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b"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"