Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of Darkness, is not new to controversy, but one story that has remained the most sensationalised in rock history is the bat story. Did Ozzy Osbourne eat a bat? Ozzy ...

“I Am Ozzy.” “I could feel it staining my teeth and running down my chin. Then the head in my mouth twitched . . ." "I didn’t just go and eat a . . . bat, did I?” That’s exactly what he di ...

And it happens to be true. Mostly, anyway. During a Jan. 20, 1982, concert in Des Moines, Iowa, singer Ozzy Osbourne stuck a bat in his mouth. And chomped down hard. According to the forthcoming ...

Ozzy left his mark with infamous bat bite in Des Moines What led a 17-year-old Iowan to smuggle a bat into the audience? And why did Osbourne feel he should eat it for a mid-show snack?

More than 40 years after one of metal’s most controversial moments, people still ask, “Why did Ozzy Osbourne bite the head off a bat?” Turns out there’s a side of the story you've probably ...

While there are many headline-making moments in rock music history, there are none quite as notorious as Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off a bat ... going so far as eating part of a live dove ...

Who wouldn’t want to remember Ozzy accidentally eating a bat? (Picture: Getty) Ozzy Ozbourne is celebrating 38 years since biting the head off a bat the only way he knows how, by releasing bat ...

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne no longer just has bats in his belfry – he’s about to get them in his garden as well. Heavy metal’s Prince of Darkness shocked fans 40 years ago when he bit off the head ...

Jack Osbourne and his dad Ozzy Osbourne are at a high risk for ... be about dying from a disease allegedly caused by someone eating a bat and referred to his notorious performance in 1982 when ...

"I didn't just go and eat a ... bat, did I?" That's exactly what he did. Neal said the bat had been dead for some time and had begun decaying, but Ozzy has always insisted that it was alive.

40 years ago: Ozzy left his mark with infamous bat bite in Des Moines What led a 17-year-old Iowan to smuggle a bat into the audience? And why did Osbourne feel he should eat it for a mid-show snack?

Share your email for news, gossip and more We have more newsletters Rocker Ozzy Osbourne no longer just has bats in his belfry – he’s about to get them in his garden as well. Heavy metal’s ...