When Eddie Met Ozzy

When Eddie met Ozzy and Jack: State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin, greets Jack (left) and Ozzy Osbourne on a surprise visit to the Texas state Capitol. (Image courtesy of Eddie Rodriguez via Facebook)

It's been a busy week for Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin. Helping residents of his district rebuild after last week's storms. Launching his 2016 re-election campaign. And hanging out with Ozzy Osbourne. Rodriguez said, "You know, we're old friends."

The state rep hadn't really thought about the Black Sabbath vocalist much since his high school days, when he used to listen to "Bark at the Moon." And then, yesterday, Ozzy and his son Jack stopped by his Capitol office, much to the surprise of everyone who saw the pair walking up from 11th street to the South Steps. "It was a surprise to me too," said Rodriguez. "He was in town, and there's a show going on, and he wanted to visit the Capitol. … He was a really cool guy, and his son was a sweetheart."

So why exactly were the Osbournes in town? Ozzy recently announced that he and Jack are working on a show for the History Channel. If this sounds like a weird pairing, you clearly haven't seen the network's excellent 10 Things You Didn't Know About, a hidden history series hosted by punk icon Henry Rollins.

While Ozzy will go down as the original heavy metal singer, TV audiences may know the family best from arguably the original celebrity reality show, The Osbournes. Since then, Jack has forged a career as a TV host and producer, while Ozzy has rejoined seminal metalers Black Sabbath. The band is just about to undertake its farewell tour (including a Sept. 7, 2016 stop in Dallas), but the duo still have time spare to work on their alternative history show.

Of course, Osbourne has a complicated relationship with Texas history, after infamously urinating on the Alamo cenotaph. Not the Alamo itself, no matter what anyone tells you, and that's the kind of historical inaccuracy and fallacy that the show may reframe. The Osbournes have already visited Stonehenge and Bletchley Park in the UK, and are headed to Mount Rushmore, as well as other locations around the U.S.

When it comes to that little incident in San Antonio three decades ago, bygones are bygones. So much so that his quiet little trip to Rodriguez's office turned into a social media explosion. Rodriguez said, "I was charged with keeping it on the down low, but as soon as he walked in, word got out like wildfire."

But now it's back to the standard duties of being a state rep, including helping his constituents. Although Rodriguez let slip that he may have dusted off his old Ozzy albums.