Alice Cooper Discusses Pointing A Gun At Elvis’ Head
Wednesday, 08 June 2011
Written by James Conlon
Alice Cooper has claimed that Elvis Presley asked the gothic rocker to “shoot him dead” when the pair first met at a Las Vegas hotel. In an interview with the Daily Mirror today (June 8th), Cooper claimed that the Memphis star made the bold statement during a visit to Las Vegas with actress Liza Minnelli and porn star Linda Lovelace in 1971.
Speaking to the paper, Cooper said: "When we got inside, the place was full of guns. Elvis took me into the kitchen, opened a drawer, and pulled out a loaded pistol, telling me to put it to his head. I didn’t know what to do. I had this gun in my hand and was expecting one of his security to come in any second, see me holding a weapon and shoot me dead."
He continued: 'A little voice in my left ear was telling me, 'Go on, kill him, you’ll always be the guy who killed Elvis'. In my other ear was another voice saying, 'You can’t kill him, it’s Elvis Presley, wound him instead, you’ll only get a few years!'"
"A fraction of a second later Elvis did a flying kick on the gun, and sent it flying, before tripping me and pinning me to the ground by my neck, announcing, 'That’s how you stop a man with a gun'."
The interview comes days before Alice Cooper is set to make an appearance at this year’s Download Festival. The rocker will join the likes of Def Leppard, System Of A Down, Linkin Park and Rob Zombie at the Donnington Park event this weekend.
Alice Cooper UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
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