WRIF Virtual Rock Room with Nita Strauss
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00:00Thank you so much for watching Riff TV.
00:02Now, this interview is obviously with video, but I don't interview everybody on Zoom.
00:07That's why I put it on my Talkin' Rock with Meltdown podcast.
00:10We talk to rock artists from all over the genre.
00:13So check out Talkin' Rock with Meltdown wherever you get your podcasts.
00:16And now, to today's video interview.
00:20And there she is, Hurricane Nita. How you doing here? How you doing, Nita?
00:24So good. Thanks for having me back.
00:26Yeah, yeah, good.
00:27But yeah, you're out on tour. We'll get to that here in just a few minutes.
00:32But first of all, I think the last time I talked to you, your football team hadn't won the Super Bowl yet.
00:37So congratulations on that.
00:39Thank you so much. Fun taking home a little bit of hardware, I have to say.
00:44You're welcome since you took our quarterbacks.
00:47You know what? I take no responsibility for that, but I'm happy it happened.
00:51I don't know if you've been paying attention, but it's funny how the Lions have been scoring
00:56all sorts of points. I think they lead the NFL in points. They can't win any games.
01:01Oh, brutal. Well, you know, Goff's a great quarterback. He really is.
01:04You know, so you've got good tools there. That's all I can say.
01:08I live with a long-suffering Saints fan, so I totally get it.
01:12Yeah, yeah. Tell Josh we said hello.
01:15I will.
01:15So anyways, yeah, so are you still doing your, I think I read somewhere that as far as your gig
01:21at the stadium, you're going to go back onto the second part of the season and do that.
01:24Is that right?
01:25Yeah, exactly. So my last show of this tour is November 6th.
01:29I will be back at the stadium November 9th.
01:32So as soon as I can get over there, I will.
01:34Yeah. Do you miss doing that kind of thing?
01:36I do. Yeah, of course.
01:37I was really lucky with, you know, I was with Alice for so many years and he tended to take
01:42Sundays off. So it was a brutal schedule for me. You know, I would get off stage at 11 p.m.,
01:49stay over in whatever city we were in, Uber to the airport at 3 or 4 a.m., you know, fly
01:53straight to the stadium, go from the airport to the stadium, play straight from the stadium
01:57back to the airport, red-eye to whatever the next city was. So it was a tough schedule
02:02for me, but I wouldn't have traded it for anything. If I could, if I was taking Sundays
02:06off on this tour, I would do it again. But sadly, this tour doesn't do that.
02:09Yeah. I didn't realize that. That's unbelievable. I mean, you could have been. And of course,
02:13with the time change and everything, I had to throw you all off, huh?
02:16Oh, yeah. It was brutal. It was probably the toughest schedule I've ever made for myself,
02:23but totally worth it.
02:26Now, when it comes to playing with Alice Cooper, now you said he takes Sundays off. He's always
02:32done that, or it just happened to be the way that the tour has worked out, or is that
02:36kind of his thing?
02:38He typically, you know, Alice is a, it's no secret, he's a really religious person. He
02:42does like to go to church on Sundays. So I think it's maybe a bit of both. You know,
02:46it's kind of the way the routing works out. And also, I think he just does like to take
02:50Sunday and have that as a day off.
02:53Now, you play with Alice for eight years, and of course, you know, I'm sure you've talked
02:57about this. Are you happy with your decision to, to, to go from Alice to Demi Lovato?
03:02Oh, I've never talked about it. You're the first person to ask.
03:07I'm sure I had to. Um, yeah, it's, it's been a really, really cool experience, you know,
03:13eight years in the same place is a long time. Um, I'm actually super, super still very close
03:19with the Alice camp while we talk all the time and, um, just trying something a little
03:24different having a great time so far. Yeah. Well, the reason I ask now is because how many
03:28shows you have under your belt with Demi? I think, um, we just started the U S tour. We
03:32also did a short South American tour. So we've done, uh, 10 or 15 shows by now.
