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Nita Strauss weighs in on the ‘shred stigma’ debate: "Yngwie Malmsteen’s three notes are no more or less valid than BB King’s"

By Matt Owen

"They’re just three notes played differently, at different speeds, on different guitars, in different styles,” says the Alice Cooper guitarist

Nita Strauss shreds the US national anthem at WWE's NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver

By Sam Roche

The Alice Cooper guitarist also expresses an interest in wrestling for WWE: “I would have fun doing the Hurricanrana from the top rope for sure”

World's greatest guitar heroes assemble for mammoth virtual Jason Becker fundraiser

By Matt Owen

The two-month-long fundraising marathon will see Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Marty Friedman, Nita Strauss and many, many more appear on Herman Li's Twitch channel to raise money for Becker

Alice Cooper's guitarist Nita Strauss performs on stage at Resorts World Arena on October 11, 2019 in Birmingham, England

Nita Strauss is working on a second solo album, this time with vocals

By Richard Bienstock

Those vocals just won’t be her own, however – “I want it to sound good,” she jokes

Nita Strauss details how she became the in-house guitarist for the Los Angeles Rams football team

By Sam Roche

“I grew up in competitive sports right here in LA, so to get to play for an NFL team in my hometown is an absolute dream come true”

Nita Strauss shares touching tribute to Alexi Laiho on social media

By Matt Owen

Strauss pays her respects to the metal guitar legend and one of her biggest inspirations

Nita Strauss: “If Stairway to Heaven came out today, people would be complaining and whining”

By Richard Bienstock

The Alice Cooper guitarist offers advice for dealing with online haters

Nita Strauss partners with Levy's for new signature guitar strap

By Sam Roche

The perfect stocking filler for the shredder in the family?

Nita Strauss has introduced the Hurricane Kit

Keep your guitars in “fighting form” with D’Addario’s new Nita Strauss Hurricane Kit maintenance care package

By Richard Bienstock

D’Addario is also giving away a kit, along with an Ibanez JIVA Jr. Nita Strauss Signature guitar and more, to one lucky prize winner

[L-R] Nita Strauss, John 5 and John Petrucci

John Petrucci, Nita Strauss and John 5 are your Electric Guitarist of the Year 2020 judges

By Sam Roche

These certified shredders will be judging your entries

Satriani, Vai, Nuno, Yngwie and many more wish Guitar World a happy 40th anniversary in epic video message

By Richard Bienstock

#GuitarWorld40: Satch will be holding one note for 40 hours in our honor

Dozens of guitar players and musicians took part in the Six String Salute virtual concert on September 17

Watch Steve Vai, Nita Strauss, Alex Skolnick and dozens more perform in the Six String Salute virtual concert

By Richard Bienstock

The two-hour event benefitted Crew Nation, a global relief fund for live music crews

The 100 greatest guitarists of all time

By Total Guitar editors

Featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, the best jazz, rock, indie, blues, metal and acoustic players - and the best guitarists around today...

Nita Strauss: "No matter your skill level, you can always improve on your own style and personality as a guitar player"

By James Wood

The Alice Cooper shredder and 21st-century guitar hero discusses her new online guitar course, Rock Guitar Fundamentals

Nita Strauss unveils Rock Guitar Fundamentals online instructional program

By Richard Bienstock

The three-module course “explains everything clearly from a rock guitar player’s perspective,” she says

Joe Satriani names Nita Strauss as the next shredder to "explode on the scene"

By Richard Bienstock

“She's got the sound and her technique's amazing,” Satch says

The Iron Maidens: "Iron Maiden's music has no limits or boundaries, and I think it’s going to last forever"

By David Von Bader

What’s the toughest Iron Maiden song to play? Just ask present (and former) Iron Maidens shredders Courtney Cox, Nikki Stringfield and Nita Strauss

NAMM 2020: Nita Strauss's Ibanez JIVA10 signature now has a younger sibling

By Amit Sharma

The JIVAJR comes in at a lower price point, and features Ibanez Quantum pickups

Shred for Australia: Angel Vivaldi to host epic star-studded fundraiser for bushfire appeal

By Jonathan Horsley

The epic seven-hour charity shredathon will be livestreamed on Friday 10th January and feature Nita Strauss, Tosin Abasi, Gus G and more

The technique secrets of the decade's best guitarists

By Jimmy Brown, Sam Roche

A rundown of the explosive playing styles of Mark Tremonti, Tosin Abasi, Gary Clark Jr. and Nita Strauss