's tragic Romeo & Juliet. But do we know what really happened that fateful night at the Chelsea Hotel?

Sources:

1. Pollack, Jesse P. Room 100: Sid, Nancy, and the Night Punk Rock Died.

2. Cox, Alex, and Abbe Wool. Sid and Nancy. Directed by Alex Cox, 1986.

3. Dunford, Brett, and Danny Garcia. Sad Vacation. Directed by Danny Garcia, 2016.

4. “Nancy Laura Spungen (1958-1978) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4388/nancy_laura-spungen. Accessed 16 May 2025.

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7. Spungen, Deborah. And I Don’t Want to Live This Life. Fawcett Books, 1984.

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