Paul Stanley has pushed back against claims that having to take multiple doses of the COVID-19 vaccine is unusual or unprecedented.

The KISS frontman, who tested positive for COVID-19 in August, took to his Twitter on Monday (December 27) to point out that certain childhood vaccines that have been used for decades, like the diphtheria vaccine and the polio vaccine, require four or more doses to complete immunization.

He wrote: “Just Some Vaccine Information For Those Who Question The Current Validity Because Of The Amount Of Doses, FYI… POLIO-4 Doses; CHICKENPOX-2 Doses; SMALLPOX-4 Doses; MEASLES-2 Doses; DIPTHERIA/TETANUS/WHOOPING COUGH-5 Doses.

“Share your opinions here but no ‘education’ thru rudeness”.

Stanley went on to say that he has been testing negative for COVID-19 despite the fact that he took to his Instagram on Sunday (December 26) to share a photo of what he called his “Omicron face” and to reveal that his “entire family” has contracted the highly contagious variant.

“I AM NEGATIVE FOR COVID,” he wrote on Monday. “If you have any doubts about your Home Covid Test results, get tested through a lab. I have had Covid and 3 shots. With my antibodies there’s little chance of me contracting it now. Thanks for all your concern.”

Omicron has quickly become the most common form of the coronavirus in the U.S., accounting for 73% of all cases, according to federal officials.

Based on early studies, those who are up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines are far less likely to be admitted to hospital with the omicron variant than the previous delta strain. However, the higher transmissibility of omicron means the risk of health systems being overloaded during the winter period is still quite high.

“It is clear that if you’re vaccinated, particularly if you’ve had a booster, omicron tends to produce milder infections,” Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, told NBC News.

“What we haven’t seen yet is a substantial body of information about what omicron will do in unvaccinated people,” he added.

After Stanley contracted COVID-19 in August, KISS was forced to postpone a string of shows. A few days later, KISS announced that bassist Gene Simmons had also tested positive for the virus. As a result, the band postponed four more concerts.

Back in March, Stanley told AXS TV’s “At Home And Social” that he was “so excited and so thankful” to receive his second COVID-19 vaccine. “I’d like [to see] everybody just get back to a normal life,” he said at the time. “It’s been devastating for so many people. For us who are inconvenienced, it’s minor compared to what some people have gone through.”

Stanley also criticized people who were defiantly skeptical of mask wearing, saying they were posing a risk to themselves and to all those around them.

“Part of the problem is that we haven’t adhered properly to what should be common sense restrictions,” he said. “And as long as there are people who are negating what’s being told to them, this [coronavirus crisis] is gonna extend further.

“We’re supposed to be a community. And if there’s the slightest possibility that it would be the right thing to do, shouldn’t you do it?” he asked rhetorically.

Last month, Simmons blasted people who are skeptical of COVID-19 vaccines, calling them “delusional” and the “enemy” and saying they are posing a risk to themselves and to all those around them.

In October, Rolling Stone magazine published a story in which a group of KISS roadies suggested that the lack of COVID protocols enforced on the band’s “End Of The Road” farewell tour led to the death of a longtime guitar tech, 53-year-old Francis Stueber. Stueber died of coronavirus in his Detroit hotel room on October 17, just two days after being quarantined. The crew members claimed the tour didn’t take strict enough safety measures, including not testing everyone regularly. In addition, some crew members allegedly disguised their illness and/or faked vaccine cards.

In a statement, the KISS members said that they were “profoundly heartbroken” by the passing of Stueber, but added, “We are now aware there were crew members who attempted to conceal signs of illness, and when it was discovered, refused medical attention…. Furthermore, it has recently been brought to our attention that certain crew members may have provided fake vaccination cards which, if true, we find morally reprehensible (as well as illegal), putting the entire tour in harm’s way.”

