Complex sentence: We Were Gentlemen originally tried to get Matt Tarpey, the ex-Winter Solstice frontman to sing, but was currently in contract, singing for Fjord (eulogy records) at the time.
Split into simpler sentences: We Were Gentlemen originally tried to get Matt Tarpey, the ex-Winter Solstice frontman to sing. Howeber he was in contract, singing for Fjord (eulogy records) at the time.