Historical info on Parousia
Parousia Management throughout the band history: From 1975 -1978 Parousia didn’t have a professional manager or booking agent. Most of our gigs came by way of friends who were on a student council or by one of us calling a…
In August 1986, we finished our last performance at the Chamber. We made a decision to go to Hollywood and bring (unleash) our show to the Los Angeles Music Scene. Our decision was fueled by the urging of our mentor…
Members of Parousia Bob, Patt and Gerry head off to New York City to try and drum up some bigger music industry attention in the wake of the Filippone Sound Studio recordings (including songs: ‘Life Is The Real’, ‘Rock Bottom’,…
In May of 1984, the newly reformed, streamlined all original Parousia moved into a rented loft at the corner of Elmwood Ave and Kenmore Ave., soon to be known to the underground music scene as “The Chamber” our exclusive practice-place, art studio, video…
Here is a photo journal of Parousia’s trip to Dallas, Texas in September of 1984 to shoot and do some production work on the new video for our song “Keep Running.” Patt couldn’t make the trip with us, so we…
Parousia hears from MTV after submitting the infamous “Keep Running” video to MTV’s Basement Tapes Award Competition! Yes, we almost made it onto MTV, back in the day when MTV was cutting edge and actually showed music videos! If you…
Here are a couple of original tunes from 1979 when Gary Storm invited Parousia to play live on the air for the “Oil Of Dog” late night radio show, WBFO the University of Buffalo (U.B.) radio station. WBFO played mostly…
INCLUDES BONUS TRACK: “Crystal City” (1975) the first original song recorded by Parousia. The roots of Parousia go way back to the early 70’s, you know, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and your phone was connected to the wall with…
Were you one of the unfortunate people who saw and heard a Parousia performance at one of these venues (or one of many other venues that have escaped our collective memories)? Tell us about it! I think I just had…
