Lee Marie Rivera - Lead Singer SCAB and Duet w/Joey Ramone on Youth Gone Mad's "Meatball Sandwich"
"People see me as a street punk. Thatʼs what people would consider me, but I consider myself Lee Marie. Thatʼs who I am. Thatʼs my name. I still panhandle, bumming around. My band SCAB is the main thing in my life right now—itʼs the only source of a career that I have going for me and I hope that it works out ʻcause I really enjoy doing it. I usually make enough to eat and then I eat. Sometimes, if I want to make more I can make as much as $10. Weʼre not making any money yet as a band. We play a lot of benefits. We played at Rikerʼs Island and we didnʼt get paid for that. One show we played at Tin Pan Alley and we got $300. But eventually as time goes on weʼll get paid for our gigs. Iʼm close with the band. We tell each other our problems. I guess I fit in. I have more of a home. I was always an outsider everywhere I went and I always will be. I finally fit in with a bunch of people who donʼt fit in and we all fit in together." Lee Marie RIP from Punks and Skinheads of the East Village, 1984-1987.
Youth Gone Mad (Paul Kostabi) “Meatball Sandwich” w/ Joey Ramone and Lee Marie
SCAB "History" LP The First All-Female Hardcore Band - Lee Marie Rivera - Lead Vocals; Gaylene Goudreau (DA!) - Lead Guitar; Maggie Fusaro - Bass; Manon Brière - Drums. All tracks produced and recorded circa 1984 by Grammy winner Phil Burnett.