03:37All right. So that's what I'm saying. So it's like now, you know, you kind of have a little
03:40bit of time to reflect and that's, I guess, where are you happy with your decision? So now
03:43you've had, you do, you have some shows under your belt. Yeah. Yeah. It's been really,
03:47really fun. You know, uh, getting to play in front of a whole new audience is an amazing
03:52experience for any musician, um, getting to bring what we love, you know, heavier side
03:59of music and shredding guitar solos and big, you know, guitar moments to a tour that didn't
04:04really have them before, you know? So it's really cool. I thought it was a really cool
04:08move of Demi to take this step into a more rock oriented direction. And I'm excited to
04:13be a part of bringing that to life. And how did this come about? I don't know if I've ever
04:17read that story and I'm sure you've talked about that as well, but how does it come about
04:19that you, I mean, you're in Alice Cooper's camp and it's weird because I've done, you
04:23know, hundreds, maybe thousands of interviews. I'm not sure if I've ever interviewed someone
04:27that's kind of gone in a completely different direction like you have.
04:31Yeah. I was actually out on my solo tour when I got the call. Um, I was, my solo band was
04:37opening up for black label society and I was about to, you know, two, three days removed
04:41from going to Europe with Alice. And I get this call, um, asking if, you know, saying that
04:46Demi Lovato is going in a rock direction, wants to put together an all-female rock band
04:51for this upcoming tour. Would I be interested? And I was like, of course, you know, like how
04:56could you not be excited at an opportunity like that? You know? And, uh, so we went through
05:02sort of this process. There wasn't any formal audition, just more speaking with her musical
05:06director and her team. And, um, I think that they wanted what I could bring to the table,
05:11sort of like that more seasoned performer seasoned in the rock world. Uh, so I finished
05:16out the European tour with Alice and then came straight into rehearsals with Demi and did the
05:20first TV appearance 48 hours later. I think it was just like, you know, hop, skip and a jump
05:26and there we are. And, uh, now we're, you know, two tours in really, you know, did this South
05:33American run, which was incredible. And now how, you know, a good bit into the North American
05:38run and having a great time. Yeah. And of course there's there, I mean, listen, there's a lot of
05:42people out there that like to be comfortable and kind of just, you know, kind of do the same thing.
05:46It's like an old pair of shoes or whatever. Are you the kind of person that will stick your foot
05:49in the water and try different things? Yeah. And I think it's, it's so important to do stuff like
05:55that as an artist and as a musician, you can't stay in the same place too long. You know, this is why
06:00I do solo music, you know, why I've always done other stuff, you know, clinics and whatnot outside from
06:05just doing my one safe, comfortable gig. You have to push yourself. You have to push yourself in your
06:10abilities, your versatility. You know, you can't just keep playing the same songs over and over
06:15and over again, or you cannot grow, you know? Yeah. So what is it like going from a, from a,
06:21a legendary rocker like Alice Cooper to a, to a pop artist with a Demi Lovato? What's, what's the,
06:27what's the transition like? Um, it's, it wasn't really a difficult transition at all. I think
06:33the biggest change for me was just, you know, in every hired gun position, you have to find
06:40your voice in that style of music. So I get really lucky that I get hired in gigs and opportunities
06:47that they're like, Hey, we want Nita. So, you know, no one's asking me to completely change my
06:51style or change how I play. Um, I'm just always figuring out how, you know, what does Nita sound
06:57like in this context? So if you listen to my solo music, this is pure unadulterated me.
07:03That's what I sound like as a guitar player. If you listen to what I played in Alice Cooper,
07:06it's very different. It's very different to my solo music. And that's because that's the
07:10Alice Cooper version of Nita. And now if you come and see a Demi Lovato show, you're going to hear
07:15a different version because this is what fits in with this style of music. And I would venture to say
07:19that the solos I'm playing in Demi's show are actually a little closer to my personal style
07:25than what I was playing with Alice. Cause I wasn't really trying to fit in that more.
