Crazy Town Founder Epic Mazur Says Shifty Shellshock Was Optimistic Before Death

Bret “Epic” Mazur — who fashioned Crazy Town with Shifty Shellshock — talked to his late ex-bandmate a number of months earlier than he died … and says SS appeared upbeat in regards to the future.

We caught up with Epic Tuesday within the studio — and he tells TMZ … Shifty was truly stoked about making new music after they final spoke over the cellphone, and there was no indication Shifty was in a nasty area, or going by means of one thing out of the unusual.

TMZ broke the story … cops are wanting into Shifty’s sudden death Monday as a possible fatal overdose. However based mostly on what his former bandmate’s saying right here … Seth was removed from that actuality.

Epic tells us nothing of their conversations led him to imagine one thing ugly was up in Shifty’s private life … and he is completely shocked by Shifty’s passing — to not point out devastated.

They based Crazy Town collectively manner again in 1995 — and Epic tells us they had been first launched by means of will.i.am — and whereas they hadn’t each been within the group for the previous decade, Epic says they nonetheless stored in contact … often bouncing concepts about music round.

Epic is remembering Shifty’s legacy right here too … telling us a few of Shifty’s crazier concepts for band promotions. Take a pay attention — it is fairly cool storytelling, and a fantastic Shifty reminiscence.

Get this … Epic says Shifty needed the band to get right into a police pursuit in Los Angeles as a method to promote their debut album … simply an instance of how he says Shifty put the “crazy” in Crazy Town, and why he really embodied the spirit of the group.

It is an attention-grabbing and insightful convo …  and Epic remembers all the nice instances that they had within the studio. You possibly can inform he is unhappy over the premature passing of his previous pal.