It was Sunday, November 15, 1981, the week of Thanksgiving. We anticipated a decent crowd but from the moment Parousia rolled into town we noticed it seemed much quieter than usual and not many folks were out and about… Yes,…
We played six shows at Dad’s Café, and this was the first. Here’s how it all began… In March of 1981, Dino, the manager of Dad’s Café, watched Parousia perform at Fast Annie’s in Hamburg NY. When he heard us, he was impressed and…
The band was “back in the hood” at The Plant-6 in Kenmore, still riding high on our 97 Rock live radio broadcast at Uncle Sam’s back on September 3rd and encore Uncle Sam’s performance on September 10th. In between those…
We had a good show, the band was tight and the songs flowed together with little dead space. In spite of the band playing on a Monday night, we had a ‘compact’ appreciative crowd. …I thought it was a good show until after…
This was the band’s third show at the Holland Willows way way out there in snowy Holland NY. It was a Wednesday night, the evening before Thanksgiving, a true extended party extravaganza for those with the foresight to ask for…
The success of the band’s April 1986 Chamber show sent a message loud-and-clear throughout Buffalo and Kenmore… the Chamber was a hassle-free “safe space” art & music hangout for fans of all ages! Parousia’s second show on May 17, 1986 was even…
The Shady Grove was located in Boston NY, about 30 miles from Parousia headquarters at the Music Mall in Cheektowaga, NY. It was Saturday night and we were expecting a decent crowd because many students were already out of school…
Tonight was Parousia’s second long road trip since Lou’s Inn. We were all hoping for a ‘feel-good’ on-the-road experience to wash away the failure at Lou’s which still loomed over us like a dark cloud. As it turned out, the…
On May 20, 1991, the band returned for an encore performance of “Virtual Reality” at the F.M. Station. We were expecting some new faces in the audience because three-days earlier Music Connection magazine published a review of the show in their May-June…
