Crazy Town: The Sad Story of the Band Behind "Butterfly"
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- Crazy Town: Whatever happened to the band behind the hit 'Butterfly?"
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Crazy Town is a rap-rock group that shot to popularity in the early 2000’s thanks to their single Butterfly which propelled the group’s debut album to go platinum., The band’s story is full of tragedy and adversity & it really shouldn’t have been surprising since there was a lot foreshadowing even before the band formed. . Today Let’s discuss the history of Crazy Town and whatever happened to the group.
Formed in 1995 by two musicians Bret Mazur and Seth Binzer Mazur would adopt the alias Epic, while Binzer would be known as Shifty Shellshock Both musicians had an introduction to the industry early on in their lives with Binzer’s dad being an art director for Chess Records, working for Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. His father even contribute to the cover art for Crazy Town’s debut album The Gift of Game. & Mazur’s dad meanwhile was a music manager whose clients included Billy Joel and at a young age he would move his family across the country to Los Angeles. Mazur’s father would take his son to recording sessions, where he was introduced to some of the best musicians in the industry but he also saw the dark side of fame recalling to Rolling Stone. “There were a lot of addicts around. There wasn’t nothing mysterious and cool about taking drugs for me.”
Mazur would attend the same san fernando valley high school as ice cube, brad wilk of rage against the machine and house of pain members everlast and dannyboy. At the age of 13 he got his first turntables and began breakdancing. He would earn money DJing at black nightclubs around LA & he would soon start his own production company with a DJ who was double his age This success led Mazur to drive fancy cars, and own his own 24-track studio but wasn’t passionate about mixing albums telling Rolling Stone how artist Sheena Easton forced him to change paths in life recalling
“She was no fun; I wanted to talk to her about Prince, and she wouldn’t say anything,” By 1993 Mazur was done working with Sheena Easton and began working with a hip hop group named Blood of Abraham who collaborated with members of another pop group named Black Eyed Peas. It would be Will I am who introduced Mazur to Binzer.
Binzer meanwhile went through a number of phases in his childhood gravitating towards extreme sports including dirtbiking & skateboarding while later becoming a punk rocker named Romeo and then a breakdancer named Paco while also becoming one of the few whites kids to partake in freestyle rap competitions around LA. Binzer would earn the name Shifty Shellshock for his criminal behavior including shoplifting at an early age telling Rolling Stone “I’ve always been dodgy. When I was younger, I was a shoplifter and then a graffiti artist. When I got older, I was a little shady dealing with women. I’d always be juggling a couple of them. He would go on to explain how he tried to rob a fellow drug dealer who was bad mouthing him and it resulted in Binzer being chased by the police and eventually getting away, resulting in him becoming one of LA’s most wanted. But the police would get their man arresting him at a 7-11 with him recalling to Rolling Stone "we got surrounded by cop cars at 7-Eleven. I was on Fox II News for an extra week, because they couldn’t find one of my friends, so they had my picture with Captured over my face. Binzer would end up serving three months in prison being relegated to the part of the jail typically reserved for murderers. Binzer would tell the LA Times "Until I got caught for everything, I kind of felt like I was this invincible Biggie Smalls bad-ass comic book character. All of a sudden it went from using drugs to being a drug addict, and it turned from robbing people and beating people up because that was the thing to do, to going to jail for it.
Mazdn’t finish my rampage for a couple of days, but he showed me that I had people who were worried and cared about me. Anthony’s this angel who appeared in my life" he'd say.
Following Binzer’s visit to rehab Crazy Town would get another shot at Ozzfest the following year. The band would also ready their follow up single Revolving door, which was in sharp contrast to Butterfly, promoting promiscuity.
Binzer would tell MTV" 'Revolving Door' is about being young, being single, having a great time, and then at the same time being like,
I guess some people say it's pronounced "K-Rock" but other people have commented it's pronounced both K-Rock and KROQ.
Don’t feel bad the best music comes from Canada and I say that as a New Yorker. wouldnt hate a video on matt good or our lady peace!
No worries, man. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle. 👍
@@marissac870 Dude, just relax.
@@marissac870 you’re funny don’t watch then
I was thinking you were just trying to be different.
Shifty shellshock sounds like a turtle boss character you fight in a ps2 game.
Turtles in Time
LOL
LOL 🤣
Todd in the shadows joke
I thought that was the blue turtle shell from Mario kart?
