Complex sentence: The band auditioned dozens of replacements for Criss in June 1980, settling on a little-known drummer-guitarist-pianist-keyboardist-singer from Brooklyn named Paul Charles Caravello (born July 12,1950) who adopted the stage name Eric Carr.
Split into simpler sentences: The band auditioned dozens of replacements for Criss in June 1980. They finally settled on a little-known drummer-guitarist-pianist-keyboardist-singer from Brooklyn named Paul Charles Caravello (born July 12,1950) who adopted the stage name Eric Carr.