Parousia’s performance schedule was filling up fast for the summer of 1980. We were way too busy writing, performing, rehearsing, promoting and booking our own shows. We needed help with all the other stuff that didn’t have to do with…
The show attendance was much much better this night, and at the end of the show we were all pretty much exhausted after ‘giving it all away’ to the audience. We had a lot to do before we all…
Our first gig at Frank’s… A prestigious Wednesday night? I know “you gotta’ start somewhere” but jeez! Who comes out on a Wednesday night to see a band play?? …The unemployable, alcoholics, desperate loners, vampires? Our friends who actually…
Our seventh show at Madame Wong’s West and we finally worked our way up to headliner in the coveted upstairs room, albeit it was a Thursday night. Thursdays were busy in the L.A. rock club scene, thanks to all those…
Here’s a video of the the full show when Parousia performed Virtual Reality at The FM Station on March 3, 1991. Enjoy. This was Parousia’s third performance of “VIRTUAL REALITY” and our first show away from West Hollywood and the…
This was Parousia’s fourth show at Club 88. Finally we hit a prime spot. Midnight on a Friday! The line-up was Patt Connolly (vocals/flute), Robert Lowden (vocals, guitars), Bill Simms (keyboards) and Gerry North Cannizzaro (acoustic and electronic drums). We…
Parousia’s busy spring performance schedule began in May when our song “Place Your Bets” hit the airwaves on KROQ, and then landing a spot as opening act for The Knack at Madame Wong’s West in Santa Monica and then performing…
The band manager at Wong’s “fancied” us. I can’t recall her name, but she was friendly and liked our band’s music (oddly enough). Anyway, that’s how we landed a Friday night show on a long summer weekend before the fourth…
Here is the full show of Virtual Reality at the Troubadour on February 7th, 1991. This was our second performance of Virtual Reality at the Troubadour. Marianne Smith booked and organized the return gig and we were happy to be…