07:28I don't have to fit in that more classic rock pentatonic, you know, box. Now I can play more
07:36modern. I can do sweeps and tapping and all that kind of stuff. And it fits in really nicely with
07:40the way the songs sound. Now, uh, you just, you just mentioned on tour stuff, uh, if I'm not mistaken,
07:45you're here in Detroit coming up this weekend, right? That's right. Yeah. So what, what other bands
07:50are on this tour? Uh, it's us and Royal and the Serpents at the moment. And then after the New York
07:57show Royal and the Serpent will jump off and dead Sarah will jump back on who are just so incredible.
08:02We had dead Sarah at the beginning of this tour and they are just so amazing. Um, Demi has a song
08:08actually with both of them on this album. She has a song with a dead Sarah called help me. And she has
08:13a song with Royal called eat me. So it works out really nicely. Um, and we perform, uh, both songs
08:21with both bands. So when dead Sarah's on tour, we play the song with her. And when Royal's on tour,
08:25we play the song with her as well. Now, is there ever a time when you're on tour and you look at
08:28Demi and you say, why isn't no one getting their head cut off or hung?
08:34It's a whole different show. It's a whole new show. It's no Frankenstein, no, uh, no guillotine,
08:41you know, no monsters coming out, but, uh, it is a very high production show. There's a lot going on
08:46and there's, you know, video and, you know, really cool production elements that we didn't have
08:51with Alice. So it's, it's, it's the same, but different apples to oranges. Okay. Now I've
08:56talked about this with you before, and I'm sure you've mentioned this a bunch of times, but you
08:59know, there's been injuries you've, you've sustained on stage with Alice. Is there anything close to
09:02that? Like with this new tour? You know, I'm, uh, I'm babying myself right now because I've been
09:09touring with the torn meniscus since May. Okay. So I'm actually not as injury prone as I usually
09:15would be because I'm, I'm taking it a little easier. Uh, I have surgery scheduled at the end of,
09:20at the end of this tour between Rams games and everything else I have going on. Um, so right
09:26now I'm, I've been playing through the most serious injury I've ever had. Um, and really just trying to
09:33take care of that and make sure it doesn't get worse before it gets better. Yeah. Get like a
09:36cortisone shot or something before you go on stage. I've had to, um, I now can't have any more
09:42cause it's too close to my surgery date. Um, so yeah, now it's, it's getting tough now, but we're making
09:48it through. Yeah. No one knows except the people that know that I'm hurt. So now you all know.
09:53So we, we've just let the cat out of the bag. Uh, I mean, it's not a secret. I've, I've posted
09:58about it. You know, it's, it's, it's, it's no, it's no big secret. I've posted very, very publicly
10:03what the recovery has been like, what the rehab has been like, what supplements I'm taking, you know,
10:08just trying to make sure all I can really do is keep it under control. And, uh, it's just the
10:13realities of running around on stage for 20 years, every once in a while, you're going to get hurt.
10:16Yeah. And, uh, you know, um, I, I see that, you know, you, you, you turn seven years sober over
10:22the summertime here when I think when you guys are in Brazil or something, does that ever, does that
10:26ever scare you when you just talked about supplements or whatever, or your, your, your injuries or what
10:30have you? I know when my daughter, um, had surgery back in the, uh, and in the wintertime, they had her
10:35on oxy and stuff. And I'm like, well, I don't know about that. And she didn't, it didn't agree with her
10:39very much. Yeah. Does that ever scare you? Oh, I don't take anything like that. Yeah. I mean,
10:43I take turmeric and fish oil, you know, that kind of stuff. I'm not taking any painkillers.
