Urban Myth: Ozzy Osbourne Pissed on the Alamo

San Antonio Current | April 18, 2012
On January 19, 1982, a month after he stole headlines by biting the head off a bat during a concert, British heavy metal rock star Ozzy Osbourne gained even more notoriety when he was arrested in San Antonio for urinating on the memorial cenotaph in Alamo Plaza.

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