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Jan 20, 2021 12:12 PM
It was on January 20th, 1982 when Ozzy Osbourne cemented his place in rock infamy by biting the head off a real bat during a concert in Des Moines, IA. It’s a story that rock fans know well: Osbourne – already known for biting heads off of things at shows – grabbed what he perceived as a rubber bat which was thrown on stage and bit the head off of it. He found out pretty quick it was real.
Ozzy had a show scheduled for March 23rd, 1983 at the Brown County Arena. He was no stranger to Green Bay… he played the Arena in August of 1981 with Def Leppard opening. But the bat incident along with other controversies that followed “The Prince of Darkness” were contributing factors to the 1983 show almost being cancelled. The Brown County Board received a complaint from a concerned citizen which was passed on to the Arena Committee about the concert and after hearing from the pu