These guys really hit every douchie rap rock bro cliche
You look like You're from the crazytown
Calm down Kahli
😂 Totally
100% correct
And it’s guys like that who always get opportunities.smh🤦♂️
As someone who was born and raised in Alaska, I can tell you that a moose can absolutely destroy most vehicles. They're huge, and a lot of the times the moose will survive and walk away.
This comment was more interesting than a video on crazy town.
Sideneck got kicked by a moose.
@@gabrielaguilar1391 lolz. There was one time that a moose got hit by a car down the street where I lived in AK, went through the windshield, bit the lady behind the wheel, and walked off!
There were 2 guys where I used to work that went hunting in Northern Ontario and hit a huge moose with their car. One of them was killed, the other in the hospital for months. If you hit a moose all 1400 pounds of it is coming through your windshield.
Moose you got me sprung with that antler ring.
I only assumed these guys were D-bags, but now here’s the proof.
If it looks and breaths it well it must be…
The worst part is they're NOT D-bags; they're WANNABE D-bags.
I remember seeing them at OzzFest'01 and they got booed off stage almost immediately. They tried breaking out "Butterfly" but it just made things worse. I felt so bad for them that day. That would be a nightmare and I'm sure it wasn't the first time it happened to them.
According to all the other comments on here saying the exact same thing, it appears they were hated pretty much everywhere they went on that tour. 😂
Yup, seen that happen in Denver at Ozzfest 01.
Haha...I remember that. They actually got dropped from Ozzfest. Jack Osbourne had a lot to do with how they wound up on Ozzfest. Jack is actually the reason a lot of great bands made it. Crazy Town isnt one of those bands.
@@scottenosh4548 we all fuck up sometimes lol
@@jr2904 agreed
Love that random ending. "And then in 2019 they hit a moose" 🤣🤣🤣
Alternate video title: "The Sad Story of Not Limp Bizkit."
Weak 😄 🤣 😂
Lol bruh
simultaneously a insult & a compliment
Lol
Ugh Limp is garbage too
When I was 15 I was gonna off myself, until I heard this song. "GURL U DONE GOT ME SPRUNG WIT DA TOUNGE RAAAAAANG", when i heard those words i knew i wasnt alone. I knew someone understood my pain.
Someone "understood your pain" by singing about getting a ****job from a girl with a tongue ring? I'm going to assume you're a bot. Or at least hope you are.
@@MrPhins would you really expect the robots have emotions pains and fears as deep as my comment conveys you are clearly a Chinese Linkin Park troll
What a beautiful moment that must have been. Brings a tear to my eye just imagining it.
@@Funknutz420024 Wasn't really that deep, my man. But I'm glad your life was saved by a song about a bj. Makes me wonder if anybody's life was saved by "Hurts so Good."
@@madameshadow357 thank you. I thought I was alone in getting "sprung" from "tounge raaaaaangs", but someone understood me, and if they could find the courage to keep living, so could i
Friends don't let friends wear fedoras.
Or grow flavor savers
@@unclefoiley819 😁👍
Or get tribal armband tattoos.
Stay away from Ed Hardy shirts and Jersey Shore Meatballs.
Fedoras are fine, if you wear a proper suit, and tie. It has no other applications.
Omg I died when I read this. My ex wore one ALL the friggin time. Note. I said....EX !!
They look like comic book characters that are more concerned about image than content.
3 minutes in and its impossible for me to feel sorry for this band already
yeah they sound like complete losers, bragging about being "shady with women" and comparing yourself to biggie smalls... lmao
These posers sucked and were loathed 20 years ago. Now I know why
This has to be one of the worst bands in the history of music
You can't let this get you though. I was thinking about it the other day and looking up old bands that I like. A shocking amount of famous musicians basically had a silver spoon in their mouth and a bunch of networking cheat codes if you will from the jump. In fact I'd say it's probably damn tough to get known if you don't.
In the uk magazine ‘Q’ back whe ‘butterfly’ was released they said “we’re here to take the chili peppers funk rock crown” and I couldn’t stop laughing, bunch of clowns
I saw these guys at Ozzfest 2001. They did not aesthetically and musically belong there and the crowd wasn't afraid to let them know it.
Good.
Yup 😂 At Alpine Valley, they didn't last 10 minutes
I'm always hearing about these dudes in Ozzfest, and I still haven't heard a good review.
