For those out of the loop, MEANSTREAK was an all-female Thrash Metal band out of Rockland, NY, that formed in 1985. Their 1988 debut album Roadkill is considered by many to be one of the best in its genre. Due to the album’s success, the band scored opening slots for such Metal heavyweights as OVERKILL, MANOWAR, ANTHRAX, and MOTORHEAD. Despite their initial accomplishments, MEANSTREAK disbanded in the early ’90s.
Ironically, or maybe not ironically, in the years that followed, core members of MEANSTREAK, guitarist Rena (Sands) Petrucci, guitarist Marlene (Apuzzo) Portnoy, and bassist Martens (Pace) Myung each went on to marry members of the Progressive Metal act DREAM THEATER.
MEANSTREAK reunited in 2022, befittingly nicknaming themselves “The Real Housewives of Heavy Metal”…
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