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Shifty Shellshock of American rap rock band Crazy Town, United Kingdom, circa 2001.
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Shifty Shellshock of American rap rock band Crazy Town, United Kingdom, circa 2001.

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Shifty Shellshock, Crazy Town Singer, Dead at 49

The musician died at home, according to the medical examiner's office.

Shifty Shellshock, the frontman of rap rock band Crazy Town, has died at 49, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. The musician died at home on Monday (June 24), and the cause of death is still pending investigation.

Shellshock was born Seth Binzer on Aug. 23, 1974. He met Crazy Town co-founder Bret Mazer in 1992, and the band went on to add various members, including Adam Goldstein (better known as DJ AM, who died from an accidental overdose in 2009), Rust Epique, Antonio Lorenzo Valli, James Bradley Jr., among others. The band released its debut album The Gift of Game in November 1999. It peaked at No. 9 on the all-genre Billboard 200 on the chart dated March 3, 2001, and remained on the tally for 34 weeks.

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