Sid Vicious Biography

Sid Vicious

John Simon Ritchie-Beverley (May 10, 1957 – February 2, 1979), better known as Sid Vicious, was an English punk rock musician and member of the band the Sex Pistols. He died of a heroin overdose at the age of 21. In November 1977 Ritchie met American groupie Nancy Laura Spungen and they immediately began a relationship (Spungen had come to London looking for Jerry Nolan of The Heartbreakers). She was a heroin addict, and inevitably Ritchie, who already believed in his own "live fast, die young" image, soon shared the dependence. Although deeply in love, their often violent and rocky relationship had a disastrous effect on the Sex Pistols. Both the group and Ritchie visibly deteriorated during their 1978 American tour. The Pistols broke up in San Francisco on January 14 during a concert at the Winterland Ballroom when Lydon walked off the stage. Ritchie left shortly afterwards, and with Spungen acting as his "manager" he embarked on a short and ignoble solo career, during which he performed with musicians including Mick Jones of The Clash, original Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, Rat Scabies of The Damned and the New York Dolls' Arthur Kane and Jerry Nolan. Meanwhile Ritchie and Spungen had become locked in their own world of drug addiction and self-destruction. Interview footage shows the couple attempting to answer questions from their bed: Spungen is barely coherent while Ritchie lapses in and out of consciousness. He also came very close to death following a heroin overdose and was hospitalised for a time. On the morning of October 12, 1978 Ritchie allegedly awoke from a drugged stupor to find Spungen crumpled dead on the bathroom floor of room 100 in the Hotel Chelsea in New York. She had received a single stab wound to her abdomen and apparently bled to death. Vicious was arrested and charged with her murder although he said he had no memory of having done so. However, he later claimed to have "killed her because I'm a dirty dog." There are wholly unsupported theories Spungen was murdered by someone else, usually said to be one of the two drug dealers who visited the apartment that night. After appearing in court over Spungen's death, Ritchie was briefly interviewed by a tabloid journalist. He was shaking slightly and appeared sober, morose, and withdrawn: Interviewer: Are you having fun at the moment? Ritchie: Are you kidding? No, I am not having fun at all. (long pause) Interviewer: Where would you like to be? Ritchie: Under the ground. Interviewer: Are you serious? Ritchie: (quietly, and sad) Yeah. Bail of $50,000 was put up by Virgin Records at McLaren's request, and in February 1979 a party to celebrate his release was held at the home of his new girlfriend Michelle Robinson. During his time at Rikers Island prison, Ritchie had undergone drug rehabilitation therapy and was supposedly clean. However at the party he obtained some heroin from his mother, and was discovered dead the following morning, having taken a large overdose. Speculation has persisted that Ritchie, unable to live without his beloved Nancy, took his own life. He wrote the following poem about her: You were my little baby girl, And I shared all your fears. Such joy to hold you in my arms and kiss away your tears. But now you're gone, there's only pain and nothing I can do. And I don't want to live this life, If I can't live for you. To my beautiful baby girl. Our love will never die... After Ritchie's death, his mother phoned Deborah Spungen, Nancy's mother, to request that he be buried next to her, but Deborah Spungen declined. There are several myths about what happened to Ritchie's remains but one of the most persistent is that late one night, "Sid's mother jumped the graveyard fence where Nancy was buried and scattered his ashes over his beloved for them to be together for all time." According to The Guardian, "It's more likely that Ma Vicious arrived back at Heathrow with his remains. Malcolm McLaren claims she knocked them over in the arrivals lounge; hence the fanciful myth that Sid's essence still circulates, wafting through the air vents and moving among the travellers." . Sid Sings, a solo album, was released posthumously by Virgin Records. This was mostly a collection of cover versions of rock 'n' roll numbers such as "C'mon Everybody" and "Something Else" by Eddie Cochran along with material by Iggy Pop and Johnny Thunders and a rendition of the Paul Anka / Frank Sinatra standard "My Way". Striking footage of Vicious performing this song in Paris provides the closing sequence for Julien Temple's film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

Gaya hidup dan Ideologi

Psikolog brilian asal Rusia, Pavel Semenov, menyimpulkan bahwa manusia memuaskan kelaparannya akan pengetahuan dengan dua cara. Pertama, melakukan penelitian terhadap lingkungannya dan mengatur hasil penelitian tersebut secara rasional (sains). Kedua, mengatur ulang lingkungan terdekatnya dengan tujuan membuat sesuatu yang baru (seni).

