Not far south of the Polish Villa and east of the ‘Kids Escaping Drugs’ center, there once was a club that aspired to be as great as its name called, New York New York at 935 Harlem Rd. It was…
It was nearing the end-of-summer and the band Parousia found itself back at the Eagles Roost in the sleepy lake-side community of Olcott to play one last time before the club shuttered its doors for the season after the big…
On Saturday afternoon, June 6, 1981 at 2:00 pm Patt & Gerry sat in the studio of WGRQ radio to talk about the band’s upcoming shows. (The interview was then re-broadcast on June 13th and 14th.) That same night, Parousia…
Graffiti’s was known as a “party bar”, “meat-market” and “pick-up-joint”. The club was advertised as a “50’s, 60’s & 70’s music experience”. It was located on the popular Elmwood Strip and it featured live music, dancing and lots and lots…
The band was on a recent high-note having recently performed at the Port Colborne West Side Arena in Canada, Parousia’s first arena-sized gig and we nailed it! We came away from that show tasting for the first time what rock…
What better way could Parousia earn money on a hot summer night, if not rocking-out at a cool little club on the Olcott beach harbor? This time around, “certain members” of the band and entourage did the smart thing and…
A nice hot summer’s day and it was Marsha Falkowski’s idea to drive to Delaware Avenue and have band photos taken at the cemetery. The band had recently signed with Backstage Productions and been introduced to Rick and Marsha Falkowski,…
Parousia’s return to Daemen College came at the right time because technically speaking; tonight the band was scheduled to perform over 400 miles away at a club in Burlington Vermont called “The Texas”. What happened? Well, besides sleeping in crawl…
This show at Fast Annie’s on Sunday, March 21, 1982 was Parousia’s third-to-last show as a six-member rock-show extravaganza. In January 1982, the overwhelming frustration felt by certain members of the band finally came to a head. For some, more…
This was our twelfth and final show at the Chamber and the warm up group was “The Cry” a new local band with a Goth-Rock type of sound. Parousia took the stage at Midnight as usual. The strobe light flashing…
Now that Garth Huels, Robert Lowden and Kim Watts joined Parousia, new photos of the band were desperately needed and wanted because this new line up was one that all of us could get excited about… even the indifferent Mr.…
Parousia played New York New York three times in 1981; Friday May 22nd, was the first show, booked by our industrious booking agent, Dave Buffamonti of Back Stage Productions. Dave was doing the best he could to keep the band…
