That’s the night Osbourne, in front of roughly 5,000 onlookers, sunk his teeth into a bat, biting off the head.įrom the archives: Ozzy Osbourne leaves Des Moines with 'bat taste' in mouthĤ0 years ago: Ozzy left his mark with infamous bat bite in Des Moines Vaudevillian costumes, ear-splitting pyrotechnics, a few staged beheadings - the less parents approved of the act, the better.īut what transpired inside Vets actually delivered on the handbill’s promise of stomach-turning depravity.
Just a bit of over-the-top propaganda to help sell tickets, right? Hard rock in the 1970s and '80s cashed in on sensationalism.
20, 1982, Ozzy Osbourne show in Des Moines, Iowa.
