On July 2nd, 1979 Parousia played a free public concert to an outdoor festival crowd surrounded by food vendors, rides and attractions from Zable’s shows, sponsored by the 21st Ward Independence Day association (a non-profit, non-partisan civic group formed to…
Nobody could ever accuse Parousia of being boring! Here is a song and several live performance videos from the Time and Space show November 16, 1985. Parousia’s “Time & Space” show came shortly after our recording of the song ‘Place…
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. [huge_it_videogallery id=”3″] Our studio was located upstairs in a big warehouse that had several…
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. [huge_it_videogallery…
