On This Day January 20 1982 - Ozzy Osbourne Bit the Head Off a Live Bat During a Performance in Des Moines

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Pete has published a news story:

On This Day January 20 1982 - Ozzy Osbourne Bit the Head Off a Live Bat During a Performance in Des Moines.

On this day January 20 1982, Ozzy Osbourne shocked audiences during a live performance in Des Moines, Iowa, when he bit the head off a bat that had been thrown on stage. The moment quickly became one of the most infamous incidents in rock history, reinforcing Osbourne’s reputation for unpredictable and extreme stage behavior.

The incident captured the raw and often controversial nature of early 1980s heavy metal, a genre built on shock value spectacle and rebellion. News of the performance...
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