Here are some pictures of Parousia’s dress rehearsal at Uncle Rehearsal Studios in N. Hollywood. The day before our debut of “Virtual Reality” at the Whisky a Go-Go on the Sunset Strip, January 27, 1991. “Virtual Reality” was a type…
The Pardi Bar was a small pub located out in Cheektowaga right around where Broadway does that weird split. This was the first week the Pardi Bar elected to have live music, so the crowd was pretty good. Live bands…
Parousia’s second show at the Whisky a go-go was on Sunday, November 20, 1988. We were moved up a notch to lap at the crumbs from the Friday & Saturday night crowd. Yes we ate them… we ate them and…
When Marty Leggett from Reno Nevada replaced Bill Simms on keyboards in December of 1988, one of the first things we did is get new photos taken. Faced with little money and a need to get it done right away,…
It was our fifth show at Madame Wong’s on a Saturday night, a prime spot and we were playing the big stage upstairs. It was part of a busy summer for the band and we had a lot of publicity…
On this night Parousia landed a sweet gig as the opening band for A & M recording artists GIANT. The band GIANT scored one major hit in the 1990’s, the power ballad “I’ll See You In My Dreams“along with a…
After our first show at Bogart’s back in June, the rock band Parousia was invited back to appear again in August for an Encore performance at the venerable rock venue located in the Marina Pacifica along the Pacific Coast Highway.…
Here are videos featuring select songs from the rock-opera ‘Virtual Reality’. The video clips are live performances recorded at clubs in West Hollywood and North Hollywood from 1990 to 1992. It was Sunday, January 27, 1991 and it was going…
Here is a recording of Parousia’s rock ballad “Mary’s Gone”, performed live at The Music Machine, an amazing little gem of a club located on 12220 Pico Blvd. West Los Angeles, CA. The Music Machine wasn’t part of the Sunset Strip…