I can only imagine. Prince was in a similar situation when he opened for the Stones. Jimi Hendrix opened for the Monkees that didn't go over to well either.
@@keithgupton9349 Wait. Are you comparing Prince and Hendrix to Crazy Train?! 😂🤣😂🤣
"The Sad Story of Crazy Town, aka Dollar Tree Limp Bizkit."
Lmao. Kroeger Brand Limp Bizkit
@@LeviBulger 😁😆👍
"The sad story of how we all had to listen to Crazy Town in the early 2000s"
I absolutely hated that song back then. Same goes for that, I just want to fly song. Can’t remember the name.
@@llahhsoj7651 sugar ray or something that song was garbage. Both songs I’d rather listen to an old man fart on a snare drum than hear either
Haha exactly and they stole red hot chili peppers instrumentals
My mom and aunt loved this fucking song and would blast it...
LOL
I can add another element of sadness to the story of Crazy Town's Butterfly. My childhood best friend absolutely loved this song.. he died in a fire in 2005 when he was just 18. Every time I hear it it reminds me of him. When we were kids we used to hang out in the pool halls and game arcades and when I was putting on music on the jukebox he always used to shout "Put on Butterfly!" and I would. I always remember it playing when we were playing games of pool or Sega Rally arcade with the rally seat and wheel etc (by the way he was always the absolute best at Sega Rally.. I could never beat him). He was a good guy.. it's true people always say that about people who die but he really was a great friend to have. He had somewhat of a tough life, he was a rock kid.. like myself, he liked a lot of rock and metal.. everything from Nirvana to Iron Maiden to nu metal like Slipknot which was still big at the time (early 00s). I had drifted apart with him for a while and had just started to hang out with him again, I was actually supposed to go hang out with him the night he died.. but for whatever reason I rain checked it, I think something came up and I said another time, then a day or two later I heard he had died in a house fire that night. Everyone knew his as "Turk", that was his nickname. Hard to believe that he's been dead over 15 years now. RIP Turk.
That’s a much sadder story. Sorry about your friend 😞
Rest In Peace, Turk. He’s jamming somewhere better now, just know that.
Wow
Turk would have easily forgiven you and knew it was simply just his time so please dont hold any guilt in your hands, My friend.
Cool
Of everyone in this "sad story" of posers, drugs, and hair gel, I feel like the moose they hit with a touring van did the most good.
Thanks for the good laugh 😂
The "Moose" was their biggest hit,lol
@@daniellee7655 That's fantastic
The moose was the representation of quality music.
Fucking brilliant.
The best Crazy Town song is Nookie.
I just laughed so hard i shot milk outta my nose & I'm not drinking milk🤣
Brilliant.
That is gold 😂😂😂😂
That's when they changed their name to Limp Bisket
LMAO that's still sayin too much for both bands
These dudes seem like they would jump on every single hype train that passes by. What Binzer doing now, Tik Tok videos?
He should have gotten into fitness influencing. I remember wanting to look like him when I was a kid, aesthetically
They were Hollywood kids who got hooked on drugs as teenagers.
@@blastbeatindustries3191 well when I was kid you got beat up for being a poseur
@@MultiStar84 evidently you just have to become a drug addict
He put out a song called fly away. About 11 months ago. I liked it.
Shifty Shell Shock was a hardened criminal who frequently shoplifted. He's soooooo bad. These guys sucked. Not changing my mind.
Literally no one wants to change your mind.
@@deadinthewater218 Thank you.
The “sad” story behind butterfly is the fact that they basically had it gifted to them by the Red hot Chili peppers
It did have that RHCP, Mother's Milk era, sound.
@@protoclone138 the bassline is directly borrowed/sampled from RHCP's Flea. I can't remember the song it comes from, but you'll be able to find it on RUclips i bet
@@OnceWasSomething Looked it up, Pretty Little Ditty.
the guitar riff was fruisciante's
@@nickh5121 wow.
We opened for CrazytownX in Seattle. They didn’t play Butterfly. There wasn’t a lot of people at the show, but the guys in the band were friendly.
CrazytownX is a different band
Crazy Town makes Nickelback look like The Beatles.
Most savage comment on here
Nickelback is actually catchy though.
hahahahahaha
Yeah. I actually like Nickelback. Can't stand the other.
