Original sentence: For this reason, unbeknownst to the public-at-large, Dennis DeYoung was fired from the group in early 1980 for a brief unpublicized moment and quickly rehired, but this conflict would arise again.However, tension mounted within the band as Shaw and other band members expressed dissatisfaction with DeYoung's desire to pull the band into a pop radio & theatrical direction, while other members preferred the rock direction of the songs written by Shaw and guitarist James "JY" Young.Shaw released 3 solo albums: Girls with Guns (1984), What If (1985), and Ambition (1987), scoring a Top 40 hit with the title track from the 1st album.Shortly after the tour ended, Shaw left Styx in 1983 to pursue his solo career.Though the `80's brought the downfall of Styx, it began with Styx riding a wave of commercial success with the #1 pop ballad "Babe" from the 9th Styx album, Cornerstone in 1979, written by keyboardist Dennis DeYoung
Edited sentence: Although Shaw never saw close to the success as a solo artist as he did with Styx, he had 1 Top 40 solo hit with the title track from the 1st album.For this reason, unbeknownst to the public-at-large, Dennis DeYoung was fired from the group in early 1980 for a brief unpublicized moment and quickly rehired...Shortly after the tour ended, Shaw left Styx in 1983 to pursue his solo career, releasing 3 solo albums: Girls with Guns (1984), What If (1985), and Ambition (1987).Tension  however mounted within the band as Shaw and other band members expressed dissatisfaction with DeYoung's desire to pull the band into a pop radio & theatrical direction, while other members preferred the rock direction of the songs written by Shaw and guitarist James "JY" Young.Though the `80's brought the downfall of Styx, one of its shining moments was the release of the #1 pop ballad "Babe" from the 9th Styx album, Cornerstone in 1979, written by keyboardist Dennis DeYoung