

It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Crazy Town then released their third single in 2001, "Butterfly" (which uses samples from Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Pretty Little Ditty"). In 2000 Crazy Town was signed to tour with Ozzfest, however they were forced to withdraw after only two weeks when Binzer was arrested after he threw a chair through a window while he was drunk. The first two singles from The Gift of Game, "Toxic" and "Darkside", were released but failed to chart. Guitarist Rust Epique left the band while the album was being mixed, and Crazy Town was joined by Kraig Tyler shortly after. One is the grime artist from Manchester, England, best known for his freestyling and mixtapes, and the other is Shifty Shellshock is the pseudonym for Seth Brooks Binzer (born August 23, 1974), the co-founder/front man of Crazy Town. The release of The Gift of Game was followed by a tour support slot for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Biography There are two artists performing under the name Shifty. The Gift of Game and "Butterfly" (1999–2001) Their debut album, The Gift of Game, was released in November 1999, having been recorded earlier that year. By early 1999, Crazy Town consisted of Mazur, Binzer, Rust Epique, James Bradley Jr., Doug Miller, Adam Goldstein (aka DJ AM), and Antonio Lorenzo "Trouble" Valli. However they did not become serious about releasing any material until much later. Mazur and Binzer, who go by the names of Epic and Shifty Shellshock, respectively, started collaborating together in 1995. As a group, they have released two studio albums, The Gift of Game and Darkhorse. The band is best known for their 2001 single, "Butterfly", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single 'Starry Eyed Surprise', a collaboration between Paul Oakenfold and Shellshock that was originally released in 2002 on. The album includes the original singles 'Slide Along Side' and 'Turning Me On'.

Crazy Town is a rap rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1995 by Bret Mazur and Seth Binzer. Happy Love Sick is the debut solo album by Shifty Shellshock who is best known as frontman of rap rock band Crazy Town.
