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Doodoobubbachuck
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There was no departure. Nita and Nikki have both been playing shows with us for a couple years now, as well as Heather and Liz.
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Ok, now I see why she's been so quiet. You know this deal wasn't done over lunch.
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/al...-orianthi-taps-the-iron-maidens-nita-strauss/
Following the April premiere of "Super Duper Alice Cooper" at the Tribeca Film Festival, and the subsequent release of the documentary on DVD, Blu-ray, deluxe editions, and digital formats this month via Eagle Rock Entertainment, rock's greatest showman Alice Cooper heads out on a lengthy North American tour. The summer trek starts with three shows in Michigan June 26-28 before Cooper joins MÖTLEY CRÜE's final "All Bad Things Must Come To An End" tour as a very special guest on July 2, running through late November. The tour marks the debut of Alice's new guitarist Nita Strauss (pictured), who was recently ranked #1 on Guitar World's list of "10 Female Guitar Players You Should Know." She takes the place of Orianthi, who has toured with Alice for the past few years.
Nita, who has made her name in bands, including THE IRON MAIDENS and FEMME FATALE, joins Alice's band's three-guitar attack, which also features guitarists Ryan Roxie and Tommy Henriksen, plus longtime bassist Chuck Garric and drummer Glen Sobel.
Alice Cooper has completed work on a covers album featuring songs that were originally written and recorded by THE DOORS, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and THE WHO, members of the so-called "Hollywood vampires" of the early and mid-'70s. The disc, which is expected out in early 2015, will also include "four or five new songs," which the legendary rocker wrote specifically for the new CD. He told VH1 Radio Network's Dave Basner: "We decided that in order to set up the 'Hollywood Vampires' thing, you had to kind of tell the story, and you had to write songs that were going to set up the story, and then get into the covers. So we had fun sitting there writing these new songs around it. So it's going to be quite a package, this thing is."
Regarding how the idea for the covers album came about, Cooper told Yahoo! Music: "Producer Bob Ezrin said to me, 'You know, you're a rock 'n' roll singer. It would be great to hear you doing someone else's material once in a while. And then we thought, 'Well, we can't just do a covers album where we bounce around from song to song.' So Bob came up with the idea, 'Lets concentrate it on all the guys that you drank with in L.A., the Hollywood Vampires, the ones that are all dead.' Its really an ode to all my dead, drunk friends: Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, some of the SMALL FACES, Harry Nilsson, T. REX. These were all of my drinking buddies. I like the title 'All My Dead Drunk Friends'. It's just offensive enough to work, but all those guys would have totally got it. They had the same sense of humor. If you told them you were going to do an album after they were gone called 'All My Dead Drunk Friends,' they would have died laughing."
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/al...-orianthi-taps-the-iron-maidens-nita-strauss/
Following the April premiere of "Super Duper Alice Cooper" at the Tribeca Film Festival, and the subsequent release of the documentary on DVD, Blu-ray, deluxe editions, and digital formats this month via Eagle Rock Entertainment, rock's greatest showman Alice Cooper heads out on a lengthy North American tour. The summer trek starts with three shows in Michigan June 26-28 before Cooper joins MÖTLEY CRÜE's final "All Bad Things Must Come To An End" tour as a very special guest on July 2, running through late November. The tour marks the debut of Alice's new guitarist Nita Strauss (pictured), who was recently ranked #1 on Guitar World's list of "10 Female Guitar Players You Should Know." She takes the place of Orianthi, who has toured with Alice for the past few years.
Nita, who has made her name in bands, including THE IRON MAIDENS and FEMME FATALE, joins Alice's band's three-guitar attack, which also features guitarists Ryan Roxie and Tommy Henriksen, plus longtime bassist Chuck Garric and drummer Glen Sobel.
Alice Cooper has completed work on a covers album featuring songs that were originally written and recorded by THE DOORS, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and THE WHO, members of the so-called "Hollywood vampires" of the early and mid-'70s. The disc, which is expected out in early 2015, will also include "four or five new songs," which the legendary rocker wrote specifically for the new CD. He told VH1 Radio Network's Dave Basner: "We decided that in order to set up the 'Hollywood Vampires' thing, you had to kind of tell the story, and you had to write songs that were going to set up the story, and then get into the covers. So we had fun sitting there writing these new songs around it. So it's going to be quite a package, this thing is."
