frontman Brandon Parish and drummer EJ Novak met in kindergarten long before dreams of playing in front of crowds.
Brandon "top left" Ej “ BOTTOM RIGHT”……..
Then, in 2020 The Parishables were born! Treading through the 2020 Pandemic They perfected their craft and were ready to hit the stage, once restrictions were lifted. Since then they have played all over the Tri-State area and beyond.
"The Music"
The Parishables sound is a fusion of Punk, rock, metal and Grunge which they like to call Fridge rock & Pantry Punk. in 2021 they recorded their first EP “Sorry for the noise” with former Lead Guitarist “Brian Plants”. in 2022 they recorded their first demo as a duo “keep refrigerated” followed by their first studio single Divided we fall which featuring Ryan dowden from shellshock multimedia on bass, following with makeshift disaster and droid also being released as singles towards the end of 2022 . In 2023 theY released their first studio album Death mental, which was recorded as a duo at October studios. then in 2024 they had a live set recorded by katzulhu Productions called Tales from the fridge “Live from 222 Ormbsy". Towards the end of 2024 they recorded their first and only Christmas single lets burn our Christmas trees with former bassist trevor murry at ej novak's studio, studio b. in 2025 they released their single “I wanna go to the show but i'm married” with former bassist trevor murray at studio b. the parishables plan on releasing a new album in 2026.
Members: Past & Present
Throughout the years the parishables have had some line up changes but have primarily been a duo throughout their musical endeavors.
Previous members include Brian Plants “Lead Guitar” (2020 to 2021)
Trevor Murray “Bass Guitar” (2024 to 2025)
Alex Adams “ Back up Drummer” (2023 to 2025)
The Current Line up to date is Brandon Parish “Guitar, Vocals & Frontman”
EJ Novak “Drums”
Ghost/ Fill in members include.
Bryan whipkey “drums”
Mark Shitsburgh “Guitar"
Venues we played
Jergels, Crafthouse stage & grille, Wells township Haunted House, 222 Ormbsy, Local 724, Mohawk Place, Westside bowl, the dock, the southside vfw, casey's, Voodoo brewing “erie”, the forge urban winery, mezzos underground, Smokeys tavern, brandy's basement, club cafe, poetry lounge, roboto, afterlife night club, moondogs, green beacon gallery, Philly on the rocks, the tee box, Black Forge Coffee, Sub alpine society, squirrel hill sports bar, steamworks creative & more!
Festivals we've played
Millvale Music Festival, Punkzilla Fest, The williams Syndrome Band Bash, The Chill fire music & arts festival, the 5th annual midsummer metal fest, Pleasant Fest & Sonar Fest
