Crazy Town singer Shifty Shellshock (born Seth Binzer) reportedly died at the age of 49 yesterday (June 24).

Newsweek stories that Binzer was discovered useless in his residence and that no reason behind dying has been decided at this time. The Los Angeles health worker is alleged to have confirmed the singer’s dying.

Binzer, who would’ve turned 50 in August, rose to fame in the early 2000s when Crazy Town launched their smash hit “Butterfly” off their debut album The Gift of Game. The observe hit No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart and its success helped the nu-metal group earn their solely platinum document.

Crazy Town’s second album, 2002’s Darkhorse failed to attain any type of comparable success and the band break up up the next 12 months.

Crazy Town, “Butterfly”

Meanwhile, Binzer was contending with substance abuse and dependancy, which had prompted some points for the group, comparable to getting booted off Ozzfest in 2000 after an arrest over a drunken antic. Such issues adopted the group even up till just lately. In April of 2023, (hed)p.E. eliminated Crazy Town from the Nu-Metal Madness 2 tour after Binzer engaged in a fistfight together with his bandmate after lacking a present.

“Because of what’s going on with Seth and Crazy Town right now — Seth needs help. We can’t just sit by while he’s on the road, battling demons to the death. He needs to get off the road and deal with that shit. You’ve seen the video. If it was just a fistfight between band members, maybe I could be the first one to mediate that shit. But this is a lot deeper,” (hed)p.e. stated at the time.

Binzer had beforehand sought help in overcoming his addictions. He appeared on the primary two seasons of the truth TV exhibits Celebrity Rehab and Sober House. Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler and late Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr had been among the many contributors on the applications as properly.

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After breaking apart in 2003, Crazy Town reformed in 2007 and, in 2015, launched their third document, The Brimstone Sluggers, which references the moniker Binzer and co-founder Bret “Epic” Mazur went underneath. Although one other album was by no means launched, Binzer stored the nu-metal group energetic, having just lately launched a handful of singles underneath the identify Crazy Town X.

Eight weeks in the past, Binzer shared his final Instagram put up — a photograph of an individual wearing all black amongst others wearing all white, the phrases “real is rare, fake is everywhere” at the highest. In the caption, he wrote, “To the ones who stay even when I try my hardest to scare [them] away,” adopted by an emoji of a black coronary heart.

(*49*) extends our condolences to the Binzer household and all who knew and beloved Seth. Rest in peace.

If you or somebody you realize is scuffling with drug and/or alcohol dependence, assist is on the market by way of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration web site. To converse to somebody on the telephone, dial 1-800-622-HELP (1-800-622-4357) or ship a textual content message to 1-800-487-4889.