Complex sentence: In the 1970s, he was a member of the Beatles tribute act Spice before he left for the UK, where he founded Cutting Crew with vocalist Nick Van Eede in 1985.
Split into simpler sentences: In the 1970s, he was a member of the Beatles tribute act Spice. MacMichael left for the UK and founded Cutting Crew along with Van Eede in 1985.