Nita Strauss

Nita Strauss is considered one of the best guitarists in the world. She became known, among other things, as a member of “The Iron Maidens”. She has been playing in Alice Cooper's band again since the beginning of 2023.

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Vinita Sandhya „Nita“ Strauss (* 7. Dezember 1986 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) ist eine US-amerikanische Gitarristin. Bekannt wurde sie mit The Iron Maidens, einer weiblichen Coverband von Iron Maiden. Im Juni 2014 wurde sie Mitglied der Band des amerikanischen Hardrock-Musikers Alice Cooper als Nachfolgerin von Orianthi an der Gitarre.

On tour with Alice Cooper

Her interest in actively playing the guitar was originally sparked by the 1986 feature film Crossroads - Pact with the Devil in her early teens. Guitarist Steve Vai, who plays a supporting role in the film, was a particularly inspiring influence on her. In June 2014, it was announced that Strauss replaced Orianthi as Alice Cooper's touring guitarist for the 2014 tour dates. She continued in this role in 2018. Nita is now open about the fact that her early entry into rock touring with much older musicians and rock greats such as Mötley Crüe and Alice Cooper made her an alcoholic. In the fall of 2015, she ended this addiction with the help of her partner and manager Josh Villalta. She described her friend Jill Janus (Huntress) as her role model for going public with this and possibly being able to help others with her experiences.

Nita Strauss is the lead guitarist on seven songs in Docker's Guild titled The Heisenberg Diaries - Book A: Sounds of Future Past, released on January 21, 2016. Strauss met Docker through their mutual friend Jeff Gilooly.

Collaboration with Alissa White-Gluz

In 2018, Nita Strauss began appearing on WWE shows. On April 8, she appeared at WrestleMania 34 and played guitar in a live performance of Shinsuke Nakamura's entrance theme. On October 28, Strauss performed with Lzzy Hale at WWE Evolution. In March 2018, Strauss launched a Kickstarter project to fund her own album. Her statement on this was that she was not willing to sign to a record label as it would affect her band's ability and so she could make her own decisions.

In October 2022, Nita Strauss released the song The Wolf You Feed in collaboration with Arch Enemy singer Alissa White-Gluz, including an accompanying music video.

Return to the band of Alice Cooper

In March 2023, Alice Cooper announced that Nita Strauss would return to his band as guitarist.

On July 7, 2023, Strauss released her second solo album entitled Call of the Void, which featured various artists and guest vocalists, including Disturbed and David Draiman, Alissa White-Gluz, Lizzy Hale, Dorothy, Chris Motionless, Alice Cooper, Anders Fridén, Lilith Czar, and Marty Friedman.