John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, actor and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which he adopted the nickname "The Prince of Darkness".
Osbourne was fired from the band in 1979 due to alcohol and drug problems, but he went on to have a successful solo career, releasing eleven studio albums, the first seven of which were all awarded multi-platinum certifications in the United States. Osbourne has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions.
Tommy Lee reveals how Ozzy Osbourne “out-grossed” him after infamous ant-snorting incident
nme.comTommy Lee has conceded that Ozzy Osbourne “out-grossed” him during their now-infamous ant-snorting incident four decades ago.The Mötley Crüe drummer was reminiscing about the encounter from 1984 when the band were on tour with the Black Sabbath frontman during a recent episode of This Past Weekend with Theo Von.The stomach-turning, drug-fuelled antics have since been immortalised in a scene in Mötley Crüe’s 2019 biopic The Dirt.Despite some people questioning the historical accuracy of the story, Lee has said: “Full on true.
I know people ask that all the time. They’re like, ‘Dude, really?’ I’m like, abso-fucking-lutely. You can’t make that shit up.”As the story goes, Osbourne and Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx held an impromptu gross-out contest backstage at a show.
Ozzy proceeds to ask Mötley Crüe if they have cocaine and after being handed a straw, he snorts a crawling line of ants.“At that time, it was just kind of a thing — everybody was into [trying to] out-rock star and out-gross somebody out, like out-partying,” Lee has now said. “So Ozzy’s wasted.
He sees there’s a little trail of ants going all the way to this kid’s popsicle that he left on the ground. And Ozzy looks down and fucking just snorts the line of ants going to the popsicle.”“And Nikki [Sixx] is like, ‘Okay.
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