Complex sentence: Some months before the band had played at the Boston Gliderdrome in Linolnshire, a bouncer had told them about another act who'd appeared there drunk- "crazy with whiskey"-and this gave Holder the idea for the lyrics.
Split into simpler sentences: Some months before the band had played at the Boston Gliderdrome in Linolnshire. A bouncer had told them about another act who'd appeared there drunk- "crazy with whiskey"-and this gave Holder the idea for the lyrics.