Original sentence: 1998's Adore album represented a significant change of style (incorporating electronica and trimming much of the guitar-driven sonic underpinnings), and received mixed reactions from fans and critics alike.Bass player D'Arcy Wretzky departed during the recording of Machina/The Machines of God, and former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur was recruited for the "Sacred and Profane" tour in support of Machina.It also garnered seven 1996 Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year.On December 2, 2000 Smashing Pumpkins played their final concert at The Metro, the same Chicago club where their career had effectively started twelve years earlier.Smashing Pumpkins won many awards during their careers (including two Grammy awards: Hard Rock Performance 1996 for "Bullet with Butterfly Wings," and Hard Rock Performance 1997 for "The End Is the Beginning Is the End"), headlined several major tours, appeared on a few movie soundtracks and released an impressive number of songs in a fairly short time.Smashing Pumpkins' final commercial recording was a single, Untitled.The band's final album, Machina II/Friends and Enemies of Modern Music, was distributed on the internet by fans for its release in September 2000
Edited sentence: 1998's Adore album was an audacious and laudible change of style (incorporating electronica and trimming much of the excess of guitar-driven rock music), yet received mixed reactions from fans and critics alike.After thirteen years together, on December 2, 2000 they played their final concert in the same Metro club where their career effectively started twelve years previously.Bass player D'Arcy Wretzky departed during the recording of Machina/The Machines of God, and former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur was recruited for the Sacred and Profane tour in support of Machina.It also garnered seven 1996 Grammy nomination, including Album of the Year.The Smashing Pumpkins won many awards during their careers (including two Grammy awards: Hard Rock Performance 1996 for "Bullet with Butterfly Wings," and Hard Rock Performance 1997 for "The End Is the Beginning Is the End"), went on several major tours, appeared on a few movie soundtracks and released an incredible number of songs in a fairly short time.The Smashing Pumpkins' final album, Machina II/Friends and Enemies of Modern Music, was distributed on the internet by fans for its release in September 2000.The Smashing Pumpkins' final commercial recording was a single, Untitled