Meanstreak-Rubberneck

Bio by She Rox, All Female Bands. Westchester, New York based Meanstreak begin in 1985 by guitarists Marlene Apuzzo (Portnoy) and Rena Sands (Petrucci) as a commercial friendly hard rock band, this idea was short lived though, as the band wanted to play a more aggressive heavy metal. As most bands starting out changes were needed to refine the line-up, powerhouse vocalist Bettina France replaced the band’s original vocalist and drummer Diane Keyser was brought in as the band’s permanent drummer. Securing a bass player however proved more difficult as several would come and go, most notably being Charisse Texeira, who years later resurfaced in the all-female thrash metal band Hari Kari. According to the band, bassist Lisa Martens Pace (Martens Myung) was a better fit and the Meanstreak line-up was secured. The early to mid-1980’s saw females emerging into the boys only heavy metal club, however predominately female vocalists, a band of women playing alongside with the likes of say, Anthrax was practically unhe