Complex sentence: He played club shows in the Los Angeles area, including the Starwood Club on Sunset Strip, but had to change the band name to Dokken because another band named Airborn had already acquired a record deal.
Split into simpler sentences: He played club shows in the Los Angeles area, including the Starwood Club on Sunset Strip. Don Dokken was unable to keep the Airborn name because another band named Airborn had already acquired a record deal.