OZZY OSBOURNE To Return To Home Of Bat-Biting Incident 25 Years Later
September 14, 2007, 16 years ago
The following report is courtesy of Kyle Muson from Desmoinesregister.com:
Widely regarded as the most infamous incident in the annals of live rock ’n’ roll is OZZY OSBOURNE biting the head off a dead bat on January 20, 1982, at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in downtown Des Moines.
Osbourne plans to return to Vets on November 2 with shock rocker and horror filmmaker Rob Zombie (responsible for the grisly update of “Halloween” currently in theaters). Tickets went on sale Friday.
More than 25 years later, the story of Osbourne’s historic chomp still has teeth.
“Ozzy biting the head off a bat in Des Moines is pretty much a badge of honor,” declared Corey Taylor, the Des Moines rock/metal singer who fronts the bands SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR. “It’s still, to me, my favorite (rock incident).”This coming from a guy who’s own on-stage antics around the globe haven’t been exactly tame.
“I have a habit of ending up naked for some reason,” confessed Taylor, who was stumped when asked to choose his own wildest concert stunt. “It’s kind of a toss-up between being set on fire and being naked half the time. … Those are really the two extremes. It’s kind of a surprise I’m alive, to be honest.”Osbourne, 58, wearied of the flap over the bat incident years ago.
“The name of the town of Des Moines is embossed in my head!” he complained to this writer in 2001, just before his first return trip to Vets after the bat-biting. “I’ve had some mileage from Des Moines.”Read more here.
