Stories of rock bands getting out of control on tour are a dime a dozen, especially when it comes to the decade of decadence. Ozzy Osbourne features among several of these tales, and infamously, “The Prince of Darkness” usually had a good time when he was around Mötley Crüe.
One legend has it that a heavily intoxicated Osbourne once snorted a line of ants like it was cocaine while on tour with the Crüe. Some dispute the story, but Ozzy said on “The Osbourne Podcast”: “I did, I was there, I did it. It’s my nostril … I was drunk, and I did it.”
In a recent interview with Allison Hagendorf, Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx told of another wild time while on tour with Ozzy. “We were opening for Ozzy, and Ozzy walked in the room, and let’s just say we were having more fun than we should have as the opening band, with multiple people,” Sixx said. “And Ozzy sat down and was watching. And the next thing you know we looked over Ozzy’s back, and we’re like, ‘Uh-oh.’ There was Sharon. So, Ozzy got yelled at, they took all of our passes away, they took booze off our rider.”
Mötley Crüe ended up having shirts printed that made fun of all the rules they were supposed to be following. “So, we made these shirts, which probably now I think about it, was probably not a very smart move,” Sixx said. “It was a smiley face with bullet holes that said ‘No Fun Tour.’ And on the back, it was like, ‘No sex, no drugs,’ all the no’s. We got everybody in the road crew and Ozzy and us to all wear them when Sharon walked in.”
Sixx said Sharon “wasn’t happy” when she saw the shirts. “But you know, we eventually got on her good grace and back to our normal shenanigans.” Check out the full conversation below.
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