It was Parousia’s second gig at the Holland Willows and unfortunately (due to circumstances some-what within our control), earned the distinguished title of “Nightmare Gig” in the annuals of band history. Here’s a retelling by Gerry Cannizzaro, witness, victim and…
The band learned a few things from the last show and decided to make a few tweaks to the over all presentation for this show and all future shows. Up until now, the band was performing in an empty loft,…
One week after the band’s live radio broadcast, Parousia returned to Uncle Sam’s on September 10, 1981 for an encore performance. This time the band split the bill with another local rock act, The Beez with Tom Geraci. (Aka: Parousia’s…
Parousia’s second gig at the Shady Grove, November 19, 1981 was on a Thursday night. November became another busy month for the band starting on November 5th at Dad’s Café in Buffalo. After that, the band played all over the…
This was the band’s ninth performance at Madame Wong’s West, a popular “new-wave” venue in Santa Monica CA. Throughout all of 1990, March was the busiest month for Parousia. Starting on Friday, March 2nd at Club 88 on Pico blvd.…
Here are several cover songs performed by Parousia, recorded live at the Plant 6 in Kenmore, NY. In the month of September 1981, the band was on a high-note. Following the departure of our singer Kim Watts at the end of May,…
In an unexpected turn of events, Parousia was asked to play the Holland Willows by Mike Rozniak of Great Lakes management (aka: StarStruck Productions and J.R. Productions), the ‘big dog’ in town… Great Lakes worked with the top bands in…
After the release of “Turnaround” the band was playing in Los Angeles about two-three times a month. We alternated our gigs between the small & mid-sized clubs (Madame Wong’s, Club 88, etc) and the ‘big daddy’ clubs on the Sunset…
Thanksgiving Day 1988, tonight would have been our sixth show at Madame Wong’s West and our last show with keyboardist, Bill (Frank) Simms. What happened? One night at a recent rehearsal, Bill blew up and proclaimed “I am not your…
