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Ozzy Osbourne sadly passed away on Tuesday, and one of the singer's most infamous moments was when he bit the head off a live bat. But what really happened? The subreddit for Ozzy Osbourne Prince of Darkness Definitely wasn't a fake bat lol. Still to this day Ozzy remembers those rabies shots. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Biting a Bat and 5 Other Wild Moments From Ozzy Osbourne’s Life Alcohol and drugs were often involved in funny, bizarre and terrible incidents in the heavy metal legend’s long career. Facebook X Reddit Email Ozzy Osbourne, the vocalist of heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath, has died. He was 76. The self-styled Prince of Darkness turned the grim, creeping feeling of late ’60s Resurfaced on Reddit after the news of Osbourne’s passing at the age of 76, the original seven-minute clip is full of quick jokes. The premise: Conan brings Ozzy to the Late Night offices to boost morale in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. I've read all sorts of things here and there, such as after the bat biting and dove killing incidents got big, Ozzy's team tried to turn killing animals into a gimmick and had him throwing out lizards and mice into the crowd, fans bringing whole meat carcasses in, and having his water gun filled with him and his crew's piss. I guess the facts of some of this stuff is lost to history. (I know Did rock frontman Ozzy Osbourne, who has died at the age of 76, really bite the head off a live bat? 8.6K subscribers in the OzzyOsbourne community. The subreddit for Ozzy Osbourne Prince of Darkness Biting the head off a bat onstage Even if you don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of Osbourne's music, you might know him well enough as "the guy that bit the head off a bat that one time." It sounds like a typical rock 'n' roll urban legend, but unlike the story of Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil or Marilyn Manson allegedly having one of his ribs surgically removed -- this story See what the story behind Ozzy Osbourne biting a bat's head off is. Did he really bite the head off an animal another time? Did Ozzy Osbourne really eat a bat onstage? Rock's most outrageous rumor, explained The answer, like so many things in life, is complicated. Might be worth mentioning that Ozzy has a history of animal abuse even before then - he worked in a slaughterhouse where he says "we all mistreated the animals to let off steam", he killed his ex wife's chickens and a bunch of stray cats in the 70s. The night Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a bat during a live concert remains one of the most bizarre and talked-about moments in rock music history. “The bat actually fell in front of me,” Sarzo tells us. “I saw this thing, and I looked at Ozzy and pointed at it with the headstock of my bass, and I just kept on headbanging.” After the gig’s end, the singer’s wife/manager Sharon Osbourne informed the bassist about what had happened and said that Ozzy needed to go to the hospital. Rest is history) The story got out and bitting the heads off rubber bats became a thing. He was at a concert, a fan passed a bat onstage - and THAT is how you end up in the emergency department getting rabies shots. Ozzy may have been high. For both incidents. And the time frame immediately following. And preceding. And in between. Random guy eats a cooked bat, global pandemic millions dead. Ozzy bites head off of live bat, still kicking at 73. The people I thought would live forever: QE, Betty White, Keith Richards and Ozzy. How did the Ozzy Osbourne bat-biting debacle become one of the greatest, most legendary tales in rock and metal? That's what we're here to explore! Mark Neal had good reason to ask that question So of course we all know that Ozzy bit the head off a bat. But searching for footage or photos of the incident leads nowhere. The only picture that shows up when you search it up is Ozzy biting a bat from years later and it’s not even a real bat. You would think that such an infamous incident would have footage or at least pictures to prove it happened. I know it did, it’s just a part of
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