Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: This was when he was noticed by the record producer Pete Waterman , who persuaded him to come to London to work at the PWL recording studio , with RCA Records publishing his records .
Simplified: In 1985 , Astley was a drummer with a soul band named FBI when Pete Waterman noticed him and persuaded him to come to London to work at the PWL recording studio .