In early July, Nita Strauss introduced that she was leaving Alice Cooper’s band to pursue a brand new journey, which we discovered quickly after was becoming a member of Demi Lovato’s touring band. The guitarist opened up concerning the transition throughout a brand new interview with Loudwire Nights host Toni Gonzalez, and shared how Cooper reacted when she gave him the information.
Lovato simply launched her model new, pop-punk album Holy Fvck final week (Aug. 19), and has actually been embracing her love for rock and heavy music. Strauss defined that Lovato had been seeking to recruit an all-women band for the tour in assist of the file, which is how she landed the gig.
“Demi is a powerhouse. The new record is so cool, so riffy and so heavy compared to anything that she’s done in the past. I was really excited for the opportunity,” the guitarist enthused. “I went to Alice, I did it face-to-face. We were just started the U.K. leg of the last Alice tour, and I went to his hotel room and talked to him and his wife Sheryl.”
Embarking on Lovato’s tour did not have an effect on the run that Strauss was on with Cooper on the time, however it will inhibit her from taking part in his fall tour.
“They hugged me and were so happy and gave their absolute blessing. Alice said, ‘We’re so proud of you. Go out, shine your light, have a great time and we’ll see what happens for next year.’ There was never a, ‘Hey, I quit, goodbye, thanks for everything.’ It was just, ‘I’m gonna take a step back, try something different for a few months and we’ll regroup and see what happens,'” she continued.
Alas, Strauss shot down any theories that she was kicked out of the band or left due to drama — it was merely a possibility she needed to take to change issues up in her profession a bit.
“I was with Alice for eight years, I think as an artist it’s important to take different opportunities and try different things, and I wanted to do that.”
As a outcome, Cooper introduced former guitarist Kane Roberts again into the band after 24 years. He’d performed on 1986’s Constrictor and 1987’s Raise Your Fist and Yell.
Lovato and Strauss will hit the street in North America beginning Sept. 22. Get tickets by means of this hyperlink.
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