Nita Strauss (born December 7, 1986 as Vinita Sandhya Strauss) is an Americ… Read Full Bio ↴Nita Strauss (born December 7, 1986 as Vinita Sandhya Strauss) is an American rock musician. She is the current touring guitarist for Alice Cooper and has a successful career as a solo artist. Strauss was the first female signature artist with Ibanez guitars and is regularly featured on the covers of worldwide print magazines including Guitar World and Guitar Player. She was ranked No. 1 on Guitar World's list of "10 Female Guitar Players You Should Know".
Strauss started touring with her own band Lia-Fail as a teenager, leaving high school in her junior year to pursue music full time; the band included future world champion boxer Mikaela Mayer. Although initially known for her work with Iron Maiden all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens, Strauss' career has included performing with several rock ensembles including Consume the Fire, Femme Fatale, and the video-game supergroup Critical Hit.
In 2014, Strauss was the official in-house guitarist for the Los Angeles Kiss (LA KISS), the arena football team owned by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of KISS. The house band played the national anthem and provided additional music during the games.
In June 2014, Strauss was hired to replace Orianthi as Alice Cooper's touring guitarist for the remaining 2014 tour dates. She has toured with Alice Cooper since that time.
In April 2018, Strauss launched a Kickstarter campaign for her debut solo record 'Controlled Chaos'.
In October 2021 she shared "'Dead Inside", her first new solo music since the release of her debut album.
Nita will release her sophomore solo album, ""'The Call Of The Void", on July 7, 2023.
Nita Strauss has recruited a vocalist named Kasey Karlsen to join her onstage during the guitarist's upcoming "Summer Storm" tour.
Live band
Josh Villalta - drums
Johnny Young - rhythm guitar
Christopher Dean - bass
Katt Scarlett - keyboards
Strauss started touring with her own band Lia-Fail as a teenager, leaving high school in her junior year to pursue music full time; the band included future world champion boxer Mikaela Mayer. Although initially known for her work with Iron Maiden all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens, Strauss' career has included performing with several rock ensembles including Consume the Fire, Femme Fatale, and the video-game supergroup Critical Hit.
In 2014, Strauss was the official in-house guitarist for the Los Angeles Kiss (LA KISS), the arena football team owned by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of KISS. The house band played the national anthem and provided additional music during the games.
In June 2014, Strauss was hired to replace Orianthi as Alice Cooper's touring guitarist for the remaining 2014 tour dates. She has toured with Alice Cooper since that time.
In April 2018, Strauss launched a Kickstarter campaign for her debut solo record 'Controlled Chaos'.
In October 2021 she shared "'Dead Inside", her first new solo music since the release of her debut album.
Nita will release her sophomore solo album, ""'The Call Of The Void", on July 7, 2023.
Nita Strauss has recruited a vocalist named Kasey Karlsen to join her onstage during the guitarist's upcoming "Summer Storm" tour.
Live band
Josh Villalta - drums
Johnny Young - rhythm guitar
Christopher Dean - bass
Katt Scarlett - keyboards
The day I got tricked into meeting my guitar hero Jason Becker
Nita Strauss Lyrics
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Dead Inside I see it crumbling right in front of me There's no stopping…
The Golden Trail Radiation from days of past Taste of sulphur from the acid…
The Wolf You Feed The dark, the night Only linger when you won't open your…
The Wolf You Feed ft. Alissa White-Gluz The dark, the night Only linger when you won't open your…
Victorious It's not hopeless Don't you know I feel your pain? It's not…
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Kevin Warren
I don't know if I could even hold the pick in my hand if I had Jason Becker sitting directly in front of me.
Make no mistake, Mozart's brain is in his head. He's one of the real musical geniuses of our time.
As for Nita, she shredded, like we all knew she would, and what an honor to meet him, and Amy.
What a great video!
NextLevelGamer
Jason Becker is like the Stephen Hawking of guitar playing.
Thaddeus Maximus King
Or Mozart
The Real Randomistic
In more ways than one
Timothy Hungate
Best analogy I ever read.
Chandra Mohan Jain
@NextLevelGamer, because Hawking is a FRAUD! A System's puppet... the same as Einstein
Red RaiderRider
Meaning he can't or what?
No Vacancies
I can imagine Jason getting extremely sad but happy at the same time watching someone playing his music in front of him.
Michael McCoy
@james7275able my wish is that a cure can be achieved within his lifetime.
james7275able
It's sad that he's forgot how to play his own songs. Just shows how long he's been living with this condition. Really wish we could've gotten a few more solo albums out of him before he fill ill.
Spiritual Guitar music
Absolutely