Nita Strauss

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Nita Strauss
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Strauss with Alice Cooper at Wacken Open Air 2017
Background information
Birth nameVinita Sandhya Strauss
Also known asMega Murray, Hurricane Nita, The Hurricane
Born (1986-12-07) December 7, 1986 (age 37)
Los Angeles, California, U.S. [1]
Genres Heavy metal, hard rock, tribute music, instrumental metal, deathcore
Occupation(s)Guitarist
Years active2003–present
Labels Sumerian, Powerslave
Member of Alice Cooper, We Start Wars, The Starbreakers
Formerly of As Blood Runs Black, The Iron Maidens, Femme Fatale, Consume the Fire
Spouse(s)
Josh Villalta
​
(m. 2024)​
Website nitastrauss.com

Vinita Sandhya Strauss (born December 7, 1986) is an American rock musician. She is currently a touring guitarist for Demi Lovato and Alice Cooper and has a successful career as a solo artist. [2] [3] Strauss is regularly featured on the covers of worldwide print magazines including Guitar World and Guitar Player , was the first female signature artist with Ibanez guitars, and became the first female rock solo artist in 32 years to hit number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. [4] [5]

Contents

Career

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. [6] Although initially known for her work with Iron Maiden all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens, Strauss' career has included performing with several rock and metal ensembles including As Blood Runs Black, Consume the Fire, Femme Fatale, and the video-game supergroup Critical Hit. [7] [8]

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. [9]

In June 2014, Strauss was hired to replace Orianthi as Alice Cooper's touring guitarist for the remaining 2014 tour dates. [10] [11] She toured with Alice Cooper until July 2022, when she announced her departure from the touring band. [12] A few days later, Strauss announced that she had joined Demi Lovato's backing band as a touring guitarist. On March 3, 2023, Alice Cooper announced that Strauss would return for the 2023 tour. [13]

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Strauss performing with Alice Cooper in 2022

Strauss is featured as the main guitarist for seven songs on Docker's Guild album called The Heisenberg Diaries – Book A: Sounds of Future Past, released on January 21, 2016. [14]

Strauss appeared in the 2017 Netflix documentary Hired Gun. [15] [16]

Solo artist

In April 2018, Strauss launched a Kickstarter campaign for her debut solo record Controlled Chaos. The campaign was successfully funded in two hours and eventually raised eight times its initial goal. Strauss produced the record herself, including the majority of the engineering work, and played all of the guitars and bass on the record. [17]

After the record was completed, Strauss signed with Sumerian Records to release and distribute the album worldwide. The first single, "Our Most Desperate Hour", was released in September 2018 along with pre-orders for the record on both CD and vinyl, with the vinyl completely selling out before release. Controlled Chaos debuted on the Billboard charts at No. 1 Top New Artist, No. 3 Label Independent, No. 4 Top Hard Music, No. 8 Top Rock, No. 8 Top Internet, No. 20 Top albums, and No. 7 on the iTunes Rock chart. [18] The album's second single, "Mariana Trench", was chosen by WWE as the official theme for NXT TakeOver: WarGames (2018).

Special appearances

Strauss performed the Star Spangled Banner at the 2017 Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio. [19] She also performed the Star Spangled Banner for the 2022 WISE Power 400 at Auto Club Speedway. [20]

Strauss was introduced to World Wrestling Entertainment by her boyfriend Josh Villalta. She initially started watching because it was important to him, but quickly became a fan herself. [21] [22] Strauss started performing live at WWE pay-per-view events in 2018. [23] In April 2018, Strauss played Shinsuke Nakamura's entrance music at WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans in front of an audience of 78,000 fans and millions more who watched the worldwide streaming event. [24] On October 28, Strauss performed with Lzzy Hale at WWE Evolution. [25] Her original song "Mariana Trench" was chosen by Triple H as the official theme for NXT TakeOver: WarGames. [26] [27]

Recognition

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Strauss in West Palm Beach, Florida in 2023

In January 2018, Strauss became the first ever female Ibanez signature artist with her own model guitar, the Ibanez JIVA10. [28] DiMarzio later released their Pandemonium humbuckers, signature pickups that were developed especially for her JIVA Ibanez guitar. [29] [30]

On January 26, 2019, Strauss was honored at the 7th Annual She Rocks Awards with the "Inspire Award", presented to her by Nick Bowcott and her personal hero, Steve Vai. [31]

On January 9, 2022, Strauss became the first female rock solo artist in 32 years to hit number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart with her song "Dead Inside". [32]

Teacher and mentor

Strauss teaches guitar playing, and has gone on teaching tours offering master classes in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, South America, and Asia. She has written articles and recorded companion videos for Guitar World and Premier Guitar magazines. [33] [34]

