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Singer Seth Binzer, here in 2009, died on June 24, 2024.
PEOPLE – The leader of the American rap-metal group Crazy Town Shifty Shellshock has died at the age of 49, we have learned this Tuesday, June 25. Real name Seth Binzer, the singer notably wrote the hit Butterfly, big hit of the early 2000s.
The announcement was made by a Los Angeles forensic doctor, then relayed by the specialized site Variety. On the website, it is written that Seth Binder, born August 23, 1974, died at his home Monday June 24. The causes of his death, however, are not specified.
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As explained Variety, Crazy Town was formed in 1992 by Bret « Epic » Mazur and Seth Binzer as Brimstone Sluggers. In 1999, the group changed its name and it was the beginning of success with its first album. The Gift of Game. It is more particularly the third single from the album, Butterfly, which got the group off the ground. You can listen to it above.
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The hit, which was number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (which ranks the best songs of the moment in the United States), is based on the song Pretty Little Ditty from the rock group the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The latter also invited Crazy Town to open for them in 1999.
Butterfly was also used in the romantic comedy Tout peut arriver (Something’s Gotta Give in English) with Keanu Reeves, Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson, released in 2003.
However, it is the only big success of the group, which fails to establish itself with its second album Darkhorse. In 2003, the group separated, then reformed in 2007. A third album was released in 2015, but Bret Mazur left the group which changed its name in 2017 to become Crazy Town X. Seth Binzer had also had addiction problems and appeared on reality TV Celebrity Rehab (“Celebrities in Rehab”).
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