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Shifty Shellshock, Frontman of Crazy Town, Dead at 49

Shifty Shellshock, frontman and co-founder of the rap rock band Crazy Town behind the hit 'Butterfly,' has died at the age of 49.

The musician, born Seth Binzer, co-founded the rap rock band in the Nineties, with their Number One single "Butterfly" arriving the following year The rap-rock group received success relatively quickly, releasing their debut album, The Gift of the Game, in November 1999 and scoring their first Number One single in March 2001 with “Butterfly,” which features a sample of the band’s one-time tour mates, the Red Hot Chili Peppers. “The Peppers are a huge inspiration to us,” Binzer told Rolling Stone in 2001, detailing the support Anthony Kiedis offered when he turned to substance abuse during a particularly rough breakup.

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