Loopy City frontman and “Butterfly” singer Seth Binzer, higher identified by his stage identify Shifty Shellshock, has died. He was 49.
Based on the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s web site, Shellshock died at his residence on Monday, June 24. A trigger has not but been revealed.
Born on August 23, 1974, Shellshock fashioned the rap-rock band Loopy City in 1999 with fellow frontman Bret Mazur, with whom he’d beforehand collaborated below the identify The Brimstone Sluggers. Loopy City’s single “Butterfly,” launched in October 2000, was a world hit, changing into primary on the Billboard Sizzling 100 and a high ten smash in a number of international locations world wide.
The success of “Butterfly” noticed gross sales of the band’s debut album, The Present of Recreation, improve tenfold, exceeding 1.5 million. The group, which additionally included Rust Epique, James Bradley Jr., Doug Miller, Adam Goldstein, and Antonio Lorenzo Valli, later supported Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers on tour.
In 2002, Loopy City launched their second album, Darkhorse, nevertheless it was deemed a business failure compared to their debut. The band broke up shortly after, and Shellshock went on to pursue a solo profession, releasing the 2002 monitor “Starry Eyed Shock” with Paul Oakenfold and dropping his first solo album, Comfortable Love Sick, in 2004.
Outdoors of music, Shellshock was identified for being open about his struggles with dependancy and appeared on a number of actuality reveals the place he tackled his substance abuse issues. He was certainly one of 9 celebrities featured within the first season of VH1’s Movie star Rehab with Dr. Drew and returned in the direction of the top of Movie star Rehab 2 after relapsing.
He additionally appeared in two seasons of the Movie star Rehab spinoff collection Sober Home, the second of which occurred across the time Shellshock’s good friend and former bandmate, Adam Goldstein, died from an unintentional drug overdose shortly after breaking 11 years of sobriety.
Shellshock’s different on-screen work included a minor position within the 1994 movie Clifford and the lead position within the 2004 brief movie Willowbee. He additionally took half within the 2005 actuality present Shark Hunters: Final Event Collection.
He’s survived by his three youngsters, Halo, Gage, and Phoenix.
In case you or somebody you realize has dependancy points, contact the Substance Abuse and Psychological Well being Providers Administration‘s Nationwide Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357). In case you or a liked one are in instant hazard, name 911.
