This was Parousia’s first show in 1977 and signified our return to performing in school halls. It had been an entire year since our awkward performance at Holy Angels in May of 1976 and in no way did we want to repeat those…
Friday April 20, 1979 – Calasanctius School -167 Windsor Avenue. Buffalo, NY This was our first time performing for Calasanctius. We had just finished playing at “The Masthead” on Grant Street last Monday where we rocked it with “The George,”…
Parousia headlines Curran’s “Summer in the City” Outdoor Music & Art Festival – Saturday, September 15, 1979. This was an interesting gig of note. It was another one of those times where we performed at two separate venues within one…
Parousia played at the Hilton Hotel in Buffalo, NY on January 16, 1982 in an event for Amherst Central High School. This gig did not go so well. For one thing, it was one of the coldest Januaries on record. On…
Here is the video of Parousia’s full performance of the Virtual Reality show at the Troubadour on May 24th, 1991. This was Parousia’s third show performing ‘Virtual Reality’ at the world famous Troubadour. I loved each and every time we…
Parousia recording sessions at Mark Studios, Clarence, NY. November 22 – November 30, 1985. (“Turnaround”, “Tiffany”, “the Graduation”). Produced by Colin Hilborne, (Ex-roadie for the Faces and Elton John). Parousia reformed in 1984 and ever since our inception we all…
Parousia recorded at Select Sound on two separate occasions and both times were done in a rush… not to say that’s bad. Opportunities knock at the strangest times and hey, sometimes you just gotta roll with it… Select Sound February…
The Terminated “Terminal Rock Concert One” at the Buffalo Central Terminal, 495 Paderewski Dr Buffalo, NY 14212 – November 27, 1981 Here was a gig we were really looking forward to. This was going to be the beginning of a series of all-age…
This was Parousia’s first paid gig ever. We were to earn an unprecedented $200.00! We were very excited because the Holy Angels Academy Sophomore/Freshman date dance was our golden opportunity to break out into a larger market where bands got…
The Fireside Inn was a large rock club located out in Olean NY. It seems like that town couldn’t get enough of us! The Fireside Inn booked not only us “local” rock bands, but national acts too, like Dark Horse…
This club had a nice long stage in the back of the club. Because it was a two-day gig, we had the rare pleasure of setting up our gear and leaving it for the second night’s show. We got a…
Here are four songs digitized from our first and only cassette E.P. ‘TURNAROUND’ recorded 1985. 10/22/1985 – Select Sound- “Place your Bets” 11/22/1985 – Mark Studios – “Turnaround”, “Tiffany” and “the Graduation”. Music Produced By Colin Hilborne, (the Faces and…