Just Some Vaccine Information For Those Who Question The Current Validity Because Of The Amount Of Doses, FYI…
POLIO-4 Doses
CHICKENPOX-2 Doses
SMALLPOX-4 Doses
MEASLES-2 Doses
DIPTHERIA/TETANUS/WHOOPING COUGH-5 Doses.
Share your opinions here but no “education” thru rudeness

— Paul Stanley (@PaulStanleyLive) December 27, 2021

I AM NEGATIVE FOR COVID. If you have any doubts about your Home Covid Test results, get tested through a lab. I have had Covid and 3 shots. With my antibodies there’s little chance of me contracting it now. Thanks for all your concern.
— Paul Stanley (@PaulStanleyLive) December 27, 2021

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Chris Caffery, who has been a member of SAVATAGE for more than 30 years, spoke to That Metal Interview about the possibility of new music from the cult metal outfit. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We’ve been writing and talking about it now. It’s the first time in a long time where I actually have been trading riffs and songs with Jon [Oliva, SAVATAGE frontman] over the phone, and I have some really cool things. I have this one song that I wrote that he really likes and it’s kind of one that I think would be a good lead-off track for SAVATAGE. [We’re] just calling it ‘The Dungeous Are Calling Again’ and it’s a really, really, really cool metal song.

“We’ll see what happens,” he continued. “I know a lot of people would like to see a new SAVATAGE record. I think the cards are lining up. Whether or not it’s gonna fall into place, we’ll find out. I always tend to stay really positive and optimistic about it — I have for 20 years. So hopefully it does wind up happening. We’re not getting any younger.”

Caffery went on to say that plans are also afoot for SAVATAGE to release some vintage concert footage “in DVD form.” He said: “There might be a couple of things people will be really happy to see pop up. ‘Cause there was some stuff that we had, recorded some full concerts from ‘The Wake Of Magellan’ tour, and then there’s some other footage that we might wanna try to [put out]. Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything, really, that we could use from the Criss [Oliva] era as far as full concerts, which is very, very unfortunate. But we have some stuff from some of the other ones.”

This past spring, Jon Oliva told That Metal Interview that he had been working with Caffery and guitarist Al Pitrelli on new SAVATAGE material “over the last couple of years.” Oliva went on to say that he and his SAVATAGE bandmates “would all love” to make a new studio album. “But there’s no deal with a record company to do it,” he explained. “There’s no plan — actual plan — saying we’re gonna start recording SAVATAGE. There’s no plan like that. All we’re doing, as being musicians and songwriters, is we’re compiling new material. So if we do get, ‘Hey, why don’t you guys do this? We’ve got a company that wants to give you guys [a deal], we’re gonna be prepared.

“A lot of the fans, which it makes me upset, because SAVATAGE fans, I love them so much, because they have never, ever turned their backs on SAVATAGE — ever. And I just don’t want to lead them down a road of false shit,” he added. “If something happens where we say, ‘Okay, we’re ready to do this. Let’s do it, guys,’ I will be the first person to make a professional press release to tell everybody. But I just don’t want to, because it’s not solidified in stone right now. Do we wanna do it? You bet your fucking ass we wanna do it. But do we have the material for it? You bet your fucking ass we have enough material for another 10-year run. But all I can say is if we do a SAVATAGE thing, it’s gonna fuck you people up — it’s gonna be fucking blowaway.”

SAVATAGE’s last album release, “Poets And Madmen”, in 2001 was highlighted by Jon Oliva’s return as lead vocalist, replacing Zak Stevens, who left the band citing family reasons, and the departure of Al Pitrelli, who accepted an offer to join MEGADETH in 2000. Pitrelli did record solos for some songs prior to his departure. Another very limited U.S. tour followed, supported by FATES WARNING in the early shows, and then NEVERMORE for the remainder. Around this time, Jon chose Zak’s replacement in the form of Damond Jiniya (DIET OF WORMS). Damond performed Zak’s parts on tour, with Jon having an increased vocal role in proceedings.

This past September, Jon Oliva was arrested on the west central coast of Florida for driving under the influence as well as possession of a controlled substance. Police charged Oliva with possession of cocaine, which is a felony, and DUI, which is a misdemeanor. He has a court appearance scheduled for late January.

Back in 2016, Jon announced on social media that he suffered a stroke in April of that year. At the time, he said: “It was not as serious as it could have been, but it did leave me with some physical recovery challenges often associated with strokes.”

Despite his health issues, Jon said that he didn’t regret the way he had lived his life. He wrote: “I lived the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle since I was 18. It’s all I knew and I enjoyed the ride very much. But there comes a time in everyone’s life where you have to step back and make some life-changing decisions… which I have.”

