Original sentence: Although the first +/- album was  essentially a Baluyut solo affair, he had formed a touring and recording band in mid 2001 before the album was released, with Versus drummer Patrick Ramos assuming guitar, keyboard and co-lead vocal duties, Chris Deaner on drums and Margaret McCartney on bass.Chris Deaner has been Kelly Clarkson's tour drummer since early 2007, but continues to record and play with +/-, with Karl Lundin standing in for Deaner while he is on tour with Kelly Clarkson.Robinson asked Baluyut to record an album's  worth of material for release on Teenbeat, which Baluyut did under the name +/-.Teenbeat Records owner Mark Robinson had been impressed by a solo track that James Baluyut had contributed to an 1990 EP called Drawn and Quartered issued by Baluyut's band, the influential indie group Versus
Edited sentence: Although the first +/- album was  essentially a Baluyut solo affair, he had formed a touring and recording band in mid 2001 before the album was released, with Versus drummer Patrick Ramos assuming guitar, keyboard and co-lead vocal duties, Chris Deaner on drums, and Margaret McCartney (of Tuscadero fame) on bass.Deaner has been Kelly Clarkson's tour drummer since early 2007, but continues to record and play with +/-, with Karl Lundin standing in for Deaner while he is on tour with Clarkson.Robinson asked Baluyut to record an album's worth of material for release on Teenbeat, which Baluyut did under the name +/-.Teenbeat Records owner Mark Robinson had been impressed by a solo track that James Baluyut contributed to an 2000 EP Drawn and Quartered issued by Versus, an influential indie rock band in which Baluyut played 2nd guitar