Original sentence: Several songs from Mellon Collie, such as "1979", "Tonight, Tonight", "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", and "Thru the Eyes of Ruby", served as reminders of the band's earlier material
Edited sentence: Several songs from Mellon Collie, such as "1979", "Tonight, Tonight", "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", and "Thru the Eyes of Ruby", were the only reminders of the band's earlier material