Mourning in the music world: Shifty Shellshock is dead. The face of the singer of the band Crazy Town is probably best known to many from the video of the hit “butterfly” be known.
Shifty Shellshock, singer and rapper of the band Crazy Town, has died at the age of 49. This is according to various media reports and documents from the Los Angeles coroner’s office. His band also published a black and white photo of the musician on Instagram without any words, which received numerous condolence comments. Shellshock, whose real name was Seth Binzer, leaves behind two sons. The cause of death was initially unclear. It is known that Binzer struggled with alcohol and drug problems for years.
Shifty Shellshock and Crazy Town landed with “butterfly” a huge hit
Shifty Shellshock and Crazy Town’s musical highlight was 24 years ago. In 2000, the video for their hit single “butterfly” on music TV up and down. The song was based on a lick by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and was a huge success worldwide, but Crazy Town was never able to repeat that success. At the end of 2003, the band took a break, but got back together a few years later.
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Disappeared into obscurity
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