Nita Strauss Announces Solo Project

Happy Sunday! I'm moving slow today. I got a flu shot last night and it made me feel a little achy (that happens to me every year) so I wasn't in the mood to get up early. Then I took a walk because the weather is just too nice here - I'm trying to enjoy the warmth and sun while it lasts. Here's a little tidbit about guitarist Nita Strauss. You know her from Alice Cooper I'm sure. 

From my inbox:

September 28, 2018 - Los Angeles, CA - Nita Strauss, the incredibly talented guitarist who has rocked out on stage with Alice Cooper, Femme Fatale, Jermaine Jackson, The Iron Maidens and more, announced today that she will be releasing her debut solo album, Controlled Chaos. She has joined the Sumerian Records family and will be giving fans 11 tracks of epic musicality on November 16th. The electric and quite literally "fire" music video for "Our Most Desperate Hour" is the first look into what's to come from this new chapter of Nita's career.

 

On the upcoming album, Nita shares "From bright and fun to aggressive and dark, from peaceful to chaotic, this album is a way for me to give the listener a glimpse into my personality and what goes on inside my mind." Controlled Chaos is available for pre-order at http://www.nitastrauss.com/.

 

Nita has been fighting to make a name for herself in the guitar world for years. She is one of the most sought after clinicians in the industry and has done extensive clinic tours across multiple continents. Her consistent touring schedule has shown her to play in front of over a million audience members per year consistently for the past several years. 2018 has already proven to be a banner year for Nita with her being named as the first ever female Ibanez signature artist in the company's 60-year history. She played WWE Superstar Shinsuke Nakamura's entrance music at WrestleMania in New Orleans in front of an audience of 78,000 fans and millions streaming worldwide just before surpassing her Kickstarter campaign 8x over, allowing her to self-produce and record Controlled Chaos.

 

The 11-track album was a challenge to Nita and an opportunity for her to reconnect with what inspired her to pick up a guitar in the first place. "I started playing guitar because of instrumental guitar music. All my real heroes made instrumental albums. All my own career has been spent playing in bands, but I never forgot that dream of what inspired me to pick up the guitar in the first place." 

Controlled Chaos Track listing

1. Prepare for War

2. Alegria

3. Our Most Desperate Hour

4. Mariana Trench

5. Here With You

6. The Stillness At The End

7. The Quest

8. Hope Grown

9. Lion Among Wolves

10. Pandemonium 2.0

11. The Show Must Go On

Comments

[Gary]

Good for Nita. Girl can downright torch a fretboard. Uber talented guitar player. When Her and Courtney Cox were together in the Iron Maiden’s, it was a 2 guitar attack equivalent to any I’ve watched over the years.

[crued]

Plus she's easy on the eyes! o.o

[Gary]

@ crued That would be a correct assumption 😂😂😂👍👍

[steverox]

Of course, I have to agree with the comments. She is a kick ass guitarist in one of the greatest bands out there today. Yeah, I said it, the Alice Cooper band is phenomenal. Yes, she is gorgeous, but her guitar playing is what made me a fan (I think ....)

[Shawn]

Well shred my fretboard - dang she can play... nothing further to add :)

[Metalboy!]

A torcheress indeed! Long been a fan (haha!!), having seen her a multitude of times on Monsters of Rock Cruises as one half of the dual guitar attack with Courtney Cox in both Iron Maiden’s AND Femme Fatale.

Gotta day, though, having studied both of their sets of fingers dancing up and down their respective fretboards so point blank, I could see they both go to the same manicurist, I think Cox is just a little faster AND just a hair better than Strauss, IMHO!