Original sentence: Further interest was generated by the popular Bird Noises EP, produced by former Supercharge member Lesek Karski, which featured the beautiful surf-instrumental 'Wedding Cake Island' (named after a rock outcrop in the ocean off Sydney's Coogee Beach).He had triggered a degree of controversy that year with his refusal to embrace symbolic reconciliation and apologise to Aboriginal Australians and members of the stolen generation.It was followed by Red Sails In The Sunset (1984), in which the band continued to expand their sound and explore their preoccupations with politics, consumerism, militarism, the nuclear threat and environmental issues.Many Australians believed the refusal to say 'sorry' was cynically motivated by conservative fears that an apology might be construed as an admission of liability and could trigger a rush of land rights and financial compensation claims by Aboriginal people.Midnight Oil was an Australian rock band known for their driving hard rock sound, intense live performances and their overt left-wing political activism
Edited sentence: Further interest was generated by the excellent Bird Noises EP, produced by former Supercharge member Lesek Karski, which featured the beautiful surf-instrumental 'Wedding Cake Island' (named after a rock outcrop in the ocean off Sydney's Coogee Beach).He had triggered a storm of controversy that year with his dogged refusal to embrace reconciliation and apologise to Aboriginal Australians and members of the stolen generation, a refusal that many Australians believed was cynically motivated by conservative fears that an apology might be construed as an admission of liability and could trigger a rush of land rights and financial compensation claims by Aboriginal people.It was followed by the equally excellent Red Sails In The Sunset (1984) on which the band continued to expand their sound and explore their preoccupations with politics, consumerism, militarism, the nuclear threat and environmental issues.Midnight Oil was an Australian rock band known for their driving hard rock sound, superb live performances and their overt left-wing political activism