Seth Brooks Binzer (born August 23, 1974), better known by his stage name Shifty Shellshock, is an American music artist, best known for being a co-founder and front man of the band Crazy Town, and their hit song "Butterfly". He has also had a solo music career and appeared in the reality television series Celebrity Rehab 1 and 2 and Sober House 1 and 2.
A native to California, Binzer was a music fan from his childhood. His father is award-winning art director, designer, artist and filmmaker, Rollin Binzer who, among other things, produced and directed the feature film, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones.
Seth had a love for a wide genre of bands, such as The Cure, Cypress Hill, LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, and John Cougar Mellencamp. He began to discover his own personal style of music and started to record albums of his own with the Beastie Boys serving as his main inspiration.
He also spent part of his childhood in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
In a 2001 interview with Rolling Stone, Binzer admitted to spending three months in the California Institution for Men following an attempted burglary, to selling and using recreational drugs over a period of several years, as well as to struggling with drug addiction.
Binzer married Melissa Clark in 2002. They have a son named Halo. In 2011, Melissa filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Binzer dated Jasmine Lennard in 2010. On March 27, 2011, police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance between Binzer and his girlfriend. Binzer was arrested for outstanding warrants and released later that day. In a video interview with TMZ.com, Binzer stated the disturbance was simply a noise complaint, and that the outstanding warrant was for counter-assaulting a security guard who was using unnecessary force when trying to throw him out of a club. Lennard and Binzer announced their engagement in 2012 but separated shortly after following Binzer's arrest. He was arrested in February 2012 for battery and cocaine possession, and sentenced to three years probations. Binzer and Lennard have a son named Phoenix.
In 2013, model/actress Jasmine Lennard asks California Court for exclusive custody of their son, claiming Binzer smoked crack in front of their son, and left the crack pipe behind in their son's room when he left.
On 29 March 2012 Binzer was admitted to hospital after losing consciousness. Binzer awakened from the coma and was later released from hospital.
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