Ozzy Osbourne joins Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce

ALAMOGORDO – The Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce welcomed its newest member, the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne Feb. 26.

The heavy metal rock icon along with his children Jack and Kelly, made a stop in Alamogordo to film an episode of their A&E television show “Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour.”

For its third season, the show stars Ozzy and Jack as they travel around the country in a camper van visiting historical sites that are out of the norm. On the show, Ozzy and Jack said they are big history buffs.

The Osbournes were first spotted at White Sands National Monument about a month ago when Jack posted two photos to his social media accounts of him and Kelly enjoying the gypsum dunes at sunset.

In one post, Jack wrote: "I just had the most amazing time in White Sands National Monument. I've never seen anything like this place. America is an amazing country." Jack used the hashtags "ozzyandjack" and "season3."

While out and about in Alamogordo, the Osbournes visited a ranch out in Laborcita Canyon in La Luz owned by Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce Executive Director GB Oliver.

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Oliver said the Osbournes were interested in seeing a ranch because they wanted to experience the lifestyle of true ranchers.

“The way that came about is somebody gave them my name. Apparently, they were down here filming several things and they wanted to go to a ranch,” Oliver said. “It was Ozzy Osbourne and his two children Jack and Kelly. They were interested in riding horses. They wanted to learn how to rope, crack a bull whip, shoot rifles and they wanted to camp out under the stars and cook a meal.”

He said he enjoyed meeting all three Osbourne family members.

“I don’t know what ends up on the cutting floor but they were very nice people. I enjoyed meeting all three of them,” Oliver said. “All the people associated with them were very nice, it must’ve been about 40 people in the crew and security. I’ve done this kind of thing before. This is the nicest group of people I’ve ever dealt with.”

He said he interacted with Jack and Kelly the most. Oliver said the two young Osbournes were down for anything when it came to living the life of a rancher.

“I visited with Jack and Kelly a lot, I really enjoyed them. They had a great time. They were game to do anything and they would try anything,” Oliver said. “You almost forgot that there was anybody filming. They’re that good at making everybody comfortable and they were fun to be around.”

After a couple of days filming on the ranch, Oliver said he wanted to ask Ozzy if he wanted to become an official member of the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce since he and his family and crew were so generous.

“I wanted to ask Ozzy Osbourne to join the Chamber of Commerce and the producers kind of laughed and said it’s up to him,” Oliver said. “After they finished filming a camping scene, the producers said Ozzy wanted to see me in his RV. Ozzy told me he appreciated all this and how pretty it was out here. I said there was only one thing he had to do now and that was to join the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce. Without hesitation, he said ‘done,’ and signed the card.”

He said it was an amazing gesture and realized the impact after he familiarized himself with all of Ozzy’s accomplishments in the entertainment industry.

“We’re in the process of rebuilding the Chamber of Commerce and I shared that with the executive producer. I’m here to help this community,” Oliver said. “Kelly said what a nice community it was and since we helped them with their show they’re going to help us with the Chamber of Commerce.”

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He said he’s still in shock with all the attention the Facebook post received on the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce's official Facebook page. The post garnered over 1,000 likes and had over 50,000 hits.

“It stuns me, 50,000 hits. It’s an amazing thing, I hope it helps this commerce,” Oliver said.

He said his door is always open if the rocker family ever wants to visit again. Oliver said they were genuinely good people.

“If they ever want to come back, my door is always open to them. They were genuinely good people and they were good to us,” Oliver said. “They were the nicest people you will ever run into. They are no different than you and I.”

While in Alamogordo, it was rumored that the Osbournes also visited the New Mexico Museum of Space History.

For more information on "Ozzy and Jack's World Detour, visit www.aetv.com/shows/ozzy-and-jacks-world-detour