Ozzy Osbourne served his Black Sabbath bandmates curry with a very “spicy” ingredient – his smelly socks.
Drummer Bill Ward was left feeling queasy when he found the filthy footwear.
But bass player Geezer Butler managed to dodge it because he is a vegetarian.
In his new book Into The Void, Geezer explained: “Ozzy’s signature dish was curry.
“One time, we were eating dinner and Bill [Ward] suddenly pushed his plate away and started retching.
“Ozzy had taken one of his filthy, sweaty socks off, put it on Bill’s plate, covered it in rice and poured curry over the top.
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“Bill could quite easily have been the first person in history to be killed by sock
poisoning because Ozzy didn’t change his very often.”
Geezer, 73, said that Bill was the target for most of the pranks carried out by the Prince of Darkness, 74, and guitarist Tony Iommi.
He revealed: “He’d just take it, because he was so easy-going.
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“Ozzy would even shoot fireworks through the bedroom window while Bill was sleeping. Bill would wake up to find a Roman candle spinning on the floor, sending sparks flying everywhere and burning holes in his bedclothes.
“But he never seemed to be bothered. He was the fall guy, that was his role.”
Ozzy is married to former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne.
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The celebrity couple share two adult children, a daughter, 38, Kelly and a son Jack, 37.
The pair have both gone on to have their own successful careers, with Kelly forging a pop career in her teens and Jack who stars in paranormal TV shows.
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