Sid Vicious? As the carrier of an iconic image or what? He had little to do with bass playing, Glenn Matlock was the Sex Pistol's bass player, I can't really think of any musical contribution Sid made, even Rotten thought he couldn't play bass, Sid's solo songs were carried by his vocals not his bass playing (if he played bass on them at all, Steve Jones probably did).
Of course, he epitomizes Punk Rock and he lived fast and died young. But that image had nothing to do with his bass playing or even the fact that he was the bass player of the Sex Pistols, he could have played marimbas with them and he would have still had the same musical influence (zero) and the same iconic image as a "punk rocker", not as a punk bassist because I think that space is taken up by The Clash guy and his permanent enshrinement on the London Calling cover.
