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“As a kid, I had a hard time making friends. The guitar was a universal way to communicate where I didn’t have to worry about being cool”: For Nita Strauss, the guitar has been a lifelong ally in battling anxiety and addictions
By Alison Richter published
Playing guitar – and playing it live – can be hugely therapeutic. That’s certainly the case for Nita Strauss, who shares how her love for the instrument has helped her fight her demons

“Marty Friedman taught me to pick phrases that help tell the story. Resist the temptation to use your songs to show off your fastest licks”: Nita Strauss on how she stepped up her game for The Call of the Void
By Amit Sharma published
Nita Strauss can shred with the best of them, but her new solo album features ‘radio songs’ with guest-star vocalists – plus a showdown with mentor Marty Friedman

Guitar tour of the year? Mammoth WVH and Nita Strauss to hit the road together this fall
By Jackson Maxwell published
Wolfgang Van Halen's band will join forces with Strauss for a North American tour in November and December

A heartfelt Taylor Hawkins tribute and literally electrifying tap-heavy solo: this week's essential guitar tracks
By Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Matt Parker published
Fresh, guitar-driven goodness from Nita Strauss, KK's Priest, Dirty Honey, The Dust Coda, Lauran Hibberd, Metric and a whole lot more...

Nita Strauss electrocutes internet trolls using shred guitar lightning during this Eruption-inspired solo for Digital Bullets
By Matt Parker published
“It's a big f**k you to all the haters,” Strauss says of her latest single

Nita Strauss’ new song has “an Eruption moment” that she wrote as “a big middle finger” to the Demi Lovato haters
By Matt Parker published
The virtuoso guitarist says the song and its solo were both born in response to a question about what made her angry

Watch Nita Strauss rip Pantera's Cowboys From Hell as she kicks off her Summer Storm tour
By Jackson Maxwell published
It's not the first time the Ibanez-wielding virtuoso has tackled a tune by the Texas groove-metal legends, either...

Nita Strauss and Yvette Young once traded signature guitars – but found each others’ designs damn-near unplayable
By Matt Parker published
The swap may not have worked out for them but Strauss says it made her feel good about the health of the guitar industry

This week's essential guitar tracks: Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton's final collaboration is revealed, and psychedelic titans channel their inner thrash demons
By Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Matt Parker published
Hear fresh, vital new guitar work from Nita Strauss, Joe Bonamassa, Red Devil Vortex, R.L. Boyce, Bully, Creeping Death, and many more

Nita Strauss announces The Call of the Void – a star-studded new solo album featuring Lzzy Hale, Marty Friedman and Alice Cooper
By Matt Owen published
Listen to new single The Golden Trail, which sees Strauss team up with In Flames vocalist Anders Fridén for a full-throttle riff clinic
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