Legendary Rock Manager DOC McGHEE - “OZZY OSBOURNE Is The Craziest Guy I’ve Known In All My Years”

“But, that was Ozzy.” That was the phrase that rung out several times as Billboard’s Executive Director of Content & Programming for Touring & Live Entertainment Ray Waddell held court while some of the veterans of the live music industry spilled their war stories from life on the road, reports Billboard.com.

Stories on Ozzy, Guns N’ Roses and Mötley Crüe dominated amidst tales of trashed hotel rooms, run-ins with the cops and the odd stick up or two that have gone down over the years.

Taking part in the discussion were Ron Delsener, Chairman of Live Nation Music NY; Alex Hodges, CEO of promoter Nederlander Concerts; Doc McGhee, CEO of McGhee Entertainment Inc.; Louis Messina, President/CEO of Messina Touring Group; and Danny Zelisko, President of Danny Zelisko Presents.

As the panel kicked off, it seemed like everyone wanted to talk about the Black Sabbath singer. “Ozzy is the craziest guy I’ve known in all my years,” said McGhee before recalling a time when the legendary rocker donned a green chiffon dress – without anything underneath – and ran onto the stage with everything hanging out to yell, “I’m fucking crazy!” as the police turned on the house lights and ended the show, which McGhee deemed a “milder story.”

Delsener remembered driving Ozzy back to New York after a performance in New Jersey only to have to pull over in the Lincoln Tunnel – no small feat – just to have the singer relieve himself all over Delsener’s new Porsche. And Messina shared an anecdote that included Ozzy and his wife/manager Sharon, a Hanson concert and 20 tables of room service food while dogs ran around the suite.