The Pistols would not survive the tour – they disbanded after a disastrous appearance at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom on January 14 – and Vicious showed how poorly he functioned when left to his own devices, going on a bender that led to a methadone overdose and his hospitalization in Queens, New York. tour in January 1978, and Vicious responded by behaving erratically, at one point smashing an audience member over the head with his bass in Dallas. The group managed to have Spungen banned from their U.S.
Manager Malcolm McLaren later admitted to trying to have her "kidnapped" and put on a plane back to New York, though the couple's inability to be apart rendered that plan impossible. Meanwhile, the rest of the Pistols, not exactly a harmonious unit to begin with, chafed at the enduring presence of the abrasive American. According to Sid's Way: The Life and Death of Sid Vicious, the couple moved into a flat in the quiet west London neighborhood of Maida Vale, where they sunk further into heavy drug use and fended off intrusions from the police. Their behavior deteriorated through excessive drug useĪs the Pistols improbably thrashed their way into the mainstream, riding the turbulent wave of singles like May 1977's "God Save the Queen," Vicious and Spungen became inseparable.
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