Nancy Spungen Archives

dedicated to the great nancy spungen, who was a significant figure of the 1970s punk rock scene. (the admin does not romanticise nancy & sid)

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I made a curiouscat. You can ask about Nancy or the admin anytime <3 https://t.co/0U8U76nirw

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@horowitz_maya Yep!

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"Like most kids who are 17, basically her statement was, ‘I hate my family,’ All the things that she loved and thought were important in the world, they told her were stupid. I think she had a really stifling middle-class upbringing"
— Eileen Polk on Nancy Spungen

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Happy heavenly birthday to our beloved Nancy Spungen, what would have been her 68th! Forever an icon 🖤

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Newly photo of Nancy Spungen at the backstage after The Ramones' performance at The Rainbow Theatre in London, December 31st, 1977

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"And then here comes Nancy. She’s not trying to be cute or charming. She wasn’t telling people she was a model or a dancer. She had mousy brown hair and she was a bit overweight. She basically said, ‘Yeah, I’m a prostitute, and I don’t care"
— Eileen Polk on Nancy Spungen

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@eazysespresso Very cool!!!

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Newspaper clipping of Nancy Spungen in the Philadelphia Daily News, October 13, 1978.

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"Nancy had definite, you know, she would go out and get wrecked but before that she was conversational, I mean she was really intelligent and interested in a lot of things."
— Debbie Harry on Nancy Spungen

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🚨 BE AWARE OF AI PICS 🚨

This AI photo of Nancy Spungen and two others have been spreading around. Nancy was NOT wearing a skirt at this event. Someone AI generated half of their body with this shit 🤢

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Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious walking the streets in Paris, April 1978

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"But Nancy was much smarter; Nancy was actually pretty smart, very bright. Very bright girl but emotionally messed up."
— Debbie Harry on Nancy Spungen, 2014

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the Roxy audience with an unprecedented move-they could actually play." (2/2)

— Chrissie Hynde on Nancy Spungen

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"The first time I met Nancy she appeared on the doorstep in need of a place to crash. A mutual “friend” had put her onto me. Cheers! I made her a bowl of popcorn, let her have the mattress and moved over to the corner with my sleeping bag.— (1/3)

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Nancy Spungen had stowed away with the Heartbreakers and was seeking a husband so she could get a “leave to remain” stamp in her visa. The Heartbreakers, the breakaway faction of the magnificent New York Dolls, minus leader David Johansen, had blown into town and shook up— (2/3)

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"Nancy called me up a month or two after, and she had a British accent which was like, "Hey Philliiiippe, it's Noncy." I was like, "WHAT?" And she's like, "You won't BELIEVE who I'm going out with—I'm going out with SID VICIOUS!"
— Philippe Marcadé

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Our heartfelt condolences to Mara, Leah and all who loved the great David Johansen 🕊️

With love,
Pati Rock and the Estate of Mick Rock

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Happy birthday to our beloved Nancy Spungen, what would have been her 67th! Love you forever 🖤

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Nancy Spungen's parents, Deborah and Frank, announce their engagement in the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper, 16 Oct. 1955

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Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious with a random kid at soundcheck for a slits concert at the scala, kings cross, London. August 21, 1977

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@horowitz_maya Yes, I posted a link of her obituary and one of the editor's of Susan Spungen mentioned it here

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I have been informed Nancy's mom, Deborah Spungen has passed away on September 12, 2024. May she rest in peace 🕊️