Complex sentence: The Cat Empire began as a trio with Oliver McGill on keyboards, Felix Riebl on percussion and vocals and Ryan Monro on double bass in late 1999 and started playing a wide variety of gigs in clubs like Dizzy's and Bennett's Lane in Melbourne.
Split into simpler sentences: The Cat Empire were founded by the trio Ollie McGill on keyboards, Felix Riebl on percussion and vocals and Ryan Monro on double bass in late 1999. They started playing a wide variety of gigs in clubs like Dizzy's and Bennett's Lane in Melbourne.