Shortly after SAVATAGE’s reunion performance at the 2015 Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany, Oliva claimed that he felt better than he had in 20 years because he had “stopped drinking and eating” in preparation for the concert. He explained: “It’s my voice that’s freaking me out, because, even when I was in my late 20s, early 30s, doing songs like ’24 Hours Ago’ were always really hard to do. And, of course, I didn’t realize that it was all the drugs and alcohol I was doing. But, after doing that, getting my act together and stuff, singing ’24 Hours Ago’, it’s actually easy now. [Laughs]”

In addition to his work with SAVATAGE, Oliva is well known for co-creating the classical music-meets-prog rock and pyro act TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA alongside the project’s founder Paul O’Neill. Oliva has reportedly remained involved in TSO’s activities even after O’Neill’s April 2017 death of an accidental drug overdose.

Jon’s brother Criss, who was one of the founding members of SAVATAGE, was killed in October 1993 by a drunk driver when he and his wife Dawn were en route to the Livestock festival in Zephyrhills, Florida. The driver of the other car was found to have a drunk driving record of seven prior DUIs and having a blood alcohol content of .294 percent.

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GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash and some of his family members — including sons London and Cash Hudson, as well as his longtime girlfriend Meegan Hodges — spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

Hodges shared several photos of the outing on her Instagram and included the following caption: “Our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2021 #disneyland #family #xmas #thanksDianeforalwaysmakingourdisneychristmasspecial”.

London and Cash’s mother is Perla Ferrar, whom Slash divorced more than three years ago.

Around the time his second son was born, Slash told The Pulse Of Radio that becoming a family man helped settle him down. “I never actually was one of those guys that said I’m gonna be single forever and never have children,” he said. “I just never made plans for it, so when it happened, it was, like, at the perfect time in my life. It’s like, if it had happened a second earlier, I couldn’t have handled it, ’cause I was too out there. Then when the kids came, it actually sort of secured me, more than anything.”

GUNS launched its long-rumored and long-awaited reunion tour with an April 2016 club show in Hollywood and appearances in Las Vegas and at California’s Coachella festival.

GUNS N’ ROSES’ reunion tour features classic-lineup members Slash, singer Axl Rose and bassist Duff McKagan backed by guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer, keyboardist Dizzy Reed and second keyboardist Melissa Reese.

Slash and his bandmates played the final show of their “We’re F’N Back” run on October 4 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

“We’re F’N Back!” came on the heels of the “Not In This Lifetime” run that became the No. 3 highest-grossing tour in the history of Billboard Boxscore.

As previously reported, GUNS N’ ROSES will release a new four-song EP, “Hard Skool”, on February 25, 2022. The effort, which is exclusive to the GUNS N’ ROSES official store, contains the two new songs the band released in the summer — the title track and “Absurd” (stylized as “ABSUЯD”) — as well as live versions of “Don’t Cry” and “You’re Crazy”.

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MÖTÖRHEAD’s longtime tour manager Eddie Rocha and production assistant Emma Cederblad recently paid tribute to the band’s iconic leader Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister by getting MÖTÖRHEAD tattoos on their legs. A short video documenting the process can be seen below.

Lemmy died exactly six years ago — on December 28, 2015 — at the age of 70 shortly after learning he had been diagnosed with cancer.

He had dealt with several health issues over the last few years of his life, including heart trouble, forcing him to cut back on his famous smoking habits.

MOTÖRHEAD had to cancel a number of shows in 2015 because of Lemmy’s poor health, although the band did manage to complete one final European tour a couple of weeks before his death.

In June 2020, it was announced that Lemmy will get the biopic treatment. The upcoming film, “Lemmy”, will be directed by Greg Olliver, who previously helmed the 2010 documentary of the same name, “Lemmy”.

“Lemmy” will follow Kilmister’s life growing up in Stoke-on-Trent, becoming a roadie for Jimi Hendrix and a member of seminal psychedelic rock band HAWKWIND before forming MOTÖRHEAD.

A custom-made urn containing Lemmy’s ashes is on permanent display in a columbarium at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood, California.

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Former WHITE LION frontman Mike Tramp will release a new single, “You Only Get To Do It Once”, on January 7. It is described in a press release as “an honest, stripped-down rock song with all elements that make Tramp such a recognized and loved artist — an autobiographic reflection with a disarming chord progression and a melody that will haunt you for days.”

Tramp stated about the track: “It seems that all I do these days, is look in the review mirror to see where I’ve been and what I’ve done. When time almost stand still, compared to how it used to move too fast. I now look for things that made me happy and the reason why they did. Being a totally nostalgia freak and one who doesn’t want to let go of the good times and the real times, when the world I lived in was a nice place. It now becomes even more important, that whatever you do, you better do it full out, ’cause ‘You Only Get To Do It Once’. With that being said, I am happy and satisfied that I gave it all I had, spent my money when I could and it mattered and lived my life the way it should be. These days I write songs about it, but it’s not the same as when I lived it.”

“You Only Get To Do It Once” was created exclusively for Trampthology.com and is already available there.

“For the next few weeks. I will be introducing and presenting to you Trampthology, a safe place where we together can share my music and other things I do, without having unwanted intruders or unwelcome guests,” Mike said. “Time has come for me to have my own place and one of the first things and an exclusive to Trampthology members. This brand new song and video is only the beginning, as I will feel much more up to sharing my music with you who cares about it. Stay tuned and hang in there.”

“You Only Get To Do It Once” recording lineup:

Claus Langeskov: bass
Rene Shades: acoustic guitar
Mike Tramp: all the rest

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During an appearance on the “White Line Fever” podcast, former EUROPE guitarist Kee Marcello spoke about how his 1980s Swedish glam-rock band EASY ACTION was forced to take legal action against POISON for allegedly “stealing” the chorus to the EASY ACTION song “We Go Rocking” for the POISON U.S. smash-hit “I Want Action”. EASY ACTION was said to have been awarded a financial settlement in the case.

Kee said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I got [in] contact with the producer of POISON’s album [‘Look What The Cat Dragged In’], Ric Browde, and he told me he brought the EASY ACTION album and the HANOI ROCKS album to the studio when he did the POISON album, and he put on ‘We Go Rocking’ and suggested the band make a cover out of it. And they said, ‘It’s a fucking Swedish glam band. Who’s gonna know?’ And they just ripped us off. And this is Ric Browde personally saying this. So it’s so fucking obvious that it happened.

“If it would have been me doing such a mistake, I would say, ‘I’m so sorry. I fucked up. Man, I took your song. I’m so sorry. I’m gonna make it up to you.’ [But] to this day, believe it or not, they completely bluntly deny it,” he continued. “When POISON played at Sweden Rock Festival, they had a press conference, and somebody asked — a lot of people asked — ‘What about Kee Marcello? What about EASY ACTION? What about ‘We Go Rocking’?’ And they said, ‘[We] never heard of any of those.’ And that was the end of it. Then people tried to go on, but they just bluntly denied it. And it’s so ridiculous. At least agree you’re wrong sometimes.

“So, I don’t know. I don’t wanna see those assholes.”

Regarding how EASY ACTION ended up receiving a financial settlement in the case, Kee said: “The publisher [for ‘We Go Rocking’] is Warner Chappell Music. I’m [listed as the] hundred percent [writer] of the music, and there’s three of us [who are credited for] the lyrics — the singer, the bass player and me — in ‘We Go Rocking’.

“The thing is I was so busy when this happened, I didn’t sue [POISON]; it was Warner Chappell Music that sued them and threatened to take them to court,” Marcello explained. “It was really a dumb deal. I wonder why they didn’t do that. Instead they made a settlement out of court. But as you know, when you do a settlement, they don’t have to [publicly admit] that they [did anything wrong]. If we would have taken them to court, I would have been a co-writer on their song, which I think would have been fair. That’s how you admit you’ve been doing something wrong. Because [if I had been listed as a co-writer on ‘I Want Action’], every time they do a best-of POISON album and the song is on there, some money goes to me. It doesn’t now. We just got this sum of money, a settlement out of court. If I would have been more plugged into the whole thing… If there’s one regret I have, it’s not dragging their sorry asses to court.”

