"It had feathers. It had wings. I thought it would soar majestically out of the arena."
Posted on 05/05/2014 7:49:23 PM PDT by smokingfrog
It's a little over 30 years ago that Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a bat in front of a live audience.
Now it appears the little animals have had their revenge.
They could have scuppered his plans to convert a historic barn on his £5million estate into a two-bedroom home.
The former Black Sabbath singer’s representatives are understood to have met planning officers to discuss redevelopment of the 19th century building.
But brown long-eared bats have been discovered in the building.
Osbourne, now 65, bit the head off a bat while performing in America in 1982. He was said to be drunk. According to a variety of accounts he either thought the bat was a rubber replica – or dead.
Osbourne, who was once accused of flirting with Satanism, later recalled that the bat was alive and managed to bite him, requiring him to be treated for rabies. A source close to the Osbournes said: ‘The irony isn’t lost on Ozzy that karma has finally caught up with him.
‘The bats’ natural habitat is prevented from being damaged by law. The survey stated that any work to convert the barn would affect the bats, so it could take years for Ozzy’s plans to be approved.’
Osbourne and his wife Sharon, 61, a former X Factor judge, have lived at the Buckinghamshire mansion for almost 20 years and have been granted permission for many changes during that time.
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LOL I think Ozzy did not realizing it was real - yes I am fairly sure he got bit on the lip - those were crazy times in rock! Pretty sure the injections for rabbies are nothing to be laughed at though - quite painful!
Alice Cooper never killed any chickens but look how that turned out.
:)
Cooper was a talented original. That’s not Ozzy.
LOL!
Well, yeah, Ozzy’s no Marilyn Manson but...wait...what?
;]
"It had feathers. It had wings. I thought it would soar majestically out of the arena."
Bahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa you are enjoying this way too much!! Very funny!
Cheers
Mel
Pretty much what I was thinking.
Just quotin’ the man, hisself...:)
“I’m from Detroit. I’d never been on a farm in my life. It was a bird. It should fly.”
[stuffed toy chickens still pop up in his stage show]
In whose demented world is a barn a natural habitat for bats?
UK Environ-MENTAL Nanny State PING!
God will not be mocked and He will get the last laugh.
Yea, but there is a bright side of all this for Ozzie . . .
He has an unlimited supply of bat heads that he can chew!
Everything else aside, I would love to see a video of drug addled Ozzy talking with the building inspector about converting his barn.
You’d need a time machine because IIRC Oz is no longer drug addled, just addled.
The drugs damaged the guy’s brain, whether he’s off them now or not.
Watching his “reality show” was like watching a train wreck.
The man’s thought processes were alien.
Thanks for the ping!
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