Jul 22, 2025 · Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off of a dead bat became a big chunk of rock history, and his own. The Grammy-winning Prince of Darkness and legendary rocker died at 76 on July 22, just …

Jul 22, 2025 · Ozzy Osbourne will forever be remembered as the Prince of Darkness — but even in death, his infamous 1982 bat-biting incident will be cemented in rock history. The Black Sabbath …

Jul 23, 2025 · Here's everything you need to know about the infmaous night that Ozzy Osbourne bit a bat's head off with his teeth mid-concert.

Jul 23, 2025 · 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?

Jul 22, 2025 · The following year, on the Diary of a Madman tour, Osbourne hit the Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium. A fan in the crowd chucked what the singer thought was a dead bat …

Jul 23, 2025 · "Somebody threw a bat. I just thought it was a rubber bat. And I picked it up and put it in my mouth. I bit into it," he said. Then he realised: "Oh no, it's real. It was a real live bat."

Jul 22, 2025 · In a 2022 PEOPLE interview, Ozzy Osbourne reflected on biting a head off a bat during his 1982 concert and how the moment would live on after his death.

Jul 23, 2025 · But perhaps one of his most shocking stunts came when Osbourne, who was nicknamed the Prince of Darkness, bit the head off a bat.

Ozzy Osbourne’s infamous bat-biting incident still makes people ask, “Why on earth did he do that?” You might imagine some wild, planned stunt, but the real story involves a teenage fan, an unlucky …

Jul 22, 2025 · It has become one of the most iconic moments of Osbourne’s long career. 2019, the Prince of Darkness even released a plush toy of a bat with a detachable head to complete your …