EASY ACTION was formed in the early 1980s and was a pioneering band on the Swedish and Scandinavian glam rock scene. When singer Tommy Nilsson joined the group in 1986, they moved towards a more adult radio friendly sound. The album “That Makes One” attracted global attention but its momentum came to a quick halt when Marcello left the band to gain worldwide success as the new guitar player in the band EUROPE. Nilsson went on to become one of Sweden’s biggest pop stars, scoring several huge domestic single hits. Following a number of successful years with EUROPE, Kee released solo albums and a biography as well as performed in the musical “Rock Of Ages”, among other projects.

An earlier incarnation of EASY ACTION, featuring Zinny Zan on vocals, had reunited in the past, but in 2019, the “That Makes One” lineup of the band makes its first comeback since 1986 exclusively at the Sweden Rock Festival. The show marked Nilsson’s first return to the world of hard rock in 33 years. The lineup also included guitarist Chris Lind, bassist Nalle Påhlsson (TREAT, THERION) and former EASY ACTION live keyboard player Jörgen Ingeström.

Earlier this year, EASY ACTION released a video for a new song “Dazed”, which was written about the wave of populistic propaganda that has reshaped the world in recent years.

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In a new interview with V13, guitarist Bill Steer of British extreme metallers CARCASS spoke about the band’s latest album “Torn Arteries”, which sees them once again combining the breakneck intensity that defined their earliest years with the vastly tighter and more polished tone that characterized their later efforts.

“We’ve always been quite stubborn and just done what we wanted to do at any given time,” he said. “And sometimes that means you’re gonna be out of step with the prevailing trends at that time. But it’s definitely better to be honest about where you’re at and what you’re into, ’cause if you go chasing an audience, you end up making a clown of yourself, really.

“We don’t really analyze it,” Steer said about CARCASS’s unique sound. “All you’ve got is your gut instinct, I think, with music, in terms of the direction it’s going. I guess the primary motivation is the same that we’ve always had, which was to make music that we wanted to hear. Obviously, when you start a group, you set certain parameters for yourselves, stylistically, and some of those elements are still there in our music now; it’s just we’ve managed to broaden our scope over the years. But, yeah, I just tend to feel like if you try and guess what listeners will make of it, you’re already a bit lost. And you’ve just gotta complete it to the best of your ability, craft it until you feel like you can stand behind the thing, push it out there.”

“Torn Arteries” was released in September via Nuclear Blast Records. Drummer Daniel Wilding did session work in Sweden at Studio Gröndahl with David Castillo while guitars were recorded at The Stationhouse with James Atkinson in Leeds, England. Eventually needing some form of residential location to finalize vocals, bass, and other guitarwork, the band headed back to Studio Gröndahl in Sweden to continue work in a very relaxed atmosphere with Castillo.

The “Torn Arteries” title references an old demo created by CARCASS’s original drummer Ken Owen back in the 1980s.

In February of 1999, Owen suffered a near-fatal brain hemorrhage, leaving him in a coma for over 10 months. As a result, he is unable to play the way he used to. When CARCASS reunited in 2007, the drum stool was filled by Daniel Erlandsson and later Wilding.

Ken reportedly gave his approval to Steer and bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker to continue with CARCASS and was supportive during the recording process of the band’s 2013 comeback album “Surgical Steel”.

CARCASS played its first pandemic-era concert on November 6 at the Damnation Festival in Leeds, U.K.

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ANNIHILATOR leader Jeff Waters has opened up about his battle with COVID-19, saying that was left “terrified” and feared for his life for more than half a year.

The 55-year-old guitarist/vocalist, who moved to the United Kingdom from his native Canada back in 2018, discussed his recent health issues in a new interview with Bringin’ It Backwards.

He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “When we went to this COVID disaster, I took stock of a few things because I got COVID, my wife got it and the kids got it. And I got it really bad because I am older, I was an ex-smoker. I don’t drink alcohol for three decades but I’m still not an exerciser. I didn’t drink a lot of water. I intook a lot of fast foods.

“Basically what it was was the pandemic hit [and] I got COVID bad,” he continued. “I had the thing where the elephant was sitting on your chest for two weeks and I was wheezing like a crackling fire. That’s how I explained it — whether it was in or out breath, it was a crackling fire. And you were told not to pop asthma medication ’cause that could make it worse.”

