The day finally came, our first run performance of the new show set, Virtual Reality. The purpose of this show was primarily to run through the music and acting to see how it all fit together on a stage in…
Our first gig at the Sunset Club in Sierra Madre, CA was on an odd night of the week, a Wednesday, but whenever you start performing at a new club that’s the way it worked. You started on the off…
We salvaged one audio track from this show, “Tug Of War” recorded live at the FM Station in North Hollywood, Sunday, July 23, 1989. Tug Of War, a new instrumental song, written after keyboardist Marty Leggett joined the band. We put…
After our show opening for The Knack last Saturday, we were invited back to play Wong’s on a Thursday night in the downstairs room. We took the gig. We were anxious to play as soon as possible and take advantage…
Our second show at Club 88… we felt very much at home here. Smell of cat pee and all. The club had a nice big stage where you could spread out and Patt, Bob, Bill and I always enjoyed gathering…
Parousia’s fifth show at the Whisky on Sunday July 9th, 1989 was another KROQ summer party promotion with host, D.J. Ken Fusion. It was a special night. On the dance floor in front of the Whisky stage, the dancers Untamed…
Our agent Dave Buffamonti booked us into an “all age” gig at a roller rink in Hamburg, NY to help Parousia reach out to a new crop of fans. It sounded like a good idea… But ‘all age’ also meant…
This was supposed to be our second gig in California and our very first on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be… Perhaps it was fate telling us “Hey Parousia, hold your horses, you’re not…
1977 was not a particularly good year for Parousia. We faced a lot of challenges and had few successes. In January, the band saw its first press in a local newspaper; an article published in the Buffalo Rocket. It was…
