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…
Parousia wrapped up the month of September with a gig at one of our most favorite clubs, the Plant-6 on Delaware Ave. in Kenmore. Mostly because we knew what to expect… from load-in to sound-check we knew the Plant-6 like the…
It was Parousia’s second gig at the Holland Willows and unfortunately (due to circumstances some-what within our control), earned the distinguished title of “Nightmare Gig” in the annuals of band history. Here’s a retelling by Gerry Cannizzaro, witness, victim and…
Here are six (6) songs recorded by PAROUSIA at Loft Studios, February 1984. Our studio sessions at Loft were engineered by Jim Sommers, best known to local music fans as the keyboard player from Cock Robin, “the band that rocked the 70’s”. Assisting Jim…
The band learned a few things from the last show and decided to make a few tweaks to the over all presentation for this show and all future shows. Up until now, the band was performing in an empty loft,…
One week after the band’s live radio broadcast, Parousia returned to Uncle Sam’s on September 10, 1981 for an encore performance. This time the band split the bill with another local rock act, The Beez with Tom Geraci. (Aka: Parousia’s…
Parousia’s second gig at the Shady Grove, November 19, 1981 was on a Thursday night. November became another busy month for the band starting on November 5th at Dad’s Café in Buffalo. After that, the band played all over the…
This was the band’s ninth performance at Madame Wong’s West, a popular “new-wave” venue in Santa Monica CA. Throughout all of 1990, March was the busiest month for Parousia. Starting on Friday, March 2nd at Club 88 on Pico blvd.…
Here are four tracks recorded live at Uncle Sam’s, a very large night club with a big stage featuring national and local acts. I remember my sister Wendy telling me about seeing bands like the early Alice Cooper and MC5…
In an unexpected turn of events, Parousia was asked to play the Holland Willows by Mike Rozniak of Great Lakes management (aka: StarStruck Productions and J.R. Productions), the ‘big dog’ in town… Great Lakes worked with the top bands in…
Parousia’s September 14th show was our fifth go-around at Melanie’s Pub. The band was on a heavy gigging schedule. Even though this was technically “the end of summer” things weren’t slowing down. We had just played Friday, September 12 at…
