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ROB HALFORD, JOE BONAMASSA, EXTREME, NITA STRAUSS Perform At ALICE COOPER's 18th Annual 'Christmas Pudding' (Video)

Renowned as one of Phoenix's signature holiday events, Alice Cooper's 18th annual "Christmas Pudding" fundraiser brought together Michael Bruce, Neal Smith and Dennis Dunaway from the original ALICE COOPER band, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford, legendary guitarist Joe Bonamassa, Cooper's HOLLYWOOD V...

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NITA STRAUSS Releases Music Video For 'Alegria'

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, has released the official music video for the song "Alegria". The track is taken from her first solo album, "Controlled Chaos", which was released in November 2018 via Sumerian Records. Nita recently confirmed that her s...

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ALTER BRIDGE's MARK TREMONTI Named One Of 'The Guitarists Of The Decade'

ALTER BRIDGE's Mark Tremonti has been named one of "The Guitarists Of The Decade" by the readers of Guitar World magazine. Also included in the list were Tosin Abasi, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., Eric Gales, Synyster Gates, Guthrie Govan, Kiko Loureiro, Misha Mansoor, John Mayer, John Petrucci, Ja...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Releases Official Lyric Video For New Song 'Ride With The Devil'

The official lyric video for the new MÖTLEY CRÜE song "Ride With The Devil" can be seen below. The track appears on "The Dirt Soundtrack" that accompanies the recently released Netflix film "The Dirt", based on The New York Times best-selling 2001 autobiography by CRÜE and Neil Strauss. Released on...

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NITA STRAUSS's Second Solo Album 'Is Very Much On The Way'

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, says that her second solo album "is very much on the way." Strauss's upcoming disc, which is tentatively due in late 2020, will be the follow-up to her first solo album, "Controlled Chaos", released last year via Sumerian...

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NITA STRAUSS: 'JAMES HETFIELD Is Rock And Roll As F**k For Getting His Demons Under Control'

Nita Strauss says that James Hetfield is "rock and roll as fuck" for trying to get his "demons under control." The Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band made the comment less than a week after METALLICA's tour of Australia and New Zealand was called off so that Hetfield could e...

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NITA STRAUSS Is Working On Her Second Solo Album

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, has revealed to Heavy1 TV that she has already begun working on the follow-up to her first solo album, "Controlled Chaos", which came out last year. "I wrote the majority of 'Controlled Chaos' while I was on the previous...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's MICK MARS On His Upcoming Solo Album: 'I'm Trying To Reinvent The Way That I Approach Music Writing'

MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars spoke to Billboard about his upcoming solo album, which he hopes to release in early 2020. The effort is being recorded in Nashville, where Mars has lived for about six years, with producer Michael Wagener at Blackbird Studio. Speaking about the musical direction of h...

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HALESTORM's LZZY HALE Joins ALICE COOPER On Stage In Allentown (Video)

HALESTORM's Lzzy Hale joined Alice Cooper on stage last night (Wednesday, July 17) at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania at the opening show of the two bands' joint U.S. tour to perform the Cooper classic "School's Out". Fan-filmed video footage of her appearance can be seen below. After the conc...

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NITA STRAUSS Says EVANESCENCE's AMY LEE Was ‘A Real Trailblazer For Women In Music'

A day after joining EVANESCENCE onstage for a rendition of "Disappear" at this year's Epicenter festival in North Carolina, ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss praised frontwoman Amy Lee for her contributions to rock music. "It was a dream," Strauss told Metal Nexus (video below). "Amy Lee and EVAN...

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ALICE COOPER On Touring With HALESTORM and MOTIONLESS IN WHITE: 'I Want That Audience'

Legendary shock-rocker Alice Cooper recently spoke with Cameron Buchholtz of the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma radio station Rock 100.5 The KATT. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his upcoming tour with HALESTORM and MOTIONLESS IN W...

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Guitarist NITA STRAUSS Recalls 'Surreal' Initial Meeting With ALICE COOPER

During a recent interview with Sara of the Philadelphia radio station 93.3 WMMR, ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss discussed her initial meeting with the legendary shock-rocker. "The first time I met Alice was in the most surreal situation that you could possibly imagine," Nita said. "When I met A...

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NITA STRAUSS On 'Beauty' Of Instrumental Music: 'The Songs Can Mean Whatever You Need Them To Mean'

ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss recently spoke with Sara of the Philadelphia radio station 93.3 WMMR. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the origins of her "Hurricane" nickname: Nita: "It actually came from the first write-...

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Watch NITA STRAUSS And DAVID ELLEFSON Perform IRON MAIDEN Classic In Nashville

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson joined Nita Strauss on stage last night (Thursday, June 13) at Basement East in Nashville, Tennessee to perform an instrumental cover version of the IRON MAIDEN classic "Aces High". Check out video footage of his appearance below. In a recent interview with Meltdown o...

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TOMMY LEE Fires Back At COURTNEY LOVE After She Calls 'The Dirt' 'Dumbest NETFLIX Film Ever'

Tommy Lee has fired back at Courtney Love after the HOLE singer called the MÖTLEY CRÜE biopic "The Dirt" the "dumbest Netflix film ever." In a new question-and-answer session with Interview magazine, Love was asked to name her favorite thing to do with her girlfriends. She responded: "I recently had...