Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off a live bat is one of the more infamous moments in heavy metal history, and to honor the 37th anniversary of the beheading, the Prince of Fucking Darkness is selling a 12-inch plush bat toy — complete with a detachable head.
On January 20, 1982, Ozzy bit the head off a live bat during a concert at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa. Legend has it that the former Black Sabbath vocalist thought the bat was a toy thrown by an audience member, but he soon learned otherwise.
Today marks the 37th Anniversary since I bit a head off a f*cking bat! Celebrate with this commemorative plush with detachable head.https://t.co/Of23jCDtaa pic.twitter.com/U8ZkmOYOey
— Ozzy Osbourne (@OzzyOsbourne) January 20, 2019
On January 20, 1982, Ozzy bit the head off a live bat during a concert at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa. Legend has it that the former Black Sabbath vocalist thought the bat was a toy thrown by an audience member, but he soon learned otherwise.
In Ozzy's 2009 memoir I Am Ozzy, he recalled the legendary night: “Immediately… something felt wrong. Very wrong. For a start, my mouth was instantly full of this warm, gloopy liquid, with the worst aftertaste you could ever imagine. I could feel it staining my teeth and running down my chin. Then the head in my mouth twitched.”
The bat ended up biting Ozzy before its untimely death, and, as a result, the singer required treatment against the possibility of rabies.
He later told Classic Rock Magazine, "It must have been stunned by the lights or something because it just froze and I thought it was a toy. 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."
The plush is exclusively on sale in Ozzy's official webstore for $40.
Its description reads, "Bring the legendary moment in rock history to life with this soft toy plush bat, featuring the Ozzy Osbourne logo and a velcro detachable head."
