Original sentence: For this album Matt Johnson assembled a full band version of The The, retaining his role as singer, primary songwriter, frontman and guitarist (and playing keyboards and other instruments in the studio), but bringing in former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr (whom he'd known since the early 1980s, and whom he'd attempted to entice into an earlier version of The The prior to Marr forming The Smiths
Edited sentence: For this album Matt Johnson assembled a full band version of The The, retaining his role as singer, primary songwriter, frontman and guitarist (and playing keyboards and other instruments in the studio), but bringing in iconic former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr (whom he'd known since the early 1980s, and whom he'd attempted to entice into an earlier version of The The prior to Marr forming The Smiths