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The Professor

Dance
A.k.a. Chuck A. Epperson

US DJ, known for his mixing, wide selection of music, and the incorporation of "Stand-Up Comedy" & "Psychedelic Rock" in both his sets, and production. In 1992, "The Professor" started going to "Raves" & "Afterhour" events in St. Louis, MO. Then in 1993, He started buying electronic music on vinyl. In June of 1994, He began learning to program & beat mix. He was asked to play at his 1st house party on December 24th, 1994 by Lance Robertson, who went on to become, "DJ Lance Rock" of "Yo Gabba Gabba!. In February of 1995, He teamed up with his one of his closest friends & fellow DJ, Juan Mauri-Vera who went by the name, Jajo (6) (pronounced Ha-Ho) to become the new promoters of, "The Solution To Boring Wednesdays" at club "Fallout". They both played 2 one hour sets & featured a weekly guest DJ, of both local & nation talent. Also in 1995, He started producing as well, making dub's & remixes of songs he liked, as well as making original tracks. He had many of the tracks he made pressed to acetate, so that he could play them in his sets. He did this on his own private label, "Groovin' Music". He then began promoting on his own, throwing both club events & party's. He brought in some of the DJ's from the west coast, like "DJ Dan" (a close personal friend of his) & Jim Hopkins to further broaden the local scene. In The early part of 1997, his close friend Jajo died of an accidental overdose. He stopped promoting, playing & producing overnight and took a year & 1/2 off to come to terms with Jajo's death & deal with the loss. In August of 1998, he started playing & touring again. In December of 1999, he embarked on an extensive 3 month long tour of Europe, Russia, China, Japan, India, Africa & Canada. He returned to Europe again in 2000, to play at several clubs & parties, including a last minute booking to play at the "Love Parade" in Berlin, Germany. In the early part of 2001, his good friend Laura died of an accidental overdose. Again, he stopped everything, this time for just over two years. Sometime in 2003, he started playing again. This time however, he would only play a few select clubs & parties a year, preferring to stay "Underground".