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_________________________________________________________________________ A-Z _______________________________________________________   Aerosmith"... after she had taken on the whole group, two of the guys wanted to set her on fire and throw her out the hotel window. She was willing, she said. It sounded like a pretty great way to die, she said. Aerosmith chickened out, she said." Deborah Spungen remembering her then 17-year old daughter "I toured around with Aerosmith for a while. One of the first nights I was with them was in Washington, D.C. We drove out there in the limousine. I was sitting in the backseat with Tom Hamilton on one side of me and Brad Whitford on the other. I had one hand on one prick and one hand on the other..." Nancy _______________________________________________________  Artemis(In Deborah Spungen's book called "The Hive") Philadelphia rock club on 2015 Sansom, where Nancy was a frequent visitor in 1975. Three years later, acting as Sid's manager, she arranged for him to perform there Oct 27-28 1978. David Carroll, the owner of Artemis who claimed to be a friend of Nancy's, insisted after her death that Sid was bound by contract to go ahead with the concerts. Sid also said he would perform as scheduled. However, pending outcome of his preliminary hearing for Nancy's murder, the concerts were cancelled. _______________________________________________________   Anne Beverly(1932-1996) Sid's mother is rumoured to have poured Sid's ashes on Nancy's grave, when the Spungen family refused to let them be buried next to each other. Anne killed herself with a drugs overdose in September 1996. Pictured is Anne on February 1st, 1979, searching for Sid's bail hearing. ________________________________________________________  Bad Company"... her first band was Bad Company, the whole band. She ranked each member's performance. She kept a Bad Company poster on the wall in her room to com- memorate the occasion. It said: 'Does your mother know you've been keeping Bad Company'" Deborah Spungen "I remember the Bad Company posters in her W 23rd St apartment" Richard Hell ________________________________________________________   CBGB's(1973-2006) Legendary NY rock club where Nancy was often seen in 1976. ________________________________________________________  Chelsea Hotel222 West 23rd Street, NY After returning from the UK in August 1978, Sid and Nancy checked into the Chelsea Hotel, a few blocks from the apartment she had rented two years previously. ________________________________________________________  Dalston Area in north-east London where Nancy and Sid stayed with Sid's mother Anne in 1977. ________________________________________________________  Dee Dee Ramone(1951-2002) Bassist for the Ramones, friend of Nancy's in 1976, and later also a friend of Sid's. He died from an accidental heroin overdose in 2002. ________________________________________________________  Debbie Harry(1945- ) Lead singer of Blondie, friend who made Nancy a blonde in 1976. ________________________________________________________  Devereux FoundationBetween 1970-1974, Nancy attended two of the Devereux Foundation's boarding schools for mentally and emotionally troubled children. In Deborah Spungen's book, it's called the "Darlington Institute". ________________________________________________________  Devereux Manor High SchoolNancy was a student at this school in Berwyn, PA, between 1971 and 1974. It was here that Nancy began taking drugs. Sylvester Stallone is another former pupil at this school, called "Lakeside Campus" in Deborah Spungen's book. ________________________________________________________   Earth Shop, TheDeborah Spungen's health food store, located at 320 Old York Rd in Jenkintown, PA, where Nancy loved helping out in the early 1970's. "She rode to work with me every morning. She sorted merchandise, stocked the shelves, waited on customers. She was such an eager, tireless worker that I quickly ran out of work for her- it was a small store. That didn't stop her. She found more work elsewhere. Within a few days she was busy unpacking and tagging dresses at the woman's clothing shop a few doors down." _______________________________________________________ e.e. Cummings "To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." Suffering from hallucinations, on strong medication, and recently kicked out of public school, 11-year old Nancy wrote these lines on a piece of paper, found by her mother. "Evidently, it held significance for her", Deborah wrote in her book. (Read the full poem here) _______________________________________________________   Glenholme SchoolThe first of two Devereux schools Nancy attended, located in Washington, Connecticut. In Deborah Spungen's book, it's called Barton. ________________________________________________________ Go-go dancer While living in New York in 1976, Nancy earned money by dancing at Times Square strip joints. ________________________________________________________ Groupie "I am not or never have been a groupie. If a groupie came up to Sid, he'd kick her in the face." Nancy in the Philadelphia Inquirer _______________________________________________________  .jpg) HairOn a family outing to New York in April 1969, Nancy disappeared after her parents forbade her to see a Hair concert at the Wollman Skating Rink in Central Park. A few years earlier, Nancy had discovered music in the shape of a Hair LP. She played it for hours every day until the family had to buy a new one, and named the family cat Aquarius. The picture is from the actual event, and this is the stage where the shows producer went on to announce "We're looking for a lost little girl named Nancy Spungen." ________________________________________________________  The
