Complex sentence: In 2008 Shades joins the biker metal band "The Handsome Beasts", performs a few shows and writes and co- composes material for an album that never saw the light of day.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2008 Shades joins the biker metal band "The Handsome Beasts". Shades perform a few shows with The Handsome Beasts writes and co- composes material for an album that never saw the light of day.