Complex sentence: They formed in the early 1980s, as part of a thriving independent scene around the nearby Medway Valley towns of Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham and influenced both by the classic British pop of Sixties bands like The Kinks as well as The Jam and The Smiths.
Split into simpler sentences: They formed in the early 1980s, influenced by a thriving independent scene around the nearby Medway Valley towns of Rochester and Gillingham. Influenced both by the classic British pop of Sixties bands like The Kinks as well as The Jam and The Smiths.