Regarding how the idea for the covers album came about, Cooper told Yahoo! Music: "Producer Bob Ezrin said to me, 'You know, you're a rock 'n' roll singer. It would be great to hear you doing someone else's material once in a while. And then we thought, 'Well, we can't just do a covers album where we bounce around from song to song.' So Bob came up with the idea, 'Lets concentrate it on all the guys that you drank with in L.A., the Hollywood Vampires, the ones that are all dead.' Its really an ode to all my dead, drunk friends: Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, some of the SMALL FACES, Harry Nilsson, T. REX. These were all of my drinking buddies. I like the title 'All My Dead Drunk Friends'. It's just offensive enough to work, but all those guys would have totally got it. They had the same sense of humor. If you told them you were going to do an album after they were gone called 'All My Dead Drunk Friends,' they would have died laughing."
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Big story on Nita's debut with Alice.
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gu...forms-with-alice-cooper-for-first-time-video/
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gu...forms-with-alice-cooper-for-first-time-video/
Doodoobubbachuck
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Nita is tearing it up with Alice Cooper and we are all SOOOO happy and proud of her for getting this opportunity! She really deserves it! We wish her all the best on the road!! Not that she needs any luck, I think she is doing just fine in that department!! LOL! 
It took me a while to figure it out, but I finally realized that while the Maidens have always had the rock solid bass and drums locked in with the great Wanda Ortiz and Linda McBurrain, the guitar positions are in flex. And that's okay - they're all really good, and it's like they never burn bridges.
The other night, when the moon was full, I was reminiscing about the show they did in Utah last summer. That was an unusual treat, because Nikki was doing the Dave Murray riffing, and then it was Nili Brosh shredding Adrian Smith. That was a great show at Kamikazes in Ogden. Maybe the set list wasn't as varied with obscurities as it would have been with Nita and Courtney, but they were on fire nonetheless, and personally, I think it's damn hot that they rotate.
The other night, when the moon was full, I was reminiscing about the show they did in Utah last summer. That was an unusual treat, because Nikki was doing the Dave Murray riffing, and then it was Nili Brosh shredding Adrian Smith. That was a great show at Kamikazes in Ogden. Maybe the set list wasn't as varied with obscurities as it would have been with Nita and Courtney, but they were on fire nonetheless, and personally, I think it's damn hot that they rotate.
Metallicat180
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It took me a while to figure it out, but I finally realized that while the Maidens have always had the rock solid bass and drums locked in with the great Wanda Ortiz and Linda McBurrain, the guitar positions are in flex. And that's okay - they're all really good, and it's like they never burn bridges.
The other night, when the moon was full, I was reminiscing about the show they did in Utah last summer. That was an unusual treat, because Nikki was doing the Dave Murray riffing, and then it was Nili Brosh shredding Adrian Smith. That was a great show at Kamikazes in Ogden. Maybe the set list wasn't as varied with obscurities as it would have been with Nita and Courtney, but they were on fire nonetheless, and personally, I think it's damn hot that they rotate.
Must be confusing for someone like Nili, who's learnt both Dave and Adrian's parts as you have to be on the ball remembering which one you need to play!
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Must be confusing for someone like Nili, who's learnt both Dave and Adrian's parts as you have to be on the ball remembering which one you need to play!
I recently saw pictures of her gigging with Tony MacAlpine at The Baked Potato, LA's famous jazz club. If she can hang with MacAlpine, she can do Dave's and Adrian's parts.
Metallicat180
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I was never questioning her ability to play each parts, I'm just saying that you'll have to be on your toes to remember which part you're meant to be playing at any given time.
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Interview with Nita. And the usual mindless drivel from BM readers.
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ne...strauss-interviewed-on-the-louvau-show-audio/
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ne...strauss-interviewed-on-the-louvau-show-audio/
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