About Crazy Town
Artist Biography
Shifty Shellshock (Seth Binzer) and Bret “Epic” Mazur formed Crazy Town in the mid-’90s, going by the name The Brimstone Sluggers.
∙ Prior to Crazy Town, Mazur teamed up with Richard Wolf as Wolf & Epic, a duo that did remix and production work for MC Lyte, Seal, and Bell Biv DeVoe.
∙ Crazy Town’s best-known lineup also included DJ AM and drummer James Bradley, Jr., who had previously played with Chuck Mangione and Mary’s Danish.
∙ Shifty Shellshock’s dad, Rollin Binzer, directed the 1974 concert film Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones, while Mazur’s dad, Irwin, once managed Billy Joel.
∙ In 2001, Crazy Town’s “Butterfly” spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
∙ “Butterfly” is built around a sample of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 1989 song “Pretty Little Ditty.”
∙ Shifty Shellshock lent his vocals to Paul Oakenfold’s 2002 dance hit “Starry Eyed Surprise.”
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Genre
Rock
Members of Crazy Town
Crazy Town was formed in 1995. Members of Crazy Town include, or have included, the following 6 members.
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