Shifty Shellshock, frontman of rap-rock band Loopy City, has handed away on the age of 49.

Replace: Actual identify Seth Binzer, the heavily-tatted singer died at his residence in Los Angeles, CA on Monday (June 24). In line with an announcement from his consultant, Howie Hubberman, the reason for loss of life has been revealed to be an unintended drug overdose. 

“Seth has been scuffling with substance abuse issues for fairly someday,” Hubberman mentioned. “Seth was not proud of the every day battle that’s referred to as life. Some folks cope in many alternative methods. It’s unlucky we lose so many individuals to habit and accessibility to dangerous medication. Shifty was a real-life tragedy. Too quick, too exhausting, too quickly.”

Shellshock fashioned Loopy City with Bret “Epic” Mazur in 1995, initially underneath the identify The Brimstone Sluggers. In 1999, they launched their debut album, The Present Of The Recreation, which spawned the everlasting rap-rock hit “Butterfly.” The track topped the Billboard Sizzling 100 for 2 consecutive weeks in 2000.

Loopy City would launch yet another album, 2002’s Darkhorse, earlier than happening hiatus in 2007. They might reunite a number of instances over time, nevertheless, as soon as Epic left in 2017, Shellshock continued underneath the identify Loopy City X.

Shellshock had a longstanding drug habit, which noticed him make appearances on the primary season of VH1’s Movie star Rehab, and two seasons of its follow-up sequence Sober Home. In 2012 he was admitted to the hospital after dropping consciousness and fell right into a coma earlier than recovering. He was additionally arrested that yr for battery and cocaine possession, wherein he obtained three years’ probation.

He was later arrested for a DUI in July 2022 and April 2023.

Shellshock is survived by his three youngsters: Halo, Gage and Phoenix.