Never got the hate for nickelback.
I liked crazytown’s music and watched shifty on celebrity rehab. I was really rooting for him to turn his life around but unfortunately he was his own worst enemy. He liked being a rebel too much. I remember a scene in celebrity rehab where shifty left the treatment facility only to show back up smoking crack on the roof. Crazy town is definitely the appropriate name for any band he’s in.
I remember he also bought a hamster in that show when he left the rehab but before climbing to the roof
@@tarajones9675 Ahahahahaha!!!! Holy shit that's hilarious.
The lyric “you got me sprung with your tongue ring” says everything I need to know about this band.
It's so dated. SO dated. Who the fuck even gets their tongue pierced anymore? I bet they thought they sounded so hip and on-trend with that line and thought it wasn't gonna age as badly as it did.
@@VeneficaDelirium - It’s just awful how this song will worm it’s way into your mind and if I think about it, I’ll find myself humming it for ages after. These guys definitely thought they were on trend and very cool - didn’t the dark-haired dude nickname himself Epic? Oof
Savage 👌🏻
@@VeneficaDelirium Some people still get their tongue pierced, but I had no idea it was a trendy thing back in the early 2000s
@@VeneficaDelirium yaeh im sure a drugged out singer cared about if something is going to age lol
The most memorable riff in Crazytown's ONLY hit song... They didn't even write! It's a Red Hot Chili Peppers lick
And like 1% of the entire world even knows it.
It always pissed me off so much watching that video, and the band’s “guitarist” pretending that he’s actually playing that riff, as opposed to simply sampling a Chili Peppers riff on a loop.
@@Ralphanthonybianscomusic you and me both, brother
Well I bet I could write good songs if I just copied RHCP riffs, too !
@@Ralphanthonybianscomusic Or any of the instruments. So few notes in the song. Just use a keyboard. The drums are basic af too.
Saw'em once at Ozzfest in Denver. Frontman was a jerk, and they got booed hard.
I was there too. LOL!!
I was there as well, we all showed those dbags with our collective boo's... hahaha!!🤣🤣🤣
Booed or boned hard? I guess one the the other
Not to throw too much shade but did we really need more Crazytown?
The fact that I just learned the singer went by the name "Shifty Shellshock" kind of makes me dislike them that much more😂
I was supposed to see Crazy Town in 2019 in my hometown in Northern Ontario, but the show was cancelled as they were involved in an accident when their van hit a moose.
There's a subredditt for that comment
You dodged that experience.
Be thankful.
A brave moose have his life that day…
May it never be forgotten.
@@beeragainsthumanity1420 I had zero expectations for that show. I wanted to understand why I liked Crazy Town when I was 13 and use it as a lesson for my son that you really don't know who you are in your teens.
@@VIGLounge
Ok, I get it...13?
Good times, my friend.
It's like I have to explain about a lot of bands:
"They were pretty good at what they were doing! Just turns out what they were doing itself wasn't very good." Basically the genre they were shooting for wasn't really all that great in the first place, and REALLY hasn't aged well but within that genre they were competent.
@dimebag Darrell Made perfect sense to me!
No, they weren't. I thought "nu-metal" sucked, but these guys are in a league of their own when it comes to musical diarrhea. Quite possibly the worst band of all time in my opinion. I can't think of a song I hate more. Really. Not even one.
The amount of unwarranted hate these guys get like your comment really shows how much people like u like to project your inadequecy
I loved their album “Chocolate Swordfish and the Bratwurst Flavored Water”
They should have toured with Savage Garden
hey! you keep savage garden out of this! lol.
Out of it? No I want them to be part of it, maybe with Insane Clown Posse and LMFAO
hahahah dude
Savage👌🏻
Savage garden was actually talented, and the singer had a good voice.
What a negative atmosphere on this track tho. Some have a beautiful story but, i totally loved this one! That low flute rhythm did it! It was something else. A bit cheesy but still it was fun! Never bash artists when they fail or whatever. We are all humans. I never forget this great memory in that summer!🥰♥️🌴 🦋
All that sadness on top of the passing of Shifty....😢😢
Their song, "Drowning" was pretty good too. I was so envious of the main guy's pec's and abs and piercings in that "Butterfly" music video when it came out, when I was in high school.
Korn meets sugar ray
Oh! 🤣
Zing!
