Freddie Mercury was never one to do things conventionally – even when it came to arguments. The music icon managed to rub punk icon Sid Vicious up the wrong way in 1977 by revealing his stinging nickname for the The Sex Pistols' frontman - to his face.
Sid had earned a reputation for his crazed and unpredictable antics but that did not stop Freddie from standing up to him at their very first meeting.
The Sex Pistols shot to fame at breakneck speed in the late 1970s, riding a wave of controversy that stunned and horrified the British public.
Their sudden popularity threatened to usurp the success of long-standing bands including Queen, and the attention had not gone unnoticed by Freddie.
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