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That's Not a Toilet, Ozzy!
1982
Ozzy Osbourne urinates on a statue near the Alamo, desecrating a Texas landmark.
In San Antonio for a show on his Diary of a Madman tour, Ozzy has a few dozen too many drinks and passes out in a stupor. His wife/manager Sharon clothes him in her dress and ballerina shoes to deter him from going outside. The plan fails.
Ozzy wanders out into the San Antonio night in his wife's clothes. He eventually feels the need to empty his bladder and selects a seemingly insignificant statue upon which to do the deed. After being accosted by police, The Prince of Darkness quickly discovers that the statue is anything but insignificant. Rather, it is the Alamo Cenotaph, a 60-foot-high statue raised in 1939 to honor the Texans who died there. It is adjacent to the mission in The Alamo Plaza, and Texans do not take kindly in its defilement.
Ozzy is banned for life from San Antonio. The story sneaks into the media and quickly morphs into the legend that Ozzy peed on the Alamo itself, which is not actually quite true. It is, in fact, very fortunate for Ozzy that it was not the Alamo Mission, as an Alamo guide explains that the rock star would have been "beaten within an inch of his life" if it had been.
Ozzy instantly regrets the incident. He is released on $40 bond paid by Jack Orbin, the promoter of Osbourne's concert at HemisFair that night. The concert still sees problems as fans who are unable to get into the sold-out show decide to riot, and 24 are arrested.
Ten years later, Ozzy donates $10,000 to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and his ban from the city is lifted. He chalks the whole thing up to the evils of intoxication.
Ozzy wanders out into the San Antonio night in his wife's clothes. He eventually feels the need to empty his bladder and selects a seemingly insignificant statue upon which to do the deed. After being accosted by police, The Prince of Darkness quickly discovers that the statue is anything but insignificant. Rather, it is the Alamo Cenotaph, a 60-foot-high statue raised in 1939 to honor the Texans who died there. It is adjacent to the mission in The Alamo Plaza, and Texans do not take kindly in its defilement.
Ozzy is banned for life from San Antonio. The story sneaks into the media and quickly morphs into the legend that Ozzy peed on the Alamo itself, which is not actually quite true. It is, in fact, very fortunate for Ozzy that it was not the Alamo Mission, as an Alamo guide explains that the rock star would have been "beaten within an inch of his life" if it had been.
Ozzy instantly regrets the incident. He is released on $40 bond paid by Jack Orbin, the promoter of Osbourne's concert at HemisFair that night. The concert still sees problems as fans who are unable to get into the sold-out show decide to riot, and 24 are arrested.
Ten years later, Ozzy donates $10,000 to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and his ban from the city is lifted. He chalks the whole thing up to the evils of intoxication.
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