{"id":108465,"date":"2024-06-30T08:58:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T08:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/30\/family-pay-tribute-to-troubled-soul-shifty-shellshock\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T08:58:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T08:58:29","slug":"family-pay-tribute-to-troubled-soul-shifty-shellshock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/30\/family-pay-tribute-to-troubled-soul-shifty-shellshock\/","title":{"rendered":"Family pay tribute to &#8216;troubled soul&#8217; Shifty Shellshock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-06-30\" datetime=\"1719737909\" pubdate=\"\">30 June 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p>The family of Crazy Town&#8217;s Shifty Shellshock have paid tribute to him following his shocking death.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Family pay tribute to &#8216;troubled soul&#8217; Shifty Shellshock<\/p>\n<p>\nThe &#8216;Butterfly&#8217; hitmaker &#8211; whose birth name was Seth Binzer \u2013 passed away on June 24, at the age of 49, from an overdose and his family called him a &#8220;troubled soul with a heart of gold&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nThey said in a statement obtained by The Sun newspaper: &#8220;To Seth, the world was art, he loved every part of it, from music and fashion to graffiti, skateboarding and his hometown of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cHe loved his three boys more than anything, and his dedication to his music and fans never wavered.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cSeth struggled with addiction throughout his life, he did so on a very public platform which was particularly challenging.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cGod knows he tried so hard to beat his demons but sadly he lost his battle.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cOur hearts are shattered by his loss. Seth&#8217;s larger-than-life presence touched so many.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cSeth was a troubled soul but he was a beautiful one and he had a heart of gold.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;He will live on through his 3 sons who were his proudest accomplishments. Halo Gage and Phoenix.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nCrazy Town&#8217;s manager, Howie Hubberman, previously revealed that drugs played a role in Seth&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe told PEOPLE: &#8220;Seth Binzer, after struggling with addiction and Crazy Town&#8217;s rapid success with &#8216;Butterfly,&#8217; never was able to reach out on a more successful level to deal with his addictions. We all tried, but ultimately we all failed, or Shifty would still be here.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;The cause of death was a combination of prescription drugs and street purchased drugs. Shifty was a friend and really wanted to get himself fixed \u2014 unfortunately no one had the exact tools to do this, myself included.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has not yet listed a cause of death for the singer, as it is waiting for the return of the toxicology report.<\/p>\n<p>\nSeth shared Halo with first wife Melissa Clark, Gage with ex Tracy Selor and Phoenix with British model Jasmine Lennard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/family-pay-tribute-troubled-soul-shifty-shellshock-1402181.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 June 2024 The family of Crazy Town&#8217;s Shifty Shellshock have paid tribute to him following his shocking death. Family pay tribute to &#8216;troubled soul&#8217; Shifty Shellshock The &#8216;Butterfly&#8217; hitmaker &#8211; whose birth name was Seth Binzer \u2013 passed away on June 24, at the age of 49, from an overdose and his family called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8564,8563],"class_list":{"0":"post-108465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-seth-binzer","9":"tag-shifty-shellshock"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}