DS, signed by all four members: “John Lydon” (Johnny Rotten), “John Beverley” (Sid Vicious), “Steven Jones,” and “Paul Cook,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, October 10, 1977. Film agreement with Warner Bros. Records and Russ Meyer, stating that, “We understand that you may be required to guarantee Russ Meyer the first Seventy-Seven Thousand Dollars ($77,000) derived form the exploitation of The Picture in the United States and Canada…If at the time of the delivery to us of the second, third and fourth albums, respectively, to be recorded pursuant to the Recording Agreement we have received less than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000)…we shall have the right to deduct from the advances otherwise payable to you for said second, third and fourth albums, the amount by which One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) exceeds the amounts received by us…” Scattered light wrinkling and corner creasing, and staple holes to the top left corners of each page, otherwise fine condition.
In the summer of 1977, Russ Meyer, Roger Ebert, and Sex Pistol’s manager Malcolm McLaren were gearing up to put together the story of the Sex Pistols. At the personal behest of the band themselves, particularly Johnny Rotten, Russ Meyer had to direct the film; they were all huge fans of Meyer’s sex, drug, and rock and roll-addled 1970 cult classic, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, and if anyone were going to make a movie about the crusty rockers, it was going to Meyer. Roger Ebert was on board for the screenplay, and 20th Century Fox had agreed to put the film out. But somewhere between L. A. and England, Meyer and McLaren’s constant bickering, and McLaren’s questionable management of the band and financing of the film, what would have been known as the Sex Pistols: Who Killed Bambi? never made it to the screen. In fact, only one scene was ever actually filmed. The turmoil spread through the already fragile band, and by mid-January of 1978, at the end of their first and only US tour, Johnny Rotten walked, and the broken and battered band of punks called it quits. The contract marked the beginning of the end for the punk band that simultaneously destroyed everything in their path while planting the seeds for so many generations to come, all within the span of two short years. Items signed with Sid Vicious’s real name John Beverly are extremely scarce. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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