In Los Angeles, judicial authorities have revealed the causes of the disappearance of Shifty Shellshockvoice of the Crazy Town (born Seth Brooks Binzer on August 23, 1974) and, sadly, they come as no surprise to those who knew him well. “Seth has struggled with substance abuse for some time,” a representative wrote Crazy Town. Accidental overdose according to the official report of the Medical Examiner of Los Angeles, who performed the autopsy after Shifty was found in his home on Monday, June 24. “Seth was dissatisfied with the daily hardships and struggle that we call life. People react in different ways, the end of Shifty is a true tragedy of our time: too many lives are lost due to addictions and easy access to dangerous drugs. Too fast, too hard, too soon” reads the statement Crazy Town.
Shifty Shellshock began his career in the Los Angeles rap rock scene in 1995 together with Bret Mazur (who chooses the stage name Epic) and Adam Bravin with the name of The Brimstone Sluggers and then they founded i Crazy Town who debuted in November 1999 with The Gift of Game. Immediately after i Crazy Town they go on tour as support for Red Hot Chili Peppers, they released two singles, Toxic and Darkside but they remained underground and did not enter the charts. The third single is the turning point: Butterfly which was released on October 24, 2000, based on a sample of the instrumental piece Pretty Little Ditty from Mother’s Milk daily Red Hot Chili Peppers which launched them to number one on the Billboard charts in America and number 3 in England and brought them success all over the world.
“A simple song that for some reason everyone likes” as he described it Shifty Shellshock. After the second album Darkhorse of 2002 which does not repeat the success of The Gift of Gamei Crazy Town melt, Shifty debuts as a soloist with the album Happy Love Sick of 2004 and on August 26, 2009 he returned to the stage at the Les Deux club in Hollywood with the band after five years. It comes out in 2013 The Brimstone Sluggers hey Crazy Town they go back on tour with the Make America Rock Again tour that brings together several successful bands from the early 2000s, but soon after Epic Mazur leaves the band for good and Shifty decides to change its name by adding Crazy Town X“Like gang territory that has just been conquered.”
Seth Binzen He then publicly addressed his addiction problems and his difficult life, also participating in the VH1 reality show between 2007 and 2010 Celebrity Rehab hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky of the Pasadena Recovery Center and two seasons of the spin-off Sober House.
