Original sentence: " Tim had previously asked Lars Frederiksen to be Rancid's second guitarist, but he turned down the request initially as he was playing with Charlie Harper’s UK Subs at the time.This led to him playing a live show with the band.Tim said he turned Billie Joe down because of the potential he saw the young guitarist and writer had with his own band.Tim stated at the time that "that Green Day thing wasn't worth him (Billie Joe) giving up.While Tim admired the voracity of Billie Joe, he denied his request to join Rancid, though he was a strong contender
Edited sentence: Tim had previously asked Lars Frederiksen to be Rancid's second guitarist, but he turned down the request initially as he was playing with Charlie Harper’s UK Subs at the time