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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.\nConcertgoer Mark Neal, 17, said the bat was dead long before he threw it on stage. But this was not Osbourne\u2019s first offence: he had previously shocked attendees at a CBS press launch by biting the head away from a live dove.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly trace the origins of Osbourne\u2019s 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\u2026\nCONTENT WARNING: animal cruelty, offensive language beeped.\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Everything you need to know about Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off a bat in Des Moines\u2019 (desmoinesregister.com):\xa0https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/kyle-munson/2016/01/20/everything-you-need-know-ozzy-osbourne-biting-head-off-bat-des-moines/79055858/\n\u2022 \u2018When Ozzy Osbourne Bit Off the Heads of Two Doves (ultimateclassicrock.com)\u2019:\nhttps://ultimateclassicrock.com/ozzy-osbourne-dove-bite-head/\n\u2022 \u2018Ozzy Osbourne talking to David Letterman about the bat incident\u2019 (NBC, 1982):\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxn2_sO5los\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#80s #Music #Person #Strange #Macabre #US\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices