Original sentence: The Clash were an English punk rock band who were active from 1976 to 1986, part of the original wave of UK punk rock in the late 1970s.The Clash's attitude and style, as much as their music, influenced many other bands from the 1980s.The Clash's skilled musicianship and the passionate, left-wing political idealism of frontmen Joe Strummer and Mick Jones contrasted sharply with the nihilism of the Sex Pistols, the anarchism of Crass, and the three-chord bubble-gum pop punk simplicity of the Ramones.The band went on to incorporate punk with reggae, rockabilly, dance, jazz, ska, and other styles
Edited sentence: The Clash stood apart from their punk peers with their skilled musicianship and the passionate, left-wing political idealism in the lyrics of frontmen Joe Strummer and Mick Jones.The Clash were an English punk rock band who were active from 1976 to 1986.The Clash were legendary for their intense stage performances.The Clash's attitude and style, as much as their music, strongly influenced many other bands from the 1980s.They were one of the most successful and iconic bands from the original wave of punk rock in the late 1970s, and went on to incorporate punk with reggae, rockabilly, dance, jazz, ska, and eventually many other music styles into their repertoire.This contrasted sharply with the nihilism of the Sex Pistols, the anarchism of Crass, and the three-chord simplicity of the Ramones