The band’s sixth concert at the loft studio known as The Chamber. A place where original music and art collided. Sometimes the collision produced something useful, sometimes not but it was the experimentation that inspired us to do more and…
This was Parousia’s end-of-the-year gig on the most ultimate party night ever created in the history of partydom, New Years Eve. It fell on a Thursday night this year which marked the start of a long holiday weekend. The college…
The band was called to do this performance last minute on a Monday night. We already had a gig at Wong’s booked for Thursday, February 15th but the urgent call from the bar manager asking for us to appear was…
It was Sunday, November 15, 1981, the week of Thanksgiving. We anticipated a decent crowd but from the moment Parousia rolled into town we noticed it seemed much quieter than usual and not many folks were out and about… Yes,…
We played six shows at Dad’s Café, and this was the first. Here’s how it all began… 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, he was impressed and…
The band was “back in the hood” at The Plant-6 in Kenmore, still riding high on our 97 Rock live radio broadcast at Uncle Sam’s back on September 3rd and encore Uncle Sam’s performance on September 10th. In between those…
We had a good show, the band was tight and the songs flowed together with little dead space. In spite of the band playing on a Monday night, we had a ‘compact’ appreciative crowd. …I thought it was a good show until after…
This was the band’s third show at the Holland Willows way way out there in snowy Holland NY. It was a Wednesday night, the evening before Thanksgiving, a true extended party extravaganza for those with the foresight to ask for…
The success of the band’s April 1986 Chamber show sent a message loud-and-clear throughout Buffalo and Kenmore… the Chamber was a hassle-free “safe space” art & music hangout for fans of all ages! Parousia’s second show on May 17, 1986 was even…
This German-French gothic rock band called ARTS OF EREBUS has been active since 2001 and is not the Buffalo born rock band Parousia (org 1975). Although, to add to the confusion, A.O.E. has released a CD titled. “An Open Case…
The Shady Grove was located in Boston NY, about 30 miles from Parousia headquarters at the Music Mall in Cheektowaga, NY. It was Saturday night and we were expecting a decent crowd because many students were already out of school…
I bought a six piece North drum kit on May 8th 1981 for $944.80. I bought it at Edwin’s Music Store on 1515 Broadway, Buffalo, NY. That price included a kick drum, four hanging toms 6”, 8” 10”, and 12…