10:49Yeah. Cause my doctor or her doctors gave her that. And I'm like, I don't know if I like this
10:53and it didn't last very long. And she got off it pretty quick, but, uh, um, yeah. Do you hurt
10:58yourself, uh, working out exercising or playing? Oh, I, I, of course I did it on stage. I always do it
11:03on stage. You guys have seen me spraying my ankle on stage. You both ankles actually. Um,
11:10and now, yes, I just, I took a weird step, um, off the stairs. Um, and it had been hurt. It had
11:16been inflamed for a while. It had been painful for a while. So I think whatever happened on stage
11:21was the final straw. Yeah. So now on stage it's, it's, this is so strange because, um, with, uh,
11:27with Alice now he's got Kane Roberts back and Kane Roberts was actually weirdly enough. One of the
11:32first rock stars I ever talked to in my life. When I was at a radio station back at like 1990,
11:37he was doing his solo tour and he happened to call the business line. And I just answered it
11:41because I don't know, I was bored one night and I'm talking to Kane Roberts for 20 minutes. I never,
11:45I've never met him before, but, uh, what are your thoughts on Kane Roberts?
11:49Sorry, you broke up at the end there. Could you say, what are your thoughts about Kane?
11:54Oh, I'm a huge fan. I mean, anybody that's heard me talk about my favorite Alice Cooper songs has
12:00heard me talk about Kane Roberts. I mean, my God, you know, you ask me, I'm sure you've asked me in the
12:05past. What are your favorite Alice Cooper songs to play live? And I always say, you know, Kane
12:09Roberts era songs. Um, I just heard they're playing freedom on this tour, which I'm actually a little
12:15put out by this because I have been wanting to play freedom for like five years and we never,
12:20we never got in the set and now they're doing it. So if I go back to Alice at some point,
12:24they better keep it in there. Cause I want to play that. Well, I was going to say that door's not
12:29closed, right? No, no. In no sense of the word. No, not at all. Um, but Kane and I are very cool.
12:37We've done rock and roll fantasy camp together. We have kept in touch for years and years. When we
12:42added roses on white lace into the set, I was texting him, asking him for advice on certain
12:47parts of the solo. And then when he got back in the band, he was texting me, asking me for,
12:51you know, my thoughts on parts of the set. So we have had a really mutually supportive, uh,
12:57career of the last few years. Kane and I, I played on his solo record, um, a few years ago,
13:03the beginning of the end. So we have a great friendship. Um, I just love watching videos
13:10and I'm playing cause I'm such a big fan of his. And, uh, it's exciting for me as a fan of his
13:14analysis to see him back in the band. And it's so exciting too, to see him look just like he did
13:19back in the day. Yeah. He's so jacked. Like I used to be like, I felt like I was like, you know,
13:26kind of a fitnessy member of the Alice Cooper band, but he puts me to shame.
13:30Yeah. Alice is, or I mean, on Kane, man, it's, it's, uh, I just remember him like in his Rambo
13:34stance with his guitars and different things. And, uh, I think I saw him back in the late eighties
13:39with Alice. It's so cool. And I'd kind of forgotten about Kane Robertson. All of a sudden,
13:43you know, when you left the band, his name started twirling. I'm like, Hmm, that's interesting.
13:48Yeah. Yeah. You should listen to that solo record. It's good.
13:50Yeah. I'll have to check some of that stuff out. Cause like I said, he kind of fell off my radar
13:54there for a little bit. Yeah. He's got a song with Alice and the Lisa white gloves from March
13:58enemy. Uh, that's really cool. Um, the song that I played on is called King of the world.
14:04Really, really cool. I'm sorry. The song he did with Alice is called the beginning of the end.
14:08The record is called the new normal. Um, so yeah, that's, that's the name of Kane's record. Now I'm
14:12Kane's publicist. You should check it out. It's very good. Now does he primarily kind of float around
14:18Los Angeles? Uh, I believe he's LA based. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cause that's maybe where,
14:23you know, sometimes here in the Midwest, you know, we don't hear some of the stuff like you
14:26guys do. I mean, even though we got raw kind of connected by this internet, you know, kind
14:29of out of sight, out of mind. You know what I'm saying? Totally. Totally. Well, there you go.
