The Earons are a self-described "astro-funk" band from "Earon Earth. " They were inspired by the cosmic mythology of Sun Ra with a bit of Anthony Braxton's mathematica. Group members use the following stage names: .28 (a.k.a. Henry Pizzicarola, vocals), .22 (Percival Prince, guitar), .33 (Kevin Nance, keyboards), .69 (Melvin Lee, bass) and .18 (Lonnie Ferguson, drums). In 1984 they topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Land of Hunger.

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  • The Earons are a self-described "astro-funk" band from "Earon Earth. " They were inspired by the cosmic mythology of Sun Ra with a bit of Anthony Braxton's mathematica. Group members use the following stage names: .28 (a.k.a. Henry Pizzicarola, vocals), .22 (Percival Prince, guitar), .33 (Kevin Nance, keyboards), .69 (Melvin Lee, bass) and .18 (Lonnie Ferguson, drums). In 1984 they topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Land of Hunger. " To date, they have only released one album, "Hear on Earth", on LP and cassette (it has never been released on CD). Recently the band surfaced again on a new official website which proclaimed that the Earons were still "hear on Earth". Four new songs - "Future", "Numbers and Wires", "Juliana's Cloth", and "Written in America" - were posted, along with the video for "Land of Hunger".
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  • The Earons are a self-described "astro-funk" band from "Earon Earth. " They were inspired by the cosmic mythology of Sun Ra with a bit of Anthony Braxton's mathematica. Group members use the following stage names: .28 (a.k.a. Henry Pizzicarola, vocals), .22 (Percival Prince, guitar), .33 (Kevin Nance, keyboards), .69 (Melvin Lee, bass) and .18 (Lonnie Ferguson, drums). In 1984 they topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Land of Hunger.
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