Crazy Town Lead Singer Shifty Shellshock Dies at 49

Crazy Town frontman and “Butterfly” singer Seth Binzer, better known by his stage name Shifty Shellshock, has died. He was 49. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s website, Shellshock died at his residence on Monday, June 24. A cause has not yet been revealed. Born on August 23, 1974, Shellshock formed the rap-rock band Crazy Town in 1999 with fellow frontman Bret Mazur, with whom he’d previously collaborated under the name The Brimstone Sluggers. Crazy Town’s single “Butterfly,” released in October 2000, was a global hit, becoming number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and a top ten smash in several countries around the world. The success of “Butterfly” saw sales of the band’s debut album, The Gift of Game, increase tenfold, exceeding 1.5 million. The group, which also included Rust Epique, James Bradley Jr., Doug Miller, Adam Goldstein, and Antonio Lorenzo Valli, later supported Red Hot Chili Peppers on tour. In...
- 6/25/2024
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