HeartbreakersWhen the Heartbreakers, including members Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan, went to the UK in late 1976 to tour with the Sex Pistols, Nancy decided to follow. ________________________________________________________ Huntingdon Valley Suburb of Philadelphia where Nancy grew up. ________________________________________________________   Jerry Nolan(1946-1992)(far right in picture) Member of New York Dolls and the Heartbreakers, who Nancy fell madly in love with in 1976. When the Heartbreakers later that year went to the UK to tour with the Sex Pistols, Nancy decided to follow. In 1978, he joined Sid Vicious in the Nancy-managed The Idols. ________________________________________________________  Johnny Thunders(1952-1991) Member of New York Dolls and the Heartbreakers, who Nancy claimed to be good friends with. Rumoured to have introduced Sid to heroin by waving a syringe in his face and saying: "Are you a boy or a man?" ________________________________________________________  Johnny Rotten/ John Lydon(1956- ) According to some, Nancy originally went after the Sex Pistols' front man. "Disgusted by her", Johnny introduced her to his best friend, Sid. ________________________________________________________   Lance Loud(1951-2001) TV-star of An American Family and member of The Mumps. He was a neighbour of Nancy's in New York, and once rescued her from a heroin overdose. ________________________________________________________  Linda Ashby(?-?) In London, Nancy stayed with this punk girl/ prostitute at the St James's hotel for a while, and it was here she met Sid in early 1977. The whipping scene in "Sid and Nancy" is supposed to be Linda Ashby and Nancy at Linda's apartment. ________________________________________________________  Lower Moreland Middle SchoolThe school from which Nancy was expelled in the fall of 1969, after the school councelor decided Nancy, despite her high level of intelligence, didn't "belong at the school". Soon after, Nancy was diagnosed as a schizophrenic. After a short spell in a mental hospital and several violent episodes, she entered the Devereux system early 1970. The school, located at Murray Avenue in Huntingdon Valley, is today called the Murray Avenue School. ________________________________________________________   Malcolm McLarenManager of the Sex Pistols, who had previously managed the New York Dolls. Trying to get her away from Sid, he staged a kidnap attempt involving a one-way ticket back to New York. "They were saying to me, 'Oh come on Nancy, let's go for a drive while Sid goes to the dentist.' I realised pretty quickly what they were up to." Nancy, NME December 17th 1977 ________________________________________________________  Philippe
MarcadéOne of Nancy's best friends in New York, who inherited Nancy's cat and record collection when she left for London early 1977. He also claims to have taught Nancy how to shoot up. In Deborah Spungen's book, he's called "Felipe". Wrongly, she stated he disappeared before Nancy came back from the UK: according to Philippe they met again in 1978. ________________________________________________________  Max's Kansas CityOne of Nancy's two favourite NY clubs in 1976, and later the place where she managed to get Sid some gigs with the Idols. ________________________________________________________  Mother'sRock club on 267 West 23rd Street, not far from Nancy's apartment, where she first met Philippe Marcadé (see above/ quotes) ________________________________________________________  Nauseating Nancy Anne Beverley didn't like her son's new girlfriend very much, and acc- ording to some sources it was she who named her "Nauseating Nancy". But according to Eileen Polk, she got the nickname in New York. ________________________________________________________  Neon LeonNeighbour at the Chelsea Hotel in October 1978, and one of the last people to see Nancy alive. Pictured left, Neon Leon, in room 119 at the Chelsea Hotel, is holding up Sid's leather jacket for the media on Thursday Oct 12 1978. Leon claimed Sid & Nancy had given some of their stuff to him for "safe-keeping" the previous night. ________________________________________________________  New
York RockerA review written by Nancy, of the Heartbreakers' first gig at Max's Kansas City, was published by this magazine. (It was also published in Iggy Pop Fan Club French fanzine "I Wanna Be Your Dog" in Nov -76.)
