Ozzy Talks Bat Biting

On Jan. 20, 1982, Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a live bat. This event went on to become rock lore and is arguably inextricably associated with the former Black Sabbath frontman.

Osbourne was performing at Des Moines, Iowa's Veterans Memorial Auditorium when someone threw the bat on stage, and Osbourne picked it up and bit its head off. Rolling Stone magazine stated the bat was alive when thrown on stage, but the person who threw it later said it was dead.

Osbourne recently told Classic Rock magazine that he did not know the bat was real when it was thrown on stage.

"It must have been stunned by the lights or something because it just froze and I thought it was a toy," he said. "I just put it in my mouth. Then its wings started flapping and I got such a shock. I tried to pull it out too quickly and its head came off."

Osbourne also said, "It tasted all crunchy and warm... like a Ronald McDonald's."

If McDonald's tastes like live bat (or vice versa), we really think people should rethink eating there, nevermind biting the head off a bat...