Ozzy found the activity "good fun," noting it helped distract him from worries about his mobility. Despite initial issues with precision, he joked that now there are "dead cats [and] birds every minute." During the same radio interview, Ozzy Osbourne gave credit to his dogs for keeping him "sane" throughout the lockdown period. THERE was never any doubt what would be on his gravestone, according to the rocker himself: “Here lies Ozzy Osbourne. He bit the head off a bat.” The singer – dubbed the Prince of Darkne “The bird was dead so rather than waste it I bit its head off. You should have seen their faces.” Ozzy Osbourne. Speaking to Sounds’ Garry Bushell three months after the dastardly deed, Ozzy gave a different perspective. “I wanted to make a real impression. The scam is the bird was dead. We were planning to release it there, but it died beforehand. Ozzy Osbourne, also known as the Prince of Darkness, has long cultivated a reputation for doing insane, disgusting, attention-grabbing things. One of the oldest stories about Ozzy Osbourne's borderline behavior involves him biting the head off a bat. Here's the truth about Ozzy's bat-biting. It almost sounds too repulsive to be true, but it happened: on January 20, 1982, Ozzy Osbourne really did bite the head off a bat, live on stage at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa. Perhaps the most famous one was when a fan threw an actual bat to the stage, and Ozzy Osbourne thought it was a rubber one which gave him the idea of biting its head off. There's an urban legend that Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off of a bat in concert. But did you know he really did decapitate two doves in a CBS board meeting? Ozzy, who became a spokesman for PETA in 2020, isn't proud of the bird-biting today. He maintains that he only sunk his teeth into the bat in '82 because he thought it was fake. He regretted it instantly, and was quickly treated for rabies afterwards. Ozzy Osbourne has had a few scandals involving biting birds. Sharon Osbourne tells the true story of his dove biting incident before the bat. It almost sounds too repulsive to be true, but it happened: on January 20, 1982, Ozzy Osbourne really did bite the head off a bat, live on stage at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa. Ozzy, who became a spokesman for PETA in 2020, isn't proud of the bird-biting today. He maintains that he only sunk his teeth into the bat in '82 because he thought it was fake. He regretted it instantly, and was quickly treated for rabies afterwards. One of the most infamous moments in a long career of infamous moments, there is no singularity in the world of music more confirming of a legacy than when the late, great Ozzy Osbourne decided to open his mouth, insert a screeching flying mammal into it, and behead the poor creature with just the enamelled incisors resting his gums. Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off a bat live onstage in front THERE was never any doubt what would be on his gravestone, according to the rocker himself: “Here lies Ozzy Osbourne. He bit the head off a bat.” The singer – dubbed the Prince of Darkne One of the most infamous moments in a long career of infamous moments, there is no singularity in the world of music more confirming of a legacy than when the late, great Ozzy Osbourne decided to open his mouth, insert a screeching flying mammal into it, and behead the poor creature with just the enamelled incisors resting his gums. Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off a bat live onstage in front There's an urban legend that Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off of a bat in concert. But did you know he really did decapitate two doves in a CBS board meeting? “The bird was dead so rather than waste it I bit its head off. You should have seen their faces.” Ozzy Osbourne. Speaking to Sounds’ Garry Bushell three months after the dastardly deed, Ozzy gave a different perspective. “I wanted to make a real impression. The scam is the bird was dead. We were planning to release it there, but it died beforehand. Ozzy Osbourne has had a few scandals involving biting birds. Sharon Osbourne tells the true story of his dove biting incident before the bat. Ozzy Osbourne, also known as the Prince of Darkness, has long cultivated a reputation for doing insane, disgusting, attention-grabbing things. One of the oldest stories about Ozzy Osbourne's borderline behavior involves him biting the head off a bat. Here's the truth about Ozzy's bat-biting. Ozzy found the activity "good fun," noting it helped distract him from worries about his mobility. Despite initial issues with precision, he joked that now there are "dead cats [and] birds every minute." During the same radio interview, Ozzy Osbourne gave credit to his dogs for keeping him "sane" throughout the lockdown period. Perhaps the most famous one was when a fan threw an actual bat to the stage, and Ozzy Osbourne thought it was a rubber one which gave him the idea of biting its head off.
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