Dengan definisi diatas, punk dapat dikategorikan sebagai bagian dari dunia kesenian. Gaya hidup dan pola pikir para pendahulu punk mirip dengan para pendahulu gerakan seni avant-garde, yaitu dandanan nyleneh, mengaburkan batas antara idealisme seni dan kenyataan hidup, memprovokasi audiens secara terang-terangan, menggunakan para penampil (performer) berkualitas rendah dan mereorganisasi (atau mendisorganisasi) secara drastis kemapanan gaya hidup. Para penganut awal kedua aliran tersebut juga meyakini satu hal, bahwa hebohnya penampilan (appearances) harus disertai dengan hebohnya pemikiran (ideas).

Punk selanjutnya berkembang sebagai buah kekecewaan musisi rock kelas bawah terhadap industri musik yang saat itu didominasi musisi rock mapan, seperti The Beatles, Rolling Stone, dan Elvis Presley. Musisi punk tidak memainkan nada-nada rock teknik tinggi atau lagu cinta yang menyayat hati. Sebaliknya, lagu-lagu punk lebih mirip teriakan protes demonstran terhadap kejamnya dunia. Lirik lagu-lagu punk menceritakan rasa frustrasi, kemarahan, dan kejenuhan berkompromi dengan hukum jalanan, pendidikan rendah, kerja kasar, pengangguran serta represi aparat, pemerintah dan figur penguasa terhadap rakyat.

Akibatnya punk dicap sebagai musik rock and roll aliran kiri, sehingga sering tidak mendapat kesempatan untuk tampil di acara televisi. Perusahaan-perusahaan rekaman pun enggan mengorbitkan mereka.

Gaya hidup ialah relatif tidak ada seorangpun memiliki gaya hidup sama dengan lainnya. Ideologi diambil dari kata "ideas" dan "logos" yang berarti buah pikiran murni dalam kehidupan. Gaya hidup dan ideologi berkembang sesuai dengan tempat, waktu dan situasi maka punk kalisari pada saat ini mulai mengembangkan proyek "jor-joran" yaitu manfaatkan media sebelum media memanfaatkan kita. Dengan kata lain punk berusaha membebaskan sesuatu yang membelenggu pada zamannya masing-masing.

TOtAl TolOL

TOtAl TolOL are bands that come from the outskirts of Jakarta among the cities that we call Punkcoran City Rocker, consisting of three personnel with different musical character - different strains put together a stylish "PUNK".
"TOtAl TolOL", formed in early May 1998, a blend of punk music we offer, creating an atmosphere of criticism and little to parody as a form of rebellion that injustice must be expressed by the People's Social criticism. Side represents the appreciation of our music loud music and we believe and trust, that you can cooperate with us to present the concept of music "punk parody" an energetic, Hard and Criticism. Maybe for some of the world of music in Indonesia is a stupid thing. when popping the many bands that menyayikan love song that we consider all of it is crap .. but here we are without relying on the major label world we were able to stand alone and still exist to this day. DO IT YOURSELF (DIY)

An homage to Punk Rock Band with the name "BABY PONK_PONK" is the beginning of the embryo is now called  "TOtAl TolOL", two personnel "BABY PONK_PONK" including IwaRiot and Lany Anarchy. With the passage of time, came at a time when reform of personnel due to the difference principle in music. Substitution of the evolutionary way of thinking and a meeting between IwaRiot and Lany Anarchy sparked a new band and conceptualizing music can represent more characters who want us express music. Entering the year 1998 IwaRiot (Guitar) & Lany Anarchy (Drum) agreed to find a friend who wanted to join, including Echol Chaos (Bass & Vocals) with a touch of "Punk Parody". So in the year it was agreed to use the name "TOtAl TolOL".

