Complex sentence: In May 1976 the 18-year-old Murray saw the Sex Pistols, and she and her Ferryhill comrades became Pistols devotees, earning for themselves the title of'Durham Contingent' (coined by the "NME").
Split into simpler sentences: In May 1976 the 18-year-old Murray saw the Sex Pistols. Murray and her Ferryhill comrades became Pistols devotees, earning for themselves the title of'Durham Contingent' (coined by the "NME").