Nita Strauss recently made news when she shared a funny and gross story about a fan throwing his sweaty boxers on stage. Strauss commented on a Blabbermouth article about a female fan throwing her bra onstage at a recent Slipknot concert in Mexico. “Ok but who has video of the guy who threw his sweaty post show boxers at me on the last tour though,” she wrote. The comment received more than 1,000 likes, and she would later tell the entire sweaty story via her Instagram.
Cryptically on Monday, the 35-year-old guitarist announced she was leaving the Alice Cooper band, canceling upcoming solo festival appearances, and she also added: “I don’t know what the future will hold after this, but I am forever thankful.”
Strauss, who joined Alice Cooper’s band in 2014, said: “After this absolutely incredible run in Europe, it is bittersweet for me to let you guys know that I will not be joining the Alice Cooper band for the upcoming fall tour. I will also regretfully have to cancel the festival dates my solo band had planned for the rest of the year. “I AM NOT PREGNANT!!! There is no drama whatsoever and my touring year is still VERY full- in fact, I’m on a flight straight into the next adventure as I post this, and I’ll be on stage again much sooner than you think! But that’s news for another day. The past eight years together has been the experience of a lifetime, and I could not be more grateful to Alice and Sheryl Cooper, Shep Gordon, the amazing band, crew and fans for welcoming me to all of your nightmare. I don’t know what the future will hold after this, but I am forever thankful”.
Strauss replaced Australian guitarist and former Michael Jackson player Orianthi after she was recommended to Cooper by Kip Winger. Cooper told Detroit’s WRIF radio station two years ago: “She just won [the] ‘Guitarist Of The Decade’ [award] in Guitar magazine. Best chick in the world — she’s such a great chick. Gets on stage, and she’s a force of nature unto herself. An I’ve got Ryan Roxie and Tommy Henriksen in the band also — you’re talking about two great rock guitar players. And then I needed a chick that could really play.”
“Orianthi was a great blues rock player,” Cooper continued. “She could play with Eric Clapton — she was that good. And she went off to do an album on her own. And then I accidentally found Nita, and Nita was a shredder. And that’s what I was kind of looking for — was a shredder. But I didn’t know how good she was, but she was a total shredder up there and killed it. And immediately just fell right into it with the guys in the band; she was one of the guys. Great chick. And she just keeps getting better. That’s the thing about it — she just keeps getting better. No drama — it’s always just, can’t wait to get onstage.”
Whatever the reason for her exit, we wish Strauss all the best.
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