May 9, 2005

Sid Vicious a Brownstoner? Who Knew...

Music scenester Innes Reekie took the helm of the blog Scene From My Life (formerly A Day in the Life) this week and included a shot of the charming Pindock Mews which he walks through everyday on his way to work in London. It has quite a rock'n'roll past:

Number 17, the green door on the left of the picture was once home to Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen - their London home before the made that fateful trip to the USA. When they left, Clash drummer, Topper Headon, moved in after completing a heroin rehab programme, but couldn't settle due to the knowledge that at least three people OD'd and died there, plus the morbid bloodstains on carpets and walls were there to stay. Number 3, directly across, was home to ex New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan, during their London residence in 1977, thus earning Maida Vale the name of 'Heroin Central' in those dark days. I still see ex-Sex Pistol, Glen Matlock, around the local shops, looking the picture of health - he was the lucky one, all excepting Topper Headon are now dead.

Pindock Mews [Scene From My Life]

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