Ozzy vs. Bat

<p>Ozzy Osbourne orally decapitated a bat live on stage in Des Moines, Iowa on 20th January, 1982; an act that quickly went down as one of the most outrageous moments in rock n roll history.</p><br><p>Concertgoer Mark Neal, 17, said the bat was dead long before he threw it on stage. But this was not Osbourne’s first offence: he had previously shocked attendees at a CBS press launch by biting the head away from a live dove.</p><br><p>In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly trace the origins of Osbourne’s bizarre bird-and-bat-beheading behaviour; applaud the ingenuity of his long-suffering wife Sharon; and debate whether Alice Cooper intentionally threw a chicken to a braying mob to be mutilated…</p><br><p>CONTENT WARNING: animal cruelty, offensive language beeped.</p><br><p><strong>Further Reading:</strong></p><p>• ‘Everything you need to know about Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off a bat in Des Moines’ (<a href="http://desmoinesregister.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">desmoinesregister.com</a>): <a href="https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/kyle-munson/2016/01/20/everything-you-need-know-ozzy-osbourne-biting-head-off-bat-des-moines/79055858/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/kyle-munson/2016/01/20/everything-you-need-know-ozzy-osbourne-biting-head-off-bat-des-moines/79055858/</a></p><p>• ‘When Ozzy Osbourne Bit Off the Heads of Two Doves (<a href="http://ultimateclassicrock.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ultimateclassicrock.com</a>)’:</p><p><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ozzy-osbourne-dove-bite-head/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ozzy-osbourne-dove-bite-head/</a></p><p>• ‘Ozzy Osbourne talking to David Letterman about the bat incident’ (NBC, 1982): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxn2_sO5los" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxn2_sO5los</a></p><br><p><strong>For bonus material and to support the show, visit</strong><a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/ca1f94a1-0921-446a-ae00-4d4bfd2ba3ef/Patreon.com/Retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> </strong></a><a href="http://patreon.com/Retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon.com/Retrospectors</strong></a></p><p><strong>We'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:</strong><a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/ca1f94a1-0921-446a-ae00-4d4bfd2ba3ef/podfollow.com/Retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> </strong></a><a href="http://podfollow.com/Retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>podfollow.com/Retrospectors</strong></a></p><br><p><em>The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.</em></p><p><em>Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.</em></p><p><em>Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.</em></p><br><p><em>#80s #Music #Person #Strange #Macabre #US</em></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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