Nita Strauss says online trolls will “never come to you to your face and say ‘You Suck'”
Speaking with Portugal’s Metal Global, guitarist Nita Strauss discussed how she deals with online trolls who spend a great deal of time criticizing her. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I wrote a song about it. There’s a song about it on [my upcoming] record [‘The Call Of The Void’] called ‘Digital Bullets’ with [guest singer] Chris Motionless [of MOTIONLESS IN WHITE].
“And it really talks about these trolls online firing the ‘digital bullets’. They’ll never come to you to your face and say, ‘You suck,’ ‘You whore,’ ‘You money-grubbing whore,’ or whatever. No one has ever said that to my face, but you go on social media and it’s, like, ‘I hope you die in a fire.’ [Laughs] It’s just people being tough on the Internet. It’s not new. It’s not going away.”
She continued: “My boyfriend said it to me personally one time… And it was hurtful — I can’t lie and say that it was not hurtful. Of course it was hurtful. But he said, ‘You know, no one’s coming and spitting on your face in the street. People aren’t coming to you, being rude to you. It’s just fake. It’s just online.’
“People will talk online,” Nita added. “And they have a saying, ‘Living well is the best revenge.’ So those people can keep spending their time on Facebook, talking their shit. I will keep touring the world, eating fabulous food, staying in nice hotels, playing guitar with some of the biggest stars in rock and pop and metal. And I think that’s a good compromise. I’m happy with that. [Laughs]”
Nita Strauss‘s “Summer Storm” trek will wrap up on July 14 in New Orleans. Support on the tour is coming from LIONS AT THE GATE, the new band featuring former ILL NIÑO members Cristian Machado (vocals),Ahrue “Luster” Ilustre (guitar) and Diego Verduzco (guitar),alongside bassist Stephen Brewer (WESTFIELD MASSACRE) and drummer Fern Lemus.
Nita Strauss will release her sophomore solo album, “The Call Of The Void”, on July 7 via Sumerian Records. The LP features guest appearances by IN FLAMES vocalist Anders Fridén, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman, HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale, Alice Cooper, DISTURBED‘s David Draiman, Dorothy, Alissa White-Gluz of ARCH ENEMY and Chris Motionless of MOTIONLESS IN WHITE.
