Parousia Rehearsal at Tularosa Dr., Silver Lake, CA

In February of 1988 the rock band Parousia began rehearsing at Bob’s house on Tularosa Dr. in Silver Lake, just a few miles East of Hollywood.

Tularosa Dr. Silver Lake, CA

732.5 Tularosa, Los Angeles, CA

The house was small and cozy and we practiced our songs in the living room with soundproofing stapled up to the walls.  We had a lot of rehearsing to do.  This was our first chance to play and ‘turn it up to 11’ since we moved to Los Angeles about a year ago.

Lowden & Connolly Feb 1988 - Tularosa Dr,  Rehearsal

Robert Lowden and Patt Connolly face to face.

Bill Simms Feb 1988 - Tularosa Dr,  Rehearsal

Bill Simms on Roland Juno 60 and Casio keyboards.

Gerry North Cannizzaro - Feb 1988 - Tularosa Ave, Silver Lake, CA

Gerry North Cannizzaro with North Drum Kit and Simmons electronic drums

What U lookin' at Feb 1988 - Tuloarosa Dr,  Rehearsal

What U lookin’ At?

But we weren’t dormant.  From the time we landed in Hollywood, we started marketing our cassettes and video to rock promoters, managers, agents and club owners under the name the Original Music Organization.  The previous month we landed a review in Buffalo’s Night Life magazine for our newly released cassette EP “Turnaround”, produced by Colin Hilborne at Mark Studios in Clarence, NY.

Colin Hilbourne. Parousia Manager from 1985-1988 Bob's Big Boy, Culver City, CA.

Colin Hilborne, rock music producer and road technician with legendary Bob’s big boy.

January 1988 – Night Life review of Parousia’s Turnaround EP

January 1988 – Night Life review of Parousia’s Turnaround EP

At this point the band consisted of Patt Connolly on vocals and flute, Bill Simms on keyboards and bass, Gerry North Cannizzaro on drums and for now, Robert was our lead guitarist as we still were not sure what was going to happen with Garth.  We had to forge on and roll with the change.  It wasn’t easy without Garth.  We not only were missing a critical piece of our artistic chemistry but also a good friend and core member of the group.

Robert Lowden Feb 1988 - Tularosa Dr,  Rehearsal

Robert Stuart Lowden Guitars and vocals

Patt Connolly Feb 1988 - Tularosa Dr,  Rehearsal

Patt Connolly Flute and vocals

Gerry C - Feb 1988 - Tularosa Ave, Silver Lake, CA

Gerry North Cannizzaro Acoustic and Electronic drums

Look through the lens of the microphone and see the music…

Look through the lens of the microphone and see the music…

2 comments for “Parousia Rehearsal at Tularosa Dr., Silver Lake, CA

  1. Patt
    October 6, 2015 at 5:53 pm

    The interesting thing about the house is where we got the “soundproofing”. Robert had the great idea to soundproof the house with carpet reminants we procured from the Carpetland dumpster after hours. Robert hopped the fence and passed the carpet and carpet pad over to us and we loaded up the car. I don’t know if it was stealing technically, but it sure felt like it and it we were happy to make our getaway. We stapled the reminants to the rental unit’s walls. So much for that cleaning deposit. For those following in our footsteps, it took care of the high end ok but you could still feel the booming bass from outside.
    I think this was my best hair period since I was out of work after the Champagne Accident of 1987 where I cut the tendon to my thumb opening a champagne bottle on Thanksgiving. Luckily that thumb is the only digit that isn’t involved in playing the flute, since the instrument just rests on the right thumb. I didn’t work for a long time after that since I received a legal settlement that set us up for quite a while.

    • Patt
      October 10, 2015 at 9:33 am

      Correction. The Champagne accident was in 1988, since it took one year to get the $100,000, and my van that I bought brand new was a 1990.

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