Original sentence: Bassist Kenji Ueda, short-lived replacement of the original Kenji & The Trips bassist Jun Gray and original Kenji & Trips drummer Shinichiro Sato teamed up with guitarist Yoshiaki Manabe of the hair metal band Persia
Edited sentence: Bassist Kenji Ueda, short-lived replacement of the original Kenji & The Trips bassist Jun Gray and original Kenji & Trips drummer Shinichiro Sato teamed up with guitarist Yoshiaki Manabe of the hair metal band Persia and the young, charismatic frontman Sawao Yamanaka to work on what would become one of the catchiest Asian pop rock bands to cross the Pacific