Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock, AKA Seth Binzer, passed away a couple days ago at the all too young age of 49. The frontman of the #1 hit “Butterfly” during the peak of nu-metal’s popularity, Binzer had struggled with various issues, particularly various addictions. In fact, he had appeared on programs like Celebrity Rehab in the past.
It’s been revealed that Binzer apparently died of an accidental drug overdose. According to his PR rep Howie Hubberman, who had this to day regarding the tragedy:
“Seth has been struggling with substance abuse problems for quite some time. Seth was not happy with the daily struggle that’s called life. Some people cope in many different ways. It’s unfortunate we lose so many people to addiction and accessibility to harmful drugs. Shifty was a real-life tragedy. Too fast, too hard, too soon.”
In recent years, Shellshock had been putting out new material, both with Crazy Town as well as outside of it. RIP, Butterfly.
