The Mekon he doesn't know it, but I like the Mekon." British rock band The Mekons named themselves after the character in 1977. In May 2013, the BBC radio soap opera "The Archers" featured a storyline in which regular character Brian Aldridge was aggrieved by a local newspaper article that compared him to the Mekon. The Mekon The Mekon (of Mekonta) is the arch-enemy of the British comic book hero Dan Dare, first appearing in 1950 in the "Eagle" comic strip "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future" and created by Frank Hampson. Apart from Dan Dare himself, he is the only character
Front Page News Turner/Andy Powell/Laurie Wisefield/Steve Upton except where noted. Front Page News Front Page News is the eighth album by rock band Wishbone Ash. It is mostly made up of slower, breezy soft rock ballads with lush vocal harmonies. This style is in marked contrast to the earlier albums such as "Argus", but there were several tracks of this idiom on their immediately preceding studio albums, "Locked In" and "New England". It peaked at No. 31 in the UK Albums Chart. Their following album, "No Smoke Without Fire", moves back to a heavier style. U.S. distribution had switched back to MCA Records.