With his tattoos, frosted tips, and high energy, Crazy Town lead singer Shifty Shellshock was the epitome of the late 1990s-early 2000s rap-rock front man.
With that also came a hit song: 1999’s “Butterfly,” which hit No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was a staple on the radio and MTV’s “Total Request Live.”
By 2003, the band had disbanded, and despite an attempt to reunite a few years later, Crazy Town was relegated to one-hit-wonder status.
Shifty Shellshock, whose real name is Seth Binzer, appeared on the first season of VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab” in 2007 and the spin-off “Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House” a few years later.
Binzer died at his home in Los Angeles on June 24 from an accidental drug overdose, according to his manager.