Nita Strauss

Nita Strauss is a versatile and virtuosic American guitar player who has succeeded both as an in-demand touring guitarist and as a solo artist. She issued her debut album, Controlled Chaos, in 2018, followed by The Call of the Void in 2023. The latter effort spawned the chart-topping mainstream rock hit "Dead Inside." Born Vinita Sandhya Strauss -- her father's side of the family claims beloved Austrian composer Johann Strauss as an ancestor -- she first caught the metal scene's attention playing in the all-female Iron Maiden tribute band the Iron Maidens and the popular Wes...