14:33That's my hot tip for the day. Kane Roberts, new normal. There you go. So speaking of a solo
14:38stuff, uh, what do you got going on? Sorry, I repeat that one more time. I was going to say,
14:43speaking of a solo projects, you have anything going on in the works?
14:46Yes. Uh, I just released a single called summer storm, um, a couple of weeks ago. Uh, it's the
14:52second single from my forthcoming album. This one is instrumental. So it kind of takes me back to
14:56my roots, what I'm known for. And, uh, the next single with a guest vocalist will be dropping
15:01very, very soon. It's someone I'm extremely excited about. One of my favorite singers and
15:05someone I've been saying I've wanted to collab with for a really long time. So very excited to get
15:10that out in the world, just putting the finishing touches on the music video, and then you guys will be
15:14able to see it. All right. So kind of like a David Draymond thing from, from a little while ago.
15:19Yes, exactly. Um, my new record is going to be about half and half instrumental songs to guest
15:25vocalists. So you're going to have a lot more cool stuff like that coming down the pipeline.
15:29Yeah. Cause when you, as soon as you said, you know, uh, instrumental, I thought that maybe there
15:33wasn't no guest vocalist, but that's it, huh? So let me ask you about this. Cause this was an
15:38interesting thing that somebody told me about one time. What if you have a guest vocalist that comes in
15:42and they're just not doing it for you? What do you do? I'm so sorry. The connection keeps breaking
15:48up. I keep, I'm getting like half of each sentence. Yeah. I got you. So what if, what if like you have
15:53a guest vocalist and you have a sound in your head and the guest vocalist comes in, who's somebody that
15:58we know or whatever, and you're just not moved by it or not into it. Does that ever happen?
16:02I think when you're collaborating with someone, it's so important to embrace what they do as well
16:10as what you want. Uh, and it's tough, you know, like if there's a reason why I'm a solo artist,
16:14I don't have a band because I don't play well with others a lot of the time when it comes to
16:19my own music. Um, but I think I got all of that out and controlled chaos. You know, I did, you know,
16:25the writing, the production, engineering, everything myself. So I really embraced the collaborative
16:29spirit with this upcoming record. And if a guest vocalist did something that I was like, well,
16:36it's not exactly how I pictured it. You know, I would offer suggestions, but also really relaxed
16:42the reins and let people do their things. At the end of the day, it's not really a collaboration.
16:46If I'm just telling someone how to do it, I might as well just hire somebody, you know? So, uh,
16:50there are definitely things on this rec, this upcoming record that if I had had it, you know,
16:55the original way, it would sound a little different, but that's the beauty of collaborating with
16:58different people. It's a blend of two people's ideas. Yeah, that's a good take. So you said half
17:03and half. So what are we looking at? Five or six guest spots? I think it's six and six. If I
17:09remember correctly, it may even now be seven vocal and six instrumental. I haven't, I haven't quite,
17:16I haven't looked at the final number in a while. And when's this going to drop?
17:20Looking at early 23. Okay. The beginning of 23. Yeah. Yeah. And you'll be going out on a solo
17:26tour then, or is your schedule not allowed that right now? Um, my schedule is fluid right now. Um,
17:33I will be doing, you guys see how many solo shows I've done 63 shows this year with my solo band,
17:39as well as two Demi tours and four Alice tours. So anytime I can, yeah. Anytime I can go out with
17:46my solo band, I will, uh, it just has to like any day job. It has to work around your day job.
