Some single gags from the '77 page. Benyon started off in the NME writing single gags and later on when he wrote one about a Kings Road, Urban Cowboy pointed out by one of the guys in a bar as 'th' Lone Groover' Ian Macdonald, who had become assistant editor agreed with Tony Tyler that it should become a strip. I Mac as he was known was the cleverest of  the NME hacks, followed closely by Tyler and they both had really good senses of humour and for a period the paper was a joy to read.

I don't believe all the golden age hype, it was chemistry with the right people, the time and the place all working together.In the early days there was still a feeling that everything was going in a positive direction, but it soon all fell apart, assisted by (w)reckless self abuse and a lot of people fell by the wayside who shouldn't have, but hey that's rock'n'roll !