3. Vicious Injected Drugs Mixed With Toilet Water
Sid Vicious was notorious, even in punk circles, for his prolific drug abuse. This notion was never more evident than in a famous anecdote involving Dee Dee Ramone of the fellow punk band The Ramones. Vicious was always noted to enjoy hanging out with The Ramones whenever they were visiting London. On one such occasion, Ramone and Vicious attended a party that was freely offering speed, an injectable form of amphetamine.
Ramone and Vicious went to the bathroom to find water to mix with the speed in order to be able to inject it. They found the bathroom completely covered in vomit from fellow party-goers. Unfazed, Vicious stuck his syringe into a toilet full of vomit and drew water from it. Without “cooking” or heating the contents of the needle, he injected himself with the mix of drug and someone else’s vomit.
Even to a Ramone brother, who were also famous for their drug use, this was a jaw-dropping moment. Reportedly, Vicious remarked to the horrified Ramone “Man, where did you get this stuff?” Whether Vicious enjoyed shock value or was indeed that dependent on getting high isn’t clear. What is clear is that Vicious was capable of shocking even hardened punk rockers with his levels of depravity.