Complex sentence: With a career spanning only two years from formation to dissolution, the group drew initial hype and praise from the British music press but were soon forgotten, and became the subject of ridicule for their sometimes loutish appearance and behaviour.
Split into simpler sentences: With a career spanning only two years from formation to original dissolution, the group drew initial hype and praise from the British music press but were soon forgotten. Plus they became the subject of ridicule, for their sometimes loutish appearance and behaviour.