The Parousia Sisters hail from Flagstaff, AZ. Their website has an awesome presence on the internet and our band PAROUSIA would have been proud to tour with these girls (in an Old Testament kinda’ way, heh, heh, heh) …no, wait,…
The rock band Parousia from Minnesota is not us, although they do have seven members just like our band, the original Parousia from Buffalo, NY. [youtube]”http://www.youtube.com/v/M9e5hik5Rzk[/youtube] This Parousia based out of Minnesota is a Death Metal band in the ‘Contemporary Christian Genre’. They have two albums out and…
This was supposed to be our second gig in California and our very first on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be… Perhaps it was fate telling us “Hey Parousia, hold your horses, you’re not…
It was February 1989 in Los Angeles. Just three months ago Bill Simms quit the band and it was a hard blow. Bill and Parousia had roots that went back to April, 1978. That’s when Bill Simms replaced Robert Lowden…
The FM Station Live was one of the most popular rock venues in North Hollywood. Its only other competition at the time was the Palomino Club down the street at 6907 Lankershim, (a club more famous for its rock/country fusion…
Parousia’s fourth show at the Whisky on Sunday April 16th, 1989 was a sponsored event by KROQ, a local alternative-rock FM radio station. The D.J. known as Ken Fusion was a big fan of Parousia and he liked to play…
The Drinking Fountain was an out-of-the-way music venue located 85-miles East of Buffalo but we played there anyway because it was a good size club with a large stage. It was big enough for Parousia’s seven members to perform on…
This band’s very first ‘city of Los Angeles gig’. Two weeks prior, the band broke in Southern California at a club named “Madame Wong’s West” located in the city of Santa Monica and not Los Angeles. So, this was it……
Our third gig at the Whisky was on Saturday March 11, 1989. Our keyboardist, Bill Simms left Parousia at the end of November. One night, while at band rehearsal at Robert’s place on Tularosa Ave in Silverlake, he looked at…