Waters added: “My oxygen level got tested and they said, ‘You should probably be in the hospital. If your oxygen level gets any lower, you need to be in the hospital.’ And my wife watched me all day and night in another room and made sure I was okay. I isolated ’cause I was scared — we were all terrified over here [in the U.K.], like everywhere. And I recovered partially in about two weeks. I woke up and the elephant was gone. So it was, like, ‘Okay, he’s not sitting on my chest anymore.’ But it took six to seven months. And now I understood what I thought was such a goofy term — ‘long COVID.’ I was thinking, ‘Oh, it’s another political bunch of bullshit.’ And then I understood it that that was real — COVID was real, but that was real. Because it took over six months. And then I woke up one morning and went, ‘Oh, the other half of my lungs are back.’ So I went through six and a half months of, ‘Oh, shit. Did I just damage my lungs? And is my career, and maybe even life, done here.’ And [then] I was back.”

earMusic recently announced a reissue series of (almost) the entire ANNIHILATOR catalog. Kicking off this extensive catalog campaign is “Metal II”, which has been given an overhaul with Dave Lombardo (SLAYER) on drums and lead vocals “re-invented” by Stu Block (INTO ETERNITY, ICED EARTH). The guest list on the album iincludes: Willie Adler (LAMB OF GOD), Alexi Laiho (CHILDREN OF BODOM), Steve “Lips” Kudlow (ANVIL), Dan Beehler (EXCITER), Jesper Strömblad (IN FLAMES), Angela Gossow (ARCH ENEMY), Jeff Loomis (ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE), Anders Björler (THE HAUNTED, AT THE GATES) and Corey Beaulieu (TRIVIUM).

In total, 18 records are going to be released over the next few years, including the original 2007 version of the “Metal” album.

Founded in 1984, ANNIHILATOR took the metal scene by storm with its debut 1989 release “Alice In Hell”, upped the ante with 1990’s “Never, Neverland” and has continued a non-stop career-pattern of releasing records and touring with many of the biggest bands in the metal genre (mostly outside North America) ever since; cementing ANNIHILATOR as the biggest-selling metal act in Canada’s history.

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Ozzy Osbourne has announced his first foray into the crypto industry with the launch of Cryptobatz, a collection of 9,666 non-fungible tokens.

The collection is a nod to his infamous bat-biting incident. On January 20, 1982, Ozzy bit the head off a live bat during a concert at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa. He later claimed he thought it was a toy thrown to him by an audience member.

Osbourne told Rolling Stone that he decided to launch his own NFTs after his wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne, talked him out of buying a Bored Ape.

“I’ve been trying to get in on the NFT action for a while so when I asked Sharon for a Bored Ape for Christmas after several failed attempts of buying my own, and she said no, I decided to create my own,” Ozzy said. “Cryptobatz is a fucking mental project for NFT collectors and fans. The design pays tribute to one of my most iconic onstage moments and is a chance to acquire a rare piece of art history. I love it!”

Cryptobatz comes with a twist: owners will be able to create new NFTs called “MutantBatz” by “mutating” Cryptobatz with other collections.

NFTs are a type of digital asset where ownership is recorded on a digital ledger blockchain. Each NFT is unique and can be viewed as a collectible that cannot be duplicated, making them singular and potentially valuable. NFTs can represent digital files, such as art, audio, videos, posters, album art and other forms of creative work.

Most NFTs are a part of the Ethereum blockchain, meaning that they are bought and sold using Ether, a major cryptocurrency.

Other notable heavy metal musicians who have dipped their toes in the NFT market include MEGADETH, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, SLIPKNOT’s Clown and Yngwie Malmsteen.

Ozzy’s bat-biting incident was the focus of an episode of “Myths And Legends”, a TV Land original television series in which celebrity and expert panelists discuss popular myths surrounding American television, music, and motion pictures, promise answers to these and other great and not-so-great Hollywood stories.

Asked by the Los Angeles Daily News how he wants to be remembered, Ozzy said: “It’s not the way I want to be remembered [but] I know I’ll be the man that bit the head off the bat. That will be my epitaph. It won’t be, ‘Here lies Ozzy Osbourne … he did a bit of good …’ It’s going to be ‘The bat-biting lunatic,’ which … I don’t care.”

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