In the 1980’s times were different, the disenfranchised came out of the closet as society became more tolerant to alternative ways of thinking. In a sign of the times, giving into their most carnal desires, Parousia surreptitiously organized and staged…
The Wooden Nickel was one of the cooler stages to perform on, but it wasn’t an easy gig to produce. Putting on a show there meant a very long drive to play at a decent club with a diverse audience…
Following Parousia’s Thanksgiving Eve performance at the Holland Willows on Nov. 26, the band returned for an encore on Friday December 5, 1980. The week after Thanksgiving was a whirl-wind for the band. It all started on Wednesday, December 3rd…
The band’s sixth concert at the loft studio known as The Chamber. A place where original music and art collided. Sometimes the collision produced something useful, sometimes not but it was the experimentation that inspired us to do more and…
This German-French gothic rock band called ARTS OF EREBUS has been active since 2001 and is not the Buffalo born rock band Parousia (org 1975). Although, to add to the confusion, A.O.E. has released a CD titled. “An Open Case…
Parousia wrapped up the month of September with a gig at one of our most favorite clubs, the Plant-6 on Delaware Ave. in Kenmore. Mostly because we knew what to expect… from load-in to sound-check we knew the Plant-6 like the…
Here’s an audio track that is a favorite of Parousia fans. A cover of Alice Cooper’s “Second Coming/Ballad of Dwight Fry” recorded live at Melanie’s Pub. October was a very busy month for Parousia and it all started on Friday, the 3rd…
Parousia’s September 14th show was our fifth go-around at Melanie’s Pub. The band was on a heavy gigging schedule. Even though this was technically “the end of summer” things weren’t slowing down. We had just played Friday, September 12 at…
At the Chamber, we focused on creating alternative music and developing our overall presentation. We took the time to develop multi-media concepts and then turn them into events, such as “Art & Science”, “Time & Space”, “Church & State” and “Love,…
