Shifty Shellshockthe frontman of the rap-rock group CrazyTowndied at 49 years old.
According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s website, Shifty Shellshock (born Seth Binzer) died on Monday, June 24 at his home in California of unknown causes.
Who was Shifty Shellshock
Shifty Shellshock met the co-founder of Crazy Town, Bret Mazur, in 1992. Together with him he began making music under the name of Brimstone Sluggers: only in 1999 did they become Crazy Town, with the arrival in the group of Rust Epique, James Bradley Jr., Doug Miller, Adam Goldstein and Antonio Lorenzo “Trouble ” Valleys. The debut album with the new name, The Gift of Gamewas released in November 1999, when the band was chosen to open for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
In October 2000, Crazy Town released Butterflythird single from The Gift of Game. The song, which contained a sample of Pretty Little Ditty of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, embodied the whole style of Crazy Town, perfectly combining rock and rap. The track remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks and, to this day, remains the band’s biggest hit.
The second album, Darkhorse, failed to replicate that success. And Crazy Town broke up. Shifty Shellshock kicked off his solo career. The first album, Happy Love Sickreleased in 2004, was well received in several European countries.
For a long time we have been fighting against addictionsthe singer and rapper addressed the topic several times on the reality show Celebrity Rehab and in Sober House. However, it is not clear whether the cause of death was due to alcohol and drug problems.