17:50Yeah. I guess there's something to be said about, uh, you on stage. It's like part of the,
17:55the yin and the yang, right? Exactly. Yeah. Uh, so, uh, guitar clinics, I saw you got a couple of
18:02them coming up. You like doing that kind of thing? Say that one more time. Sorry. Yeah. Guitar
18:07clinics. What are your thoughts about doing them? I'm going to, I'm going to try getting off my hotel
18:11wifi and see if that helped me just one second here. Yeah. It's, it's the, it's the world we live in
18:17right now, I guess. So can you hear me? It is. Although I, I think that was a good move. Can you
18:22still hear me? Oh yeah. I can hear you fine. I've been able to hear you fine the whole time. So
18:26that's what matters. Um, okay. Clinics. I think you said, do I like doing clinics? Yeah.
18:32I love it. Um, fitting clinics in on my days off is one of my favorite parts of touring because I am
18:41a guitar player's guitar player. I love talking about guitars. I love talking about my guitars
18:45specifically. So I love doing Ibanez clinics because I can just gush about my signature
18:49guitar, the Ibanez Jiva. And, uh, yeah, I'm really looking forward to it. I'm glad we were
18:54able to schedule a few for this upcoming tour. Cause it's just a treat for me.
18:58And, uh, what, what are your thoughts when you see like, you know, young women, young women
19:03and young ladies inspired by your guitar playing to pick up a guitar? I know it's kind of a generic
19:07question, kind of one you probably heard before, but there's like, I have a, my, uh,
19:11stepdaughter has a, a stepdaughter and she's starting to discover music and it's kind of
19:16like, this is kind of neat. She can kind of like, kind of mold them a little bit and shape them and,
19:20and kind of turn them on the new things. Yeah. It's really cool. And it's something that I am
19:26seeing a lot in my new gig. It's something I'm seeing so much, you know, this is sort of what I
19:32had in mind when the Demi Lovato opportunity came up was imagine if we can inspire all of these,
19:38this generation of young women that look up to Demi, imagine if we can get them putting a guitar
19:43in their hands or a bass or drumsticks, you know, and that's the beauty of having an all female band
19:47out on a tour like this. And I'm seeing it happen so much on my social media, you know, in person
19:54at shows getting stopped after shows by fans. I mean, if you watch any of the videos that I've
19:59been posting, as soon as a guitar solo starts, you hear this uproar in the crowd that you just don't
20:05hear at rock shows because rock fans are used to hearing guitar solos, you know, like a dime a
20:09dozen, you know, every show you go to, you hear great solos. And that's why I love rock music.
20:14But, you know, a lot of these fans are not used to hearing these big solo moments and shows,
20:19and you just you feel the reaction to hear the reaction in the room. And that was exactly what I
20:25was hoping would happen. So I think exactly what you said, we're inspiring the next generation of
20:31young women and, you know, girls, guys, whoever wants to play. And that's, that's really exciting.
20:37That is interesting that you bring it up, because I'll admit, I haven't been to very many pop shows.
20:41I think I saw Taylor Swift once or something like that with my daughter when she was young. But I guess
20:47I never really thought about that before that, you know, yeah, are there guitar solos at those kind
20:52of shows? I don't know. Yeah, you know, I saw a statistic that Taylor Swift was the biggest
20:59influence on girl guitar buying or something like that, like the biggest, the biggest reason that
21:07girls picked up the guitar in 2020. It was some statistic like that, you know, Taylor Swift being
21:13the most influential female guitarist, you know? Yeah. And I got asked a lot what I thought about
21:19that. And I love it. Like, I don't care if someone's getting more or less or whatever recognition,
21:24all I care about is that girls are picking up the guitar and learning how to play it. You know,
21:28that's, that's what's what excites me. And to be a part of making that happen, you know,
21:33it's not really a pop show, to be honest with you. It's someone who's historically known for pop
21:37playing a rock show. But it's just, it's just cool. It's just, I can't say enough time. It's just
21:43cool to be a part of it. Yeah. And I think like what Taylor does and what you do are kind of like
21:47two completely different things. But, you know, she, she's kind of up there with the acoustic
21:52thing kind of, but you're up there ripping and shredding. Totally. It's a totally different
21:57thing. You know, Oriante and I get compared a lot and there could not be two more different
22:02guitar players than Ori and myself. Like Ori can do things, you know, with her style of playing
22:07that I couldn't play in a bajillion years. Like she's her blues technique is so fluid and incredible.
