Sid Vicious Halloween 1978

For our annual Halloween party in 1978 I was costumed as the punk musician Sid Vicious from the Sex Pistols. Becky provided the makeup. He was in the news a lot because of the recent death of his girlfriend so I thought he would make a good costume. Then he tried to kill himself a week or so before Halloween so I had to adjust my costume. He cut both his wrists and I added bandages with ketchup which I'm sorry we can't see in this photo.

I recently found this picture in a box of "stuff" in Becky's studio. I hadn't seen this photo in a very long time.

Another thing about this costume was that prior to Halloween I had a large beard and a lot more hair. I had the bushy beard since 1974 so there was a lot of people at that party at our house on Seymour Street that had never seen me without a beard. A lot of folks didn't know who I was at the beginning of the party. 

I remember wearing that red shirt with the star on it a lot. I was also wearing an old work jumpsuit that I had worn years ago on my job at the machine shop. After Becky and I got down "decorating" it I think it went in the trash. It was old and worn out anyway.