Complex sentence: The band played punk and R&B songs and also covers like "You've Really Got Me" and The Stranglers' Peaches but Gill and Balfe changed their musical views, dissolving the band to go in a far more experimental direction.
Split into simpler sentences: The band played punk and R&B songs, and also covers like "You've Really Got Me" and The Stranglers' Peaches. But Gill and Balfe changed their musical views, dissolving the band to go in a far more experimental direction.