Shifty Shellshock, the lead singer of the rap rock band Crazy Town, has died at the age of 49.
The Butterfly singer’s death was confirmed by a Los Angeles forensic team after he was found unresponsive at his home on Monday (24 June).
The cause of death is currently unknown.
The musician, born Seth Binzer, had opened up about his battle with substance abuse and had shared an emotional post about his sobriety eight weeks ago, writing, “‘I’m a lover than a fighter …but the one I need to love more instead of fight with is myself .. Mr. Shifty true Love # Sober alive and grateful (sic).”
Shifty Shellshock, the lead singer of the rap rock band Crazy Town, has died at the age of 49
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In 2012, he was admitted to hospital after losing consciousness and was in a coma before being released.
Binzer met the co-founder of Crazy Town, Bret “Epic” Mazur, in 1992, and the two first went by the name Brimstone Sluggers.
In 1999, they formed the rock group and a year later they were expected to tour as part of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s Ozzfest, but Binzer was arrested after he threw a chair out a window while intoxicated.
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The band’s first album The Gift Of Game achieved great commercial success, selling more than two and a half million copies worldwide, thanks to the success of the single Butterfly. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard singles charts on March 24, 2001.
The band broke up after the commercial failure of their second album, Darkhorse, in 2002, but in 2007 they reunited to play live. In 2015, they released their third and final album, The Brimstone Sluggers.
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