This is an audio track of “Miss Ogyny” by Parousia released on the 97 Rock Home Grown album, “Buffalo Rocks” and the story of how it came to be. On February 18th, at 9:00 am, Parousia was notified by Starstream…
Parousia’s first consistent (and not at someone’s house) rehearsal place was in various parts of All Saints Elementary School, located on Esser Ave. in Riverside, Buffalo New York. Every Sunday, Parousia rehearsed at the School through the winter and spring…
Here are six (6) video clips recorded in 1979 when Parousia rented an awesome rehearsal space in a giant brick industrial building on Rano Street in Black Rock. Our studio was located upstairs in a big warehouse that had several empty rooms where local bands…
In March of 1981, Dino, the manager of Dad’s Café, watched Parousia perform at Fast Annie’s in Hamburg NY. When he heard us play our set of alternative rock tunes, he just had to have us at his bar and on that…
Saturday August 8th, (a prime spot in the hierarchy of gigs) on a hot and humid summer night’ at McVan’s. Joe T Rose “guaranteed” (Ha!) to pay the band $100.00 to open for a group named, ‘Video’ (formerly known as…
This show came right after the Parousia name appeared in the annual “Bar Exam,” published on April 27th in the Canisius College newspaper, The Griffin. Spring was in the Buffalo air, a time for hitting the clubs and partying outdoors…
Parousia (Perousia) landed a back-to-back gig on a Saturday and Sunday night in January and found ourselves on the same bill with some great talent. It was a good weekend at McVans. College students were out of school, Out of…
First Gig at Fast Annie’s, Hamburg N.Y. – “Battle of the Bands” Spring Jam, March 15, 1981 This show was another shining star in the galaxy of Parousia… As you can see in the flyer, Parousia was scheduled to be…
On Saturday, July 25 1981, Parousia had the overwhelming experience of headlining a hockey arena in Port Colborne, Canada. It was our one chance at doing the thing that we always pictured ourselves doing, playing a large venue to a…
Here are some live recordings from one of Parousia’s most revered and longest running venue’s, Melanie’s. Parousia’s First Gig at Melanie’s July 20,1980 The July 1980 show at Melanie’s marked the beginning of Parousia’s new “Good vs. Evil” show set…
Here are four videos featuring Parousia at the legendary Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, California, June 4, 1989. Giving the Sunset-Strip audience a visually artistic musical performance from a newer, more mature West Coast version of the rock band Parousia. This…
Nothing says weird like Parousia performing at a Polish Cultural Center for St. Patrick’s Day. Especially against a panorama of the Matterhorn. This was the biggest stage we had played on to date… it was awesome. We had an on-stage…