PUNX “Budaya, Seni dan Perlawanan”

Punk identik dengan musik hingar – bingar yang memadukan speed dalam bermusik dengan suara dan lirik yang mengkritik. Banyak orang salah mengartikan tentang punk itu sendiri, dimana kebanyakan dari mereka melihat dan menafsirkan punk selalu identik dengan kekerasan dan hal – hal yang terlarang , seperti alkohol atau drugs hingga free sex yang kesemuanya itu tidak selalu benar.

Pada dasarnya punk itu sendiri terlahir atas satu bentuk protes jiwa sehingga melahirkan musik dalam bentuk perlawanan yang lama – kelamaan menjadi satu bentuk gaya hihup. Yang perlu disadari bahwa ketika satu jenis aliran musik telah menjadi gaya hidup maka aliran musik tersebut tidak akan pernah mati dan akan terus beregenerasi hingga nanti. Dengan kata lain PUNK NEVER DIE.

Perlawanan punk dapat dilihat dari bentuk – bentuk lagu yang tercipta, goresan – goresan pena dalam sebuah artikel atau dalam bentuk gambar hingga perlawanan sikap.

Gaya hidup itu sendiri terbentuk atas pandangan hidup, sisi ekonomi yang mempengaruhi hingga latar belakang yang membentuknya. Sama halnya budaya…Budaya yang diusung oleh punk dikenal sebagai budaya anti kemapanan. Mungkin pendapat kebanyakan orang mengenai punk itu sendiri dapat dibenarkan, tergantung dari mana mereka melihatnya.

Punk adalah musik

Punk adalah seni

Punk adalah budaya anti kemapanan

Punk adalah budaya pembebasan diri dari belenggu yang mengikat individu yang ingin bebas dan merdeka.

Punk adalah gaya hidup dan lain sebagainya.

Definisi dan penafsiran tentang punk itu senditi tergantung dari segi kebutuhan dan pengetahuan yang dimiliki oleh mereka yang menilai punk itu sendiri seperti apa. Tetapi yang tidak dapat dibenarkan mengenai punk adalah punk sebagai sampah dan membuat keresahan. Karena ;

Punk bukan jagoan

Punk bukan penjahat

Punk bukan kriminal

Punk bukan trendy

Punk bukan kau dan kau bukan punk.

Biarkan punk menunjukan eksistensinya dengan melahirkan kreatifitas, seni dan perlawanan yang terbentuk dalam sebuah lagu – lagu sumbang tetapi real adanya, penampilan yang berbeda karena itu memang adanya dan mempublikasikannya melalui lagu, sablon dan acara musik persatuan hingga dalam bentuk tulisan. Yang perlu digaris bawahi adalah punk merupakan budaya, punk merupakan seni, punk pun merupakan gaya hidup yang tidak dapat dipisahkan dari unsur bermusik, pembenasan hingga kebesaran berekspresi dan berfikir, sehingga punk itu sendiri tidak akan pernah mati.

yelling oi…oi…

keep rock in hell

and be unite till die …

Masih banyak cara lagi bagi punk memperkenalkan dirinya pada masyarakat, tergantung dari cara pandang masyarakat itu terhadap punk.

Banyak hal positif yang dapat diambil dari budaya anti kemapanan atau punk yang kita lihat sebelah mata, seperti sablon, produksi album kaset atau CD hingga pemasaran yang dikelola dan dilakuan sendiri, membuat event musik, hingga karya lainnya yang coba dilakukan sendiri. Karena punk itu DIY “Do It Yourself”. Hanya saja kebanyakan dari masyarakat kita tidak mau melihat sisi positif yang tercermin dari punk. Hanya saja kebanyakan dari masyarakat kita menilai punk selalu negatif dan selalu miring.