New York Rocker July 23 1976, by Nancy Spungen
The band were amazingly tight for
a first performance. Jerry's already fine drumming sounded twice as good with a great bass player. Finally Johnny and Walter were riffing off each other; both taking leads; both providing interspersing rhythms. All four members togheter created a perfect chemistry, a certain magic , if you will , and the audience sure knew it.They didn't seem to mind the loss of Richard Hell at all; receiving the familiar tunes with joyful fervour and accepting the new ones as if they were old favorites. They went beyond all expectations and certainly erased any doubt anyone may have had. ________________________________________________________   ParisIn the spring of 1978, Nancy and Sid went to the capital of France for about a month, for Sid to record scenes for Julian Temple's "The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle". Staying at Hotel Brighton on the rue de Rivoli, Nancy tried to cut her wrists in the hotel room but wrote home that she loved Paris and did a lot of shopping, for clothes, make-up and jewellery. They were apparently banned from the hotel after Sid began smashing mirrors and beating up waiters who brought him the wrong kind of drink. ________________________________________________________  Pindock MewsNancy and Sid's address in Maida Vale, London. About domestic life on 3, Pindock Mews, Nancy said: "I sleep all day and go out to the shops, for bread and milk. I don't cook. This place isn't a pigsty or anything, but I'm not into cleaning." The famous interview of Nancy & Sid in bed was shot here, and it was also the location of Steve Emberton's classic Sid & Nancy pics (handcuffed). ________________________________________________________  Pretty
ThingsWhen Nancy's mother came home from work one day in the summer of 1975, she found a whole rock band had taken over her house on Red Barn Lane. "Hey Mom", 17-year old Nancy said. "This is Pretty Things. They just rolled into town. Told 'em to look me up when they did. Guys, this is my mom." "Hello Nancy's mom", they said almost in unison. "They left almost immediately", according to Deborah. ________________________________________________________   Red Barn LaneIn the late 60's, the Spungen family moved to 848 Red Barn Lane in Huntingdon Valley. Nancy spent most of her childhood here. This is where, according to Deborah Spungen, Sid turned green by the swimming pool and watched Sha Na Na on TV. The Pretty Things are also supposed to have partied by the swimming pool here. ________________________________________________________  Richard Hell(1949- ) "Once, when I made my bi-monthly grocery stop, Richard Hell was at Nancy's apartment with her. They were listening to a Bruce Springsteen album and drinking coffee. He seemed quiet and polite. She asked me to give them a lift to an address on Houston Street." Deborah Spungen ________________________________________________________  Rockets Redglare(1949-2001) Actor/ junkie who delivered drugs to Nancy and Sid on the night Nancy died. ________________________________________________________  Sabel Starr (1958-2009) Sabel was a notorious LA groupie who had previously been "dating" Robert Plant and "met" Iggy Pop, when the New York Dolls arrived in town and she met Johnny Thunders. They fell in love, and Sabel moved with him to New York, where she met Nancy. Sabel would occasionally stay at her apartment: Nancy's mother recalled in her book how she took them out for dinner (referring to "Sable" as a "tall, striking model"), and Nancy often called Sabel her best friend. Sabel Starr passed away from illness in 2009. 
 ________________________________________________________  Sex PistolsWhen Nancy came to London in early 1977 and rea- lized Jerry Nolan wasn't interested, she decided she'd get a Sex Pistol instead. She loved their music and set her eyes on Johnny Rotten. Not interested, he introduced her to Pistols new member Sid. ________________________________________________________ Steve Cincotti (?-1978) NY drug dealer, who Rockets Redglare claimed he saw going to Nancy's and Sid's room after he left the Chelsea Hotel the night Nancy died. Cincotti died not long after Nancy's murder. ________________________________________________________  Times Square In 1976, 18-year old Nancy worked in go-go bars here, and just over two years later, she and Sid bought a hunting knife in a Times Square shop: Nancy was dead by the same knife within 24 hours. ________________________________________________________  .jpg) University of Colorado at BoulderNancy attended this university briefly in the fall of 1974, but was expelled after she got involved in an FBI drugs and theft investigation. Read about Nancy's life at Boulder here. (coming soon) ________________________________________________________   Vera MendelssohnNeighbour at the Chelsea hotel, who heard a woman moaning next door the night Nancy died, but was too scared to investigate or call the police. ________________________________________________________  West 23d Street The New York address of Nancy's first own home, Mother's, a rock club where she used to go, and the Chelsea Hotel. ________________________________________________________  Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948) Wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of Nancy's childhood heroes. ________________________________________________________ TOP Home Index |
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