In 2020 Rock Dog Records conducted an audit on Brainstorm music sales over the past five years and noticed a increase, triggering their icy hearts to take pause to consider releasing a new album which highlights the best tracks from…
One fall night in Hollywood, after a long day in the studio, members of the band PAROUSIA kept the microphones “hot”, dimmed the lights and created an impromptu recording of an awesome Halloween soundtrack named, DARK HALLOWEEN! ‘Dark Halloween’ is…
The year was 1995, Patt Connolly and Gerry Cannizzaro had just finished releasing the second BRAINSTORM album, “Variations On A Dream” and Gerry was looking for another project to produce that was timely and edgy. One of the artists being…
BRAINSTORM is an instrumental music group comprised of Patt Connolly (keyboardist/ flutist) and Gerry North Cannizzaro (drums/percussion); the founding members of alternative rock group, Parousia (1975-1992). BRAINSTORM recorded four contemporary instrumental albums from 1992 through 2002. Song writing for the…
Ever since I’ve known the guy, creating new and interesting art has always described the activities of Robert Lowden. When he first joined up with the band Parousia in 1978, he showed a ravenous curiosity in learning, inventing, with a…
In the summer of 1975, the rock band Parousia was formed with Barry Cannizzaro on guitar (1975-1982), Gerry Cannizzaro on drums (1975-1992) and Patt Connolly on vocals/flute (1975-1992). The three band-mates rehearsed on Baxter St. in Riverside before picking up other musicians.…
Parousia’s last performance as a cover band was at Fast Annie’s April 10, 1982. The sad truth is, the band was too big (and too expensive) to continue. Producing and performing the show-set was a massive effort and we were…
Here’s a few audio tracks from our first ever performance in a rock club as Green Slime (aka- Genocide; aka- in-between Parousia) July 19, 1978 Believe it or not this is Parousia disguised as the punk band “Green Slime”! Here’s how it…
