Sid Vicious’ Norwegian romance (eBook) – Sex Pistols exiled to Trondheim 1977

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Get to know John Simon Ritchie, the person behind Sid Vicious, in this charming and revealing behind the scenes book!

Teddie worked for the band as assistant and translator and her highly personal story gives a unique insight into the band’s internal dynamic. While other Pistols associates and band members were by now hardened road warriors, Teddie’s crystal clear recollections are those of an innocent 16-year-old thrown into a world of surreal excess. Instead of the self-destructive caricature of Sid Vicious of popular myth, he is revealed as a troubled, vulnerable but emotionally generous young man; both fixed to the Pistols’ ongoing narrative but also psychologically detached from it.

e-book: NOK 159/€15,95 – e-pub and mobi-formats.

«SID’S NORWEGIAN ROMANCE» tells the inside story of a surprisingly sweet romance between Sid Vicous and the Norwegian teenager Teddie Dahlin during the Sex Pistols’ two-day stay in Trondheim in 1977. Teddie worked for the band as assistant and translator and her highly personal story gives a unique insight into the band’s internal dynamic. While other Pistols associates and band members were by now hardened road warriors, Teddie’s crystal clear recollections are those of an innocent 16-year-old thrown into a world of surreal excess. Instead of the self-destructive caricature of Sid Vicious of popular myth, he is revealed as a troubled, vulnerable but emotionally generous young man; both fixed to the Pistols’ ongoing narrative but also psychologically detached from it.

Accompanied by more than 50 previously unpublished photographs of the
band both off stage and playing at Samfundet in Trondheim, the
book provides a rare first-hand view of four young men at the eye of
an international media storm, labouring under the sudden weight of
expectation on their shoulders. Trygve Mathiesen’s research into the two days the Pistols spent in Trondheim is thorough and revealing, covering both the poignant and the prosaic. The group who would tear up the rock ‘n’ roll rulebook, buy jeans, eat ice cream, fall in love and cause a riot, set to a backdrop of a Norwegian culture attempting to understand and assimilate this frantic, fast-moving moment in history.

– Alex Ogg, author of No More Heroes and Independence Days

Great reviews:

– I like the books that were made by people as a labor of love for the
Sex Pistols, rather than the other stuff. Thanks  to the Norwegian
girlfriend and the ‘Exile to Trondheim’ book.

– Read Trygve Mathiesen’s astonishing new book about Sid Vicious’ Norwegian romance with «Teddie» during Sex Pistols Trondheim stay and concert at Samfundet! «Exiled to Trondheim» is spectacular. I love the photos, of course, but, I mostly love the story of Teddie. I absolutely adore this book!

– Nicole Ayotte, Lowell, MA, US

– I wasn’t sure if Sid’s Norwegian Romance would be a pale shadow of Exiled To Oslo, a mere cash-in on the previous book’s success. I am delighted to report that it’s a superb book in its own right. A treasure trove of photographs and memories. Another must have!
– Phil Singleton, sex-pistols.net

– Delicious presented, a good told story (…) Most interesting is key
witness ‘Teddie’. She IS this book. Her story makes us feeling present during the Pistols stay. (Ole Jacob Hoel, Adresseavisen)

– A treasure chest! (Tommy Olsson, Morgenbladet)

– Couldn’t put the book away after I got home! Not possible to get a
better document of the Trondheim gig! Dreaming myself back to this evening in July, ‘77, with ABBA on full blast. (…) Some of the best pictures I’ve ever seen of the Pistols.
(Ringo Kid, Rock And Roll Central)