Original sentence: Observers of FGTH's era state that despite the presence of openly gay members and suggestive lyrics and sleeves, the band's raw, aggressive sound avoided alienating a heterosexual male audience, leading some to change their attitudes towards homosexual people.Thus, even though ultimately their music was not the best of the vibrant mid-80s era, FGTH is considered by some to have been a very important band for reasons beyond music
Edited sentence: Even though ultimately their music was not the best of the vibrant mid-80s era, FGTH emerged as a very important band indeed for reasons beyond music.Many observers of FGTH's era state that the band, with openly gay members and suggestive lyrics and sleeves, changed lamenting attitudes towards homosexual people as their sound remained raw and masculine, thereby not remotely alienating a heterosexual male audience