Alice Cooper guitarist Nita Strauss sat down with Classic Rock and made a list of first performances, best albums, guilty pleasures and so on.
When asked about her go-to karaoke song, Strauss named it, along with her favourite karaoke partner:
“Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin’ On A Prayer.’ I have a secret weapon, because my best friend and keyboard player, Katt Scarlett, is also my karaoke partner. She is a phenomenal singer. And while I may not be a great vocalist, I harmonise well. I haven’t done karaoke since I’ve been sober.”
Nita’s answer to her favourite musician was:
“The first person that pops into my head is Bruce Dickinson. But I also had the pleasure recently to work with Alissa White-Gluz from Arch Enemy. For my money, she’s up there with the best of the best. She can do anything from high cleans to death-metal growls.”
Regarding her guilty pleasure, the guitarist revealed a fact about the metal bands:
“I’ve made no secret of my love of nineties boy bands. And actually, this is a common thread of the girls I know in metal bands: we all love Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. We had some Backstreet Boys on when I was at merch doing autographs the other day, and everyone in my band was singing every single word and our fans were laughing at us. It’s good to be silly sometimes.”
In a 2019 interview, when it was asked Nita what she would ask to Bruce Dickinson, she said:
“I would like to ask him this actually – Bruce is one of the most energetic performers I’ve ever seen, and people always ask me, ‘How do you get your energy on stage?’, so I would like to ask Bruce, ‘How do you get your energy on stage?’.”
You can listen to her song ‘The Wolf You Feed,’ featuring Alissa White-Gluz below.
