Courtney Cox is a self taught female American guitarist and member of the all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens (billed as the "World's Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden").
As a Philadelphia native, Courtney picked up the guitar around the age of thirteen jamming out to a variety of classic metal, speed metal and thrash bands, perfecting her 'shred' licks and has never looked back since. At age fifteen, Courtney joined the School of Rock to get a taste of performing live on stage , instead of the 9 hours of practicing in her garage. Once she became a School of Rock All-star ,soon after joining the program, Courtney went on to perform in various U.S tours, including tours with Jon Anderson ( yes) and Adrian Belew ( King Crimson) to other performances sharing the stage with George Lynch( Dokken) to Perry Ferrel( Janes Addiction). During the same time, Courtney also joined a band called "Queen Diamond"(a female tribute to King Diamond) filling the role as Andy Laroque.
After starting lessons with guitar virtuoso Chris Gordon in Wilmington, Delaware at age eighteen, Courtney began to study music after leaving the School of Rock. She then moved to Los Angeles, California to officially start her career as a musician. There, on December 13, 2008, Cox was invited as a guest performer with The Iron Maidens. Immediately after, she officially became a member of that band as 'Adriana Smith', a female version of the Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith.
On the side, Courtney also writes her own music ,which she plans to collaborate on with her boyfriend John Kevill, vocalist for the thrash metal band "Warbringer".