Ozzy initially said of the incident that he thought the bat, which a fan released up on stage, was a toy, and he intended to bite the head off as a joke. He quickly realized something was very, very ...

Did Ozzy Osbourne eat a bat? This is one of the questions that has lingered in the minds of many fans. Discover the truth ...

Yesterday — Sunday, January 20, 2019 (durrr) — marked the 37th anniversary of the infamous Ozzy bat-biting incident of 1982 (I’m not going to bother to recount the story here — if you don’t know it, I ...

We’re coming up on another anniversary of Ozzy Osbourne and The Bat Incident on January 20, and to commemorate the iconic and insane moment, let’s debunk a couple of myths about that 1982 concert.

Editor’s note: This story by Register reporter Nick Lamberto originally ran Jan. 22, 1982, two days after Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a bat during a concert at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in ...

Ozzy Osbourne has long been deemed 'The Prince of Darkness', which was cemented when he bit the head off the bat. But would ...

Ozzy Osbourne was the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adopted the nickname "Prince of Darkness". He is best known for biting the head off a bat that he ...

More: What led to Ozzy Osbourne infamously biting the head off a bat in Des Moines? But Mark Neal, 17, of Des Moines said he threw the dead bat onto the stage, saw Osbourne pick it up, bite its ...