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ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS: 'No One Has Ever Tried To F**k Me For Me To Get A Gig'

Comedian and metalhead Jim Florentine of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show" recently conducted an interview with Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the Alice Cooper band. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMO...

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Video: ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS Plays IRON MAIDEN's 'Aces High' At Bogota Clinic

Video footage of Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the Alice Cooper band, playing the IRON MAIDEN classic "Aces High" to start a guitar clinic sponsored in Bogota, Colombia on September 11 can be seen below. Speaking about what advice she would give to any young musicians, Nita...

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NITA STRAUSS Says ALICE COOPER 'Never Gets Tired' On Stage

Chile's On The Rock recently conducted an interview with Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the Alice Cooper band. You can now watch the chat below. Asked what it has been like touring with Cooper, Nita responded: "It's been really amazing. Playing with Alice is a dream come tru...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS: 'ORIANTHI Fans Hate Me'

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the Alice Cooper band, was asked during a recent appearance on Guitar Player magazine's "No Guitar Is Safe" podcast what it has been like spending time with Cooper for the past year and a half since she joined the group as the replacement for O...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS Reveals 'The Real Key To A Successful Career In The Music Business'

On September 9, Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the Alice Cooper band, was interviewed at her guitar clinic at Veerkamp in Mexico City, Mexico. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about what advice she would give to any young musicians, Nita said: "I think the real key...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS Talks Upcoming Solo Album, Meeting JOHNNY DEPP's Dogs (Audio)

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the Alice Cooper band, took time out of her touring schedule to join Shawn and Corbs of The GuitCast podcast to talk about touring, guitars, a solo album, joining Cooper's band and meeting Johnny Depp's dogs at the actor's home studio in Los An...

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New EVANESCENCE Guitarist JEN MAJURA Explains How She Landed Gig (Video)

EMP Rock Invasion recently conducted an interview with new EVANESCENCE guitarist Jen Majura (EQUIBLIBRIUM, KNORKATOR). You can now watch the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how she landed the EVANESCENCE gig: Jen: "I have no idea. [Laughs] No, seriously… My na...

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Video: ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS Is 'Tricked' Into Performing For Her Guitar Hero JASON BECKER

Former THE IRON MAIDENS and current ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss has revealed that she was recently "tricked" by her manager/boyfriend, Josh, into performing for her guitar hero, Jason Becker. Said Strauss: "A few months ago, my boyfriend and savvy business manager Josh told me that I had an...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Is No Longer Interested In Releasing His Autobiography

Former PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo says he is no longer interested in releasing his autobiography, explaining that writing a book would be like "going backwards constantly." Anselmo and BloodyDisgusting.com writer Corey Mitchell in 2013 secured a deal with Jeremie Ruby-Strauss, senior editor at...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS: MEGADETH's 'Trust' Sparked My Love Of Heavy Metal

On April 24, former THE IRON MAIDENS and current ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss was interviewed by Neil Shukla at Cosmopolitan Music Hall (inside Cosmo Music) in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follows (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS Shares Story From The Road (Video)

As part of Affliction's "Rock Star Stories" series, former THE IRON MAIDENS guitarist Nita Strauss, who last year joined Alice Cooper's touring band, was recently asked to share a tale from the road. Check out the clip below. In a recent interview with David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com,...

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Video: NITA STRAUSS Performs ALICE COOPER's 'Poison' At Montreal Clinic

Video footage of former THE IRON MAIDENS guitarist Nita Strauss, who last year joined Alice Cooper's touring band, performing the Cooper classic "Poison" earlier today (Tuesday, April 21) during a clinic at Katacombes in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. In a recent interview with David "G...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS Is 'Really Excited' About Her Upcoming Solo Album

In a recent interview with David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com, former THE IRON MAIDENS guitarist Nita Strauss, who last year joined Alice Cooper's touring band, spoke about her upcoming solo album. "I'm really excited about it," she said. "There's not a whole lot to tell. I mean, I'm writ...

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Raise the Dead: Live at Wacken

There's just no stopping Uncle Alice. While it's already been four years since his last studio recording, the highly entertaining sequel album "Welcome 2 My Nightmare", Alice Cooper is enjoying a revival in comic book form with a new series through Dynamite Comics. He also has another live package t...

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Video: ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS, Bassist CHUCK GARRIC Rock KORG Booth At NAMM

Video footage of ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss and bassist Chuck Garric performing the COOPER classic "Poison" at the Korg booth during last month's NAMM show in Anaheim, California can be seen below. Strauss is featured in "Hired Gun", a new documentary spotlighting session musicians. The fil...