Ozzy Osbourne was a pioneering musician but the Black Sabbath frontman was perhaps best known in the mainstream for his antics -- including offending all of Texas when he drunkenly urinated on the US state's monument to its fallen Alamo heroes.

In light of the legendary rocker's passing, here's what caused Ozzy Osbourne to be banned from San Antonio more than 40 years ago.

PETA shared a brief post on their website in honor of Ozzy, writing, "Ozzy Osbourne was a legend and a provocateur, but PETA will remember the 'Prince of Darkness' most fondly for the gentle side he showed to animals — most recently cats, by using his fame to decry painful, crippling declawing mutilations.

“We at the Alamo are saddened to hear of the passing of legendary musician Ozzy Osbourne. His relationship with the Alamo was marked initially by a deeply disrespectful incident in 1982. This act profoundly and rightfully upset many who hold this site sacred.

Ant snorting, dove biting, and bat chomping, too — here's how the Prince of Darkness left an indelible mark on the world

From his Black Sabbath firing to the time he bit the head off a dove, here's a full accounting of the Prince of Darkness' arrests, lawsuits and everything in between.

The clean-cut crooner and the Prince of Darkness became unlikely friends while living next to each other in Beverly Hills

With the death of singer John “Ozzy” Osbourne, the world of rock ’n’ roll has lost one of its genuine top-tier wild men. Likely, you’ll be familiar with the phrase “they don’t make ‘em like they used to”.

An intoxicated Prince of Darkness was banned from San Antonio for a decade after famously relieving himself at the Alamo Cenotaph monument in 1982.

When 'The Osbournes' premiered in 2002, we saw a different kind of TV family with a patriarch who wasn't afraid to curse, shout and strip away his rock star persona for millions of viewers.