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What Was Shifty Shellshock's Net Worth? Exploring Crazy Town Frontman's Fortune Amid His Death At 49
The music industry lost a gem when rock band frontman Shifty Shellshock's untimely demise was announced on June 24. Here's all about the late singer's net worth and legacy!
Trigger Warning: This article contains mentions of death and substance abuse
Crazy Town’s lead singer Shifty Shellshock’s sudden demise at 49 left a huge dent in the music world, considering their band was a massive success in the 2000s. Their debut album broke sales records, and their song Butterfly became an anthem at the time. Although Shellshock eventually pursued his solo music career, he has a considerable net worth! See details below…
What is Shifty Shellshock's Net Worth?
American musician Shellshock, aka Seth Binzer, has a net worth of $25,000. He shot to fame after co-founding the hit rock band Crazy Town with Bret Mazur in the 2000s. Their debut album's single Butterfly landed at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 2001.
This success of the single propelled the album The Gift of Game to sell more than two million copies. The song became a household tune at the time and was used in many films, TV shows, and commercials.
However, their success didn’t continue after the release of their second album, which led to the group’s dissolution and Shellshock pursuing a solo career. He delivered another hit song, Starry Eyed Surprise, in collaboration with DJ Paul Oakenfold.
The late singer suffered from substance abuse and addiction and appeared on the VH1 reality television series"Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and Sober House.
Crazy Town
Shellshock’s real name was Seth Binzer, born on August 23, 1974, in Los Angeles, California. In 1992, he met rapper Mazur and began performing shows together under the name the Brimstone Sluggers in 1995.
In 1999, they renamed the band Crazy Town and acquired other members—DJ Adam Bravin, Rust Epique, James Bradley Jr., Adam Goldstein, Doug Miller, and Antonio Valli. Their debut album, The Gift of God, was released in November of that year and had a warm reception from listeners around the world.
The album was ranked in Billboard’s Top 200 charts, and the successive single, Butterly, became no. 1 on the chart’s Top 100 list. Unfortunately, their following album, Darkhorse, did not get half of the debut album’s success, leading to Crazy Town’s disbanding in 2003.
The original co-founders reformed the group in 2007 and performed for the first time in five years at Les Deux in Los Angeles in 2009. After thirteen years, they released another album, The Brimstone Sluggers. However, Mazur left the band, and Shellshock renamed the band Crazy Town X.
Solo music and film career
In collaboration with Paul Oakenfold, Binzer released a single called Starry Eyed Surprise, a huge success, reaching number six in his hometown UK and 41 in the US. This was followed by another album, Happy Love Sick, his debut solo album under his stage name Shifty Shellshock. Slide Along Side and Turning Me On were other songs on the album.
He also started acting in smaller roles and appeared in the 1994 black comedy Clifford and starred in the 2004 short film Willowbee. Binzer also briefly appeared in 2005’s Hustle and Flow and the Western zombie film Dead 7.
Substance abuse struggles
Binzer’s struggle with substance abuse has been consistent throughout his life. He appeared in the VH1 series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and was shown to enter sobriety in the season finale. He later relapsed and appeared in the second season of Celebrity Rehab and eventually reentered treatment for crack cocaine addiction.
Between 2009 and 2010, he appeared on the spin-off series Celebrity Rehab, Sober House as the house manager of the sober living facility. Around that time, his former bandmate Adam Goldstein, aka DJ AM, died of an accidental drug overdose.
Personal life
Binar had multiple tumultuous romantic relationships! In 2002, he married Melissa Clark, and the couple welcomed their son Halo before separating in 2011 over irreconcilable differences. He fathered another son named Gaze from a prior relationship with a woman named Tracy.
After his divorce from Clark, he started an affair with Jasmine Lennard and got engaged in 2012. However, shortly after the engagement, Binzer was arrested on the charges of battery and cocaine possession, which led to a three-year probation and ended his short-lived relationship with Lennard.
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