Were your parents scared of OZZY (Osbourne)?

[Tommy]

Nothing Ozzy specific.

My dad hated rap. Smart man.

My mother HATED Guns N Roses though. Probably because of the one time when she walked in my room and Axl was singing about kicking that real mother fucker on down the line.

[Love_Industry]

Not really but they thought his antics - bat biting, pissing on the Alamo and the BATM werewolf costume - were stupid.

My uncle thought Ozzy solo was nothing special and pointed me to early Sabbath instead and they became one of my favorite bands with the first five among my all time favorites. I love Diary and NMT too though.

[Hellsinkey]

No. I'm pretty sure they were unaware of his existence.

This. They listened to Beatles and Leonard Cohen and such.

[TravisBicklesMohawk]

Nope. They thought he was a joke, rolled their eyes and laughed when they looked at my albums, Blizzard of Oz, Diary of a Madman.

[WentEast]

I got into and WORSHIPPED Ozzy between Diary and BATM. This was between 6th and 8th grade. Parents (single mom) didn’t care but classmates and teachers at school were very freaked out by him and even metal head friends were cautious about publicly admitting they liked that “devil worshipper.” I took a lot of shit for defending him and wearing my “Ozzy for President” sweatshirt to school.

[SterileEyes1]

My dad took my older friends and I to Ozzfest ‘97 (on the lawn no less) when I was 13, so gonna venture to guess he was not afraid of Ozzy.

[pieceofme]

Not really but they thought his antics - bat biting, pissing on the Alamo and the BATM werewolf costume - were stupid.

My uncle thought Ozzy solo was nothing special and pointed me to early Sabbath instead and they became one of my favorite bands with the first five among my all time favorites. I love Diary and NMT too though.

Your uncle is spot on.

[Kajsa]

No.

[TeslaFan]

Not really. I was always afraid of Gary Numan. I think I became aware of him watching Night Flight on USA Network. He was just a freaky looking dude.

[Hatchets Molly]

Not really. I was always afraid of Gary Numan. I think I became aware of him watching Night Flight on USA Network. He was just a freaky looking dude.

Hahaha. I was probably in 9th or 10th grade when I first saw him on one of those shows. I didn't know what to think. He didn't fit the 80s British new wave aesthetic.