Complex sentence: Following Edwards'disappearance, Bradfield, Moore and Wire persisted with Manic Street Preachers, and went on to gain critical and commercial success, to the present day the band has sold more than 10 million copies and they are one of Britain's premier rock bands.
Split into simpler sentences: Following Edwards'disappearance, Bradfield, Moore and Wire persisted with Manic Street Preachers, and went on to gain critical and commercial success. To the present day the band has sold more than 10 million copies and they are one of Britain's premier rock bands.