22:15You know, we are two totally different guitar players, but it always turns into Ori versus Nita,
22:19you know? So it's, it's interesting to see the female guitar comparison. Like maybe we'll see Taylor
22:25Swift versus Nita, you know, now that I'm more in that world. But again, all of this manufactured
22:31competition, this manufactured stuff between guitar players, all it's doing is fueling more people to
22:37talk about girls playing guitar. And that's, what's important. Well, final thing here for you, I see
22:41that you're in your hotel room or whatever. What is a normal day on tour? Like for you, do you have,
22:46are you playing tonight? Yes, I'm playing tonight. Um, so I got in late last night. Um,
22:54woke up this morning, went to the gym, had my protein shake, um, did some emails, did some
23:01interviews. Uh, I'll go to the venue in about an hour and a half for soundcheck, uh, play the show,
23:08get done, rinse, repeat, same thing tomorrow. Do you, uh, do you have a Peloton?
23:13Peloton? I have a Peloton membership. I have a Peloton at home. Uh, I did a Peloton workout
23:18today. Yeah. I thought that I've seen you do that or something. Yeah. Yes. Our hotel gym has
23:24a Peloton today. And I was texting our few little Peloton people in the group saying like, make sure
23:29you go down to the gym. They have a Peloton. So yes, I had a great Kendall tool Peloton class this
23:34morning. Big fan of the Kendall metal ride. She's my favorite too. I did a 20 minute one saying,
23:39and of course she kicked my ass. And then, um, I went to, uh, I think it was Adrian
23:43Williams. I think his name, uh, and then I did it. Yeah. Half hour, um, upper body, but yeah,
23:48I love the Peloton. It's, I got mine in March and it's like, it's kind of a game changer.
23:54Total game changer. I got mine, like so many people during quarantine and, uh, absolute game changer.
24:01And I keep my all access membership and I use, you know, the app when I'm on the road. Um,
24:07and it's a total game changer. I love it. I did a, I love the lane break too. If you haven't tried
24:12the lane break workout, that's like my, I love that. It's like a, a video game where you get
24:19points by changing the resistance on the Peloton and pedaling faster and slower, like depending on
24:24the beat that they call out. So it's really fun. If you haven't tried Peloton lane break, I would
24:29give that a try. Have you ever met Kendall?
24:31No, but I did invite her to the New York show. So we'll see.
24:36Okay. Yeah. Cause she's, you know, she does some great rides. Like you said, the metal rides are
24:40the hardest I've done the 45 minute Metallica ride twice. And it's like, yes, that's a great one.
24:45Yeah. It's such a good one. Um, I, I love her metal rides. I love her pop punk rides. Um,
24:53also really, really cool. And I just like, you know, uh, her just King, you know, like so many of the
24:59instructors are legit rock and metal fans and not just like, okay, well, you know, we need to get a
25:05metal ride in the pipeline. So, you know, pick, you know, pick a song and put one in, like they
25:10know the words, they know the groove, you know, you can tell that they're in it to win it.
25:13Yeah. I was pretty fired up on my 50th ride about a month ago. I got a shout out from, uh,
25:18I think her name's Erica or something.
25:20Uh, I have never gotten a shout out, but I also, I have a secret Peloton name. Like, you know,
25:25I'm hurricane Nita on every other platform, Instagram, Twitter and stuff, but on Peloton,
25:30I just, there's certain things. I just want to have my privacy. So I have a secret name. So I
25:34probably will never get a shout out. Well, you can follow me at meltdown underscore WRIF for
25:40everyone listening. So, well, uh, Nita, thanks so much for the time. Good luck with everything.
25:45I'm super happy that, um, that this is really, uh, it seems to be very fulfilling to you and that's
25:50really cool. Thank you so much. That really means a lot.