“The top-selling artist acoustics were Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and my guitar, which is insane”: How Orianthi shook up the industry with her signature gear, what she learned from Santana and Joe Bonamassa, and why she’s returning to Alice Cooper’s band

Orianthi.

With ongoing solo shows, one album underway with producer Eddie Kramer and another with Kevin Shirley, Orianthi has a lot to do. But that didn’t stop her from carving out time for a run of shows with Alice Cooper in early 2025.

“Alice is like family,” she says of covering for Nita Strauss, who’d replaced her in Cooper’s band in 2014. “I thought it would be fun – then I realized, ‘I’ve got 25 songs to learn!’