Crazy Town Lead Singer Shifty Shellshock Dead at 49

Seth Binzer — the lead singer and co-founder of the rap rock band Crazy Town — has died.

Higher recognized by his stage title Shifty Shellshock, Binzer handed away Monday at a residence in L.A., in response to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. An investigation is underway to find out the reason for dying.

In 1999, Binzer and fellow vocalist, Bret “Epic” Mazur, fashioned Crazy Town, hiring Rust Epique, Doug Miller, James Bradley Jr., Antonio Lorenzo Valli and Adam Goldstein.

The group launched its 2000 single, “Butterfly,” which rocketed to the highest of the Billboard Sizzling 100 music chart. Their debut album, “The Gift Of Game,” was additionally successful, promoting greater than 1.5 million copies.

However, their 2002 file, “Darkhouse,” crashed and burned with audiences and the band quickly broke up. Years later, they acquired again collectively and launched a 3rd album, “The Brimstone Sluggers.”

Throughout his lifetime, Binzer had just a few brushes with the regulation. In 2011, he was arrested for having outstanding warrants after police responded to a home squabble together with his girlfriend in L.A. In 2023, Binzer was busted for driving underneath the affect in South Carolina.

That very same 12 months, Binzer and Bobby Reeves — who changed Mazur as co-vocalist — acquired right into a battle after a present in Myrtle Seaside, SC. TMZ obtained video of the brawl, which captured Binzer giving Reeves a fairly good ass kicking. Nevertheless, Binzer was not arrested and Reeves chalked it as much as a “little scuffle,” saying he beloved Shifty.

Binzer was 49.