Complex sentence: Pete then successfully auditioned for After The Fire and performed on their biggest stateside hit, "Der Kommissar," before he became the replacement of Jan Dix in the German rock band BAP in 1986.
Split into simpler sentences: Pete then successfully auditioned for After The Fire and performed on their biggest stateside hit, "Der Kommissar,". Pete King then became the replacement of Jan Dix in the German rock band BAP in 1986.