Strauss and fellow musicians Rabea Massaad and Plini were selected as celebrity judges to choose the "2019 Young Guitarist of the Year" at the UK Guitar Show. [35] [36]

Personal life

Strauss claims to be a descendant of Austrian composer Johann Strauss through her father, [37] which is not true according to Johann Strauss's known family tree. [38] In 2023, Strauss became engaged to Drummer Josh Villalta. [39] On May 4, 2024, the couple married in Los Angeles. [40]

Los Angeles Rams

Strauss is an avid fan of the Los Angeles Rams, she frequently appears at Rams games at SoFi Stadium, performing interludes or playing riffs out to the stadium to start crowd chants. [41] Strauss was honored to play "America the Beautiful" at the Rams' Salute to Service game in November 2018. Following the Rams' victory in Super Bowl LVI, Strauss was awarded with a Super Bowl ring as an honorary part of the organization. [42]

Health and fitness

Strauss is a fitness enthusiast, practicing strength training, Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and posts blogs about fitness issues on social media. She has been featured in Muscle & Fitness and Bodybuilding.com. [43] [44] In 2019, Strauss launched the Nita Strauss: Body Shred fitness challenge, with a companion e-book titled Body Shred: Your Guide to Feeling and Looking like a Rock Star. [45]

Discography

Strauss has recorded with Alice Cooper, Jamie Christopherson, Critical Hit, Docker's Guild, FB1964, Metal Allegiance, Kane Roberts and We Start Wars. She has been featured on albums by Maxxxwell Carlisle, Tina Guo and Angel Vivaldi, as well as the all-female compilation album She Rocks . She has played on dozens of albums, trailers and soundtracks, including Heroes of the Storm and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance . Strauss released her first instrumental solo album, Controlled Chaos, on November 16, 2018. [46]

YearArtistAlbumTracksCredits
2009Kill Slowly—
  • Louder Than Words
  • Let Go
  • Empty Promises
Guitar
2013Consume the Fire—
  • Empowered
  • Dead Man Walking
  • Everlasting Sky
  • Death of an Icon
  • There's Only Today
Guitar
Maxxxwell Carlisle Full Metal Thunder
  • The Power of Metal Compels Me (feat. Nita Strauss)
Guitar
Jamie Christopherson Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
  • The Stains Of Time (Maniac Agenda Mix)
Guitar
Critical HitVolume OneGuitar
2015Glenn Stafford and Jason Hayes Heroes of the Storm SoundtrackGuitar
Maxxxwell Carlisle Visions of Speed and Thunder
  • The Power of Metal Compels Me (feat. Nita Strauss)
Guitar
Tina Guo Cello Metal Lead guitar
Docker's Guild The Heisenberg Diaries, Book A: Sounds Of Future PastGuitar
2017We Start Wars—
  • The Animal Inside
Guitar
She Rocks Volume 1: A Collection Of Kick-Ass Guitar Goddesses
  • Pandemonium
Guitar
Alice Cooper Paranormal Guitar, backing vocals
FB1964Störtebeker
  • Hexenkessel
Guitar solo
Angel Vivaldi Synapse
  • Serotonin (feat. Nita Strauss)
Guitar
2018Alice CooperThe Sound of AGuitar, backing vocals
A Paranormal Evening With Alice Cooper at the Olympia Paris
Metal Allegiance Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty
  • King with a Paper Crown
Guitar
Nita StraussControlled Chaos
  • Prepare For War
  • Alegria
  • Our Most Desperate Hour
  • Mariana Trench
  • Here With You
  • The Stillness at the End
  • The Quest
  • Hope Grows
  • Lion Among Wolves
  • Pandemonium 2.0
  • The Show Must Go On (Queen)
Guitar, bass
2019 Kane Roberts The New Normal
  • King of the World
Guitar
2022Docker's GuildThe Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of EntropyS.O.S. Spazio 1999 (bonus track)Guitar
2023Nita StraussThe Call of the Void
  1. Summer Storm
  2. The Wolf You Feed (feat. Alissa White-Gluz)
  3. Digital Bullets (feat. Chris Motionless)
  4. Through the Noise (feat. Lzzy Hale)
  5. Consume the Fire
  6. Dead Inside (feat. David Draiman)
  7. Victorious (feat. Dorothy)
  8. Scorched
  9. Momentum
  10. The Golden Trail (feat. Anders Friden)
  11. Winner Takes All (feat. Alice Cooper)
  12. Monster (feat. Lilith Czar)
  13. Kintsugi
  14. Surfacing (feat. Marty Friedman)
Guitar, Bass
2023 Demi Lovato Revamped La La Land (Rock Version)Guitar

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Main.
[47]
"Dead Inside"
(featuring David Draiman)		20211The Call of the Void
"Victorious"(featuring Dorothy)202316

Live band

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Paradise City Val WolfTV spinoff of American Satan

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