Why exactly we agreed to play here I just don’t know. It was another paying gig I guess and we had to do what we needed to do to pay the rent at our rehearsal space on Rano, make repairs…
It was February 1989 in Los Angeles. Just three months ago Bill Simms quit the band and it was a hard blow. Bill and Parousia had roots that went back to April, 1978. That’s when Bill Simms replaced Robert Lowden…
The FM Station Live was one of the most popular rock venues in North Hollywood. Its only other competition at the time was the Palomino Club down the street at 6907 Lankershim, (a club more famous for its rock/country fusion…
Here are four video clips from when Parousia appeared on the Hollywood Showcase for bands television show. Eventually winning a spot as a finalist. In the 1980’s, this unique television program showcased local talent from around Southern California. Broadcast from Orange County on KSCI…
The Drinking Fountain was an out-of-the-way music venue located 85-miles East of Buffalo but we played there anyway because it was a good size club with a large stage. It was big enough for Parousia’s seven members to perform on…
Parousia’s fourth show at the Whisky on Sunday April 16th, 1989 was a sponsored event by KROQ, a local alternative-rock FM radio station. The D.J. known as Ken Fusion was a big fan of Parousia and he liked to play…
Listen to Parousia’s song “Miss Ogyny”, a track from the “Bloodstains Across Buffalo” vinyl L.P. The band is very grateful for Parousia’s inclusion and surprised to discover the L.P. was a punk music compilation… but given Parousia’s history and associations, not that surprised… This raised…
This band’s very first ‘city of Los Angeles gig’. Two weeks prior, the band broke in Southern California at a club named “Madame Wong’s West” located in the city of Santa Monica and not Los Angeles. So, this was it……
In October 1988, Parousia played at one of the most notable colleges in Southern California, UCLA, in Cooperage Hall (sometimes referred to as “the Coop”), at the Westwood Campus. It was pledge week for the California Public Interest Research Group…
Our third gig at the Whisky was on Saturday March 11, 1989. Our keyboardist, Bill Simms left Parousia at the end of November. One night, while at band rehearsal at Robert’s place on Tularosa Ave in Silverlake, he looked at…
Here are some pictures of Parousia’s dress rehearsal at Uncle Rehearsal Studios in N. Hollywood. The day before our debut of “Virtual Reality” at the Whisky a Go-Go on the Sunset Strip, January 27, 1991. “Virtual Reality” was a type…
The Pardi Bar was a small pub located out in Cheektowaga right around where Broadway does that weird split. This was the first week the Pardi Bar elected to have live music, so the crowd was pretty good. Live bands…
