Seth Binzer, lead singer of Crazy Town, dies at 49 – Daily News

Seth Binzer, lead singer of Crazy Town, dies at 49 – Daily News

Singer Shifty Shellshock of the band Loopy City has died, in accordance with the Los Angeles County Division of Medical Examiner. He was 49.

Shellshock, whose actual identify was Seth Binzer, died Monday at a residence in Los Angeles County, in accordance with the coroner’s on-line data.

  • LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 25: Recording artist Seth “Shifty” Binzer attends the Ubisoft video launch of “Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands” on the Mondrian Lodge’s Skybar on Could 25, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Picture by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Pictures)

  • LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 07: Musician Seth Binzer arrives on the sixth Annual MusiCares MAP Fund Profit Live performance at Membership Nokia on Could 7, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Picture by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Pictures)

  • HOLLYWOOD – MAY 06:Tv persona Seth “Shifty” Binzer arrives on the launch occasion of Capcom’s “Misplaced Planet 2” hosted By Olivia Munn, on the Roosevelt Lodge on Could 6, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (Picture by Frazer Harrison/Getty Pictures)

  • LAS VEGAS – FEBRUARY 16: Music artist Shifty Shellshock (L) and producer and supervisor David Weintraub arrive on the grand opening of Mario Barth’s Starlight Tattoo on the Home of Blues contained in the Mandalay Bay Resort & On line casino February 16, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Ethan Miller/Getty Pictures for Starlight Tattoo)

  • LAS VEGAS – FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) Producer and supervisor David Weintraub, actor Chuck Zito and music artist Shifty Shellshock, arrive on the grand opening of Mario Barth’s Starlight Tattoo on the Home of Blues contained in the Mandalay Bay Resort & On line casino February 16, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Ethan Miller/Getty Pictures for Starlight Tattoo)

  • LAS VEGAS – FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) Producer and supervisor David Weintraub, actor Chuck Zito and music artist Shifty Shellshock, arrive on the grand opening of Mario Barth’s Starlight Tattoo on the Home of Blues contained in the Mandalay Bay Resort & On line casino February 16, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Ethan Miller/Getty Pictures for Starlight Tattoo)

  • LAS VEGAS – FEBRUARY 16: Music artist Shifty Shellshock arrives on the grand opening of Mario Barth’s Starlight Tattoo on the Home of Blues contained in the Mandalay Bay Resort & On line casino February 16, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Ethan Miller/Getty Pictures for Starlight Tattoo)

  • LAS VEGAS – FEBRUARY 02: Music artist Shifty Shellshock arrives at The Beatles Revolution Lounge at The Mirage Lodge & On line casino on the after occasion for the opening of the 40×40 picture exhibit by famend rock photographer Robert M. Knight, that includes 40 of his iconic photographs from the final 40 years, February 2, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Ethan Miller/Getty Pictures)

  • LAS VEGAS – FEBRUARY 02: (L-R) Music artist Shifty Shellshock, Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated rapper Prodigal Sunn and famend rock photographer Robert M. Knight seem at Knight’s 40×40 picture exhibit, that includes 40 of his iconic photographs from the final 40 years on the Symbolic Gallery February 2, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Ethan Miller/Getty Pictures)

  • CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – NOVEMBER 29: Singer Shifty Shellshock performs on the “46664 – Give One Minute of Your Life to AIDS” live performance at Greenpoint Stadium on November 29, 2003 in Cape City, South Africa. The live performance will profit the Nelson Mandela Basis and the battle towards AIDS in Africa. It is likely one of the largest rock occasions ever staged in Africa and also will be essentially the most extensively distributed media occasion in historical past with a possible viewers of greater than 2 billion folks in 166 nations. (Picture by Frank Micelotta/Getty Pictures)

  • Loopy City lead singer Shifty Shellshock performs throughout ‘Fashionably Loud’ at MTV’s Spring Break 2001 in Cancun, Mexico, which airs March 23-25. 3/15/01 Picture by Scott Gries/ImageDirect.*** Unique ***

  • Loopy City’s Seth Binzer and Fay Doe at “The fiftieth Annual BMI Pop Awards” on the Regent Beverly Wilshire Lodge in Beverly Hills, Ca. Tuesday, Could 14, 2002. Picture by Kevin Winter/Getty Pictures.

  • Loopy City’s Seth Binzer and Fay Doe at “The fiftieth Annual BMI Pop Awards” on the Regent Beverly Wilshire Lodge in Beverly Hills, Ca. Tuesday, Could 14, 2002. Picture by Kevin Winter/Getty Pictures.

  • Orgy’s Jay Gordon and Loopy City’s Seth Binzer on the post- premiere occasion for “Rock Star” on the Home of Blues in Los Angeles, Ca. 9/4/01. Picture by Kevin Winter/Getty Pictures.

  • 392558 10: Singer Shifty Shellshock of the band Loopy City performs throughout Ozzfest July 28, 2001 in Pittsburgh, PA. (Picture by Getty Pictures)

  • 387582 11: Recording artist Seth Binzer of the music group “Loopy City” arrives on the world premiere of Common Photos” “Josie and the Pussycats” April 9, 2001 on the GCC Galaxy Theatre in Hollywood, CA. “”Josie” opens April 9, 2001 in theatres throughout the US. (Picture by Chris Weeks/Liaison)

  • Loopy City, with Lead singer Shifty Shellshock carried out reside on the ‘ESPN Motion Sports activities and Music Awards’ on the Common Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, Ca. 4/7/01. Picture by Kevin Winter/Getty Pictures.

The reason for loss of life was unknown. Shellshock has spoken publicly about his struggles with dependancy.

Loopy City’s music “Butterfly” topped the charts in 2000.