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Crazy Town did not choose to release "Butterfly" as the first single from The Gift of Game. Guitarist Kraig "Squirrel" Tyler explained: "We knew all along we didn't want to release 'Butterfly' first because we didn't want to be known as the band that does 'Butterfly'. We are looking at this like we want to have a career. That isn't who we are". [2]
Crazy Town (sometimes abbreviated as CXT) was an American rap rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1995 by Bret "Epic" Mazur and Shifty Shellshock (Seth Brooks Binzer). Their 2000 single " Butterfly ", reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and helped their debut album, The Gift of Game (1999), sell over 1.6 million units.
Genze stated both songs feature similar soft guitar loops, smooth beats and a relaxed mood, and that neither song was reflective of Crazy Town's album, The Gift of Game, on which the majority of songs are much heavier. [1] Timothy Mark from NME gave the song and the band a negative review, criticising the song's premise and sexist lyrics. [2]
Seth Binzer, who was best known as Shifty Shellshock and the lead singer of the rap-rock group Crazy Town, died Monday at his Los Angeles home.
"Drowning" is the first single from Crazy Town's second album, Darkhorse. The song was written by Crazy Town and peaked to No. 24 on Billboard's American Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, No. 45 on Billboard's German Hits of the World Hot Movers Singles chart, and No. 50 in the UK.
Binzer, who was known by his stage name Shifty Shellshock, is best known for the song Butterfly.
Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock, whose real name was Seth Binzer, died yesterday (June 24) at his Los Angeles home at the age of 49.
The girl licking the lollipop on the cover of the album is a fictional character created by Crazy Town, known as "Little Lolita". Both the album title and the picture of Little Lolita are based on lyrics from the song "Lollipop Porn". The album cover was designed by co-lead singer Shifty Shellshock's father and uncle. [11]