{"id":108493,"date":"2024-06-30T16:37:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T16:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/30\/shifty-shellshocks-family-speaks-out-following-his-death\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T16:37:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T16:37:55","slug":"shifty-shellshocks-family-speaks-out-following-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/30\/shifty-shellshocks-family-speaks-out-following-his-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Shifty Shellshock&#8217;s Family Speaks Out Following His Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Crazy Town&#8217;s Shifty Shellshock, whose real name is\u00a0Seth Brooks Binzer, is being remembered by his family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a statement, obtained by <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/28836776\/crazy-town-shifty-shellshock-dead-family-break-silence\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sun<\/a><\/em><span>, the &#8220;Butterfly&#8221; singer&#8217;s family honors his dedication to music and his children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;To Seth, the world was art &#8212; he loved every part of it, from music and fashion to graffiti, skateboarding and his hometown of Los Angeles,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;He loved his three boys more than anything, and his dedication to his music and fans never wavered.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The statement continued with the family acknowledging Binzer&#8217;s struggles with drug addiction &#8212; that spanned for decades over the course of his life.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span>Crazy Town&#8217;s Shifty Shellshock&#8217;s family speaks out after his death.<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Jerod Harris\/Getty Images for Rockefellas Studio<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>&#8220;Seth struggled with addiction throughout his life, he did so on a very public platform which was particularly challenging. God knows he tried so hard to beat his demons but sadly he lost his battle,&#8221; the statement read.\u00a0Our\u00a0hearts\u00a0are shattered by his loss. Seth&#8217;s larger-than-life presence touched so many. Seth was a troubled soul but he was a beautiful one and he had a heart of gold.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The family ended the tribute by once-again honoring his legacy as a father, saying that Binzer will &#8220;live on through his 3 sons who were his proudest accomplishments.\u00a0Halo\u00a0Gage and Phoenix.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>ET <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/shifty-shellshock-crazy-town-frontman-and-butterfly-singer-dead-at-49-227960\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed that Binzer &#8212; was found dead<\/a><span> in his Los Angeles home on June 24. He was 49.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a statement obtained by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/shifty-shellshock-crazy-town-manager-confirms-overdose-death-exclusive-8670862\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>People<\/em><\/a><span>, Binzer&#8217;s former manager Howie Hubberman said that he died of an accidental overdose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#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,&#8221; Hubberman said. &#8220;We all tried, but ultimately we all failed, or Shifty would still be here.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He added,\u00a0&#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 &#8212; unfortunately no one had the exact tools to do this, myself included.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/me.lacounty.gov\/case-detail\/?caseNumber=2024-10084\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Medical Examiner&#8217;s office<\/a><span> has not yet released the results of the toxicology report done during the autopsy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2008, Binzer appeared on\u00a0<\/span><i><span>Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew<\/span><\/i><span>, where he openly discussed his battle with drugs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shellshock and Crazy Town gained fame for their chart-topping hit, &#8220;Butterfly,&#8221; which soared to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2001 and became an anthem of the early 2000s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/crazy-towns-shifty-shellshocks-family-speaks-out-following-his-death-228323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crazy Town&#8217;s Shifty Shellshock, whose real name is\u00a0Seth Brooks Binzer, is being remembered by his family. In a statement, obtained by The Sun, the &#8220;Butterfly&#8221; singer&#8217;s family honors his dedication to music and his children. &#8220;To Seth, the world was art &#8212; he loved every part of it, from music and fashion to graffiti, skateboarding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5488,8566,22,174,21,20],"class_list":{"0":"post-108493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-celebrity-deaths","9":"tag-crazy-town","10":"tag-deaths","11":"tag-entertainment-tonight","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108493","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=108493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}