Here are eleven video clips from Parousia’s performance at Club 88 not long before the club closed it’s doors for good. From a Buffalo Musician’s perspective, Club 88 was “the McVan’s of Los Angeles,” and like McVan’s, by the time…
On Friday, February 13, 1981 Parousia was hired to serenade the students of Orchard Park High at their Junior Class Semi-formal… BIG MISTAKE. Wikipedia says that Orchard Park High School is a secondary school in Orchard Park, New York. The school has…
For whatever reason, Parousia was a hit with the Polish crowd. We tried to figure it out… was it our old friend Steve Panzcak who gave the Polish Community a ‘wink and a nod’ after playing his wedding back in 1976? …
One thing about Parousia, we would never discriminate against an underage crowd. Whoever was willing to purchase a ticket was OK by us and the Teenage Hot Spot was just such a place for that to happen. This brave venture…
In 1976, Parousia was still working hard to move forward from performing in and around the old neighborhoods onto more diverse crowds like those found at Colleges and Night Clubs, (once we all turned 18). But until then we played for anyone who would…
Parousia’s 1st gig at Kelly’s Inn – Saturday September 1, 1979. We had just finished playing our first gig at Frank’s Casanova on a Wednesday and were ready for a better crowd on Saturday at Kelly’s Inn. Ok, to tell…
Backstage Productions booked our debut gig at Knickerbockers on a Thursday night. Knickerbockers night club located at 2500 Walden Ave in Cheektowaga was in direct competition with Uncle Sam’s, a more popular venue located just down the street at 2525…
The Starting Gate Café was gaining a bit or notoriety in Buffalo as the cool club to play at. It hosted prestigious up and coming bands and we were glad to be considered one of them. It was a nice little…
💡 It was Labor Day weekend and a local Buffalo tavern called Kitty’s Dodge City Saloon was hosting a ‘battle of the bands’ beginning Sunday, September 2nd and ending on Monday September 3rd. For some reason, we were asked to…
