Bad-Boy Black Sabbath phenom Ozzy Osbourne, who died Tuesday at age 76, once got his *** thrown out of Portland, Maine.
Osbourne, the guy who put Black Sabbath on the map, got bounced some 40 years ago for throwing furniture off the roof of the Portland high-rise hotel then called the Eastland.
Osbourne was just one of many celebs who stayed at the High Street hotel (except for former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt who was turned away in 1946 because she wanted her dog, “Fala,” in her room with her).
The hotel has hosted such celebrities as aviator Charles Lindbergh, four U.S. presidents – and Ozzy.
The Prince of Darkness got a little too rowdy at one of his parties at the hotel’s rooftop pool, which led to his chucking pool furniture off the roof down onto High Street.
‘Cause why not? If you were Ozzy Osbourne, you could do whatever you wanted.
Well, not quite.
Cops escorted Ozzy out of the city.
“This special performance by the Prince of Darkness is a beloved piece of Portland history,” PortlandMonthly.com once reported.
“It’s the perfect 1980s rocker scene: having had his fill of snorting ants and biting off the heads of bats, Ozzy has entered the crucial peak of his hotel-trashing period. Breaking lamps and burning mattresses are passé, and Portland, Maine, that sleepy city by the sea, is the first to know,” the Portland maggie wrote.
Guests started hurling furniture off the roof just like their idol.
The hotel later closed the pool because everyone wanted to be like Ozzy Osbourne, the famous Prince of Darkness.
Thanks for the memories Oz. RIP.