A one hit wonder that don't deserve more than 30 seconds attention.
YUP
Matt Gaetz loved these guys
30 secs is being generous.
Don't forget about toxic and cool music video lol
And that "one hit" was absolutely unbearable
The "Celebrity Rehab" episodes with the guy from CT were hilarious.
I need a Blu-Ray box-set with all seasons. Best reality show ever.
Right 😂😂😂 smoking crack on the roof while the doctors try to coax him down.
Came here for the video, stayed for the comments. These are all so f'ing savage, but I love it!! xD
Someone should make a biopic of these guys. Tommy Wiseau can direct.
Wait wait wait... House of Pain, Easy E, Ice Cube, a guy from Rage against the Machine and CrazyTown all went to the same highschool??? Wtf...
There are no coincidences
Wish I would have went there; instead, I had to go to one of the worse schools in Philadelphia.
"Its a big club and you aint in it" - George Carlin
La isn't that big
These guys were like a parody comedy skit, even back then. They were like the Nelson of rap-rock. Nelson, remember that crap?
Who?
It's so weird that Toxic and Darkside were considered flops. Both of those were incredibly popular on Fresno rock channels of the day. Especially 104.1 they played that shit constantly.
Little 8th grade me had a serious crush on the lead singer 🤣 I loved "butterfly"
That was sad. Poor moose.
Come on man, don't leave us hanging! Was the moose ok?
😂😂😂
The true victim in whole story
Moose joined the band. Hey, seemed like the thing to do at the time.
RIP Seth Binzer 💔💔💔💙🦋💙
Thank you for music
San Luis Obispo, 2010. Me and two friends walked to a nearby bar that wasn't even located downtown (95% of the bars in SLO are located there). The bar, the Z was nearly empty and as we walked in the bouncer asked if we were there for the show. Confused, we said no we just wanted to play pool. The bouncer told us Crazytown was playing and they'll be on soon. Since there was no one there they ended up scrapping the show and just hung out around the bar. I ended up meeting Shifty, played a game of pool w/him and smoked a few cigarettes. I remember thinking how Hollywood he looked because of his leather pants and boots. He also had a Napoleon complex because he had lifted boots and he was still shorter than me (I'm 5'9). He bragged a lot, particularly about the old days when this would have been a sellout show. I couldn't help but feel bad for the guy as I could tell he was embarrassed about the empty bar there for the show. Decent enough guy though, I wished him well when we left. We bumped "Revolving Door" when we got back to our apartment and had a good laugh.
Bet you met Chuck Liddell a few times. Heard he was a good dude.
@@johnm994 lmao I did indeed. As a matter of fact a few girls I knew were Liddels "friends". On one occasion one of the girls came to say hi to me at my job (a coffee shop) in the morning to grab coffee and pastries for her and Chuck. He wasn't there it was just her but she had been with him the night before and was driving his hummer lmao. He moved away from here some time ago though. Not too long after I moved here actually. I only met him once or twice and the conversation was very brief, but I knew the girls he hung out with as we were friends from the same hometown who had both moved here.
@@cameronriddle109 yeah Chuck was a pimp. I was at a convention in Vegas back in 07 and we had our after party at Body English in the Hard Rock. Back then that was one of the top clubs in Vegas. I was flirting with one of the hot cocktail waitresses and mentioned that I always hear Chuck name drop Body English after his fights and the waitress told me Chuck had a 3 some with 2 of her coworkers. This is during the prime of that club so I'm certain the 2 girls were as hot and maybe hotter than the waitress I was talking to.
@@johnm994 hahaha I'm from Visalia originally and Chuck was smashing these girls I knew from my hometown. Small town 10's but Las Vegas 7's. Still way out of my league though. I always laugh when I see that clip of him coked out of his skull at the UFC event because he had that reputation around SLO too. Pretty sure he was on one when I met him one of the times. No judgement here he was a nice guy.
@@johnm994 Oddly enough I met Glover Teixeira too. He trained for a minute out here too and my roommate trained at the same gym. Ironically my brother in law (who was in the UFC for 4 fights) moved out here about a year ago and trains at the gym as well. He's making one final go at trying to make it back to the big time and decided to switch gyms to change things up.
those abs made him so cocky, that he thought the name "shifty shellshock" sounded cool and not immediatly dated
Those abs take fkn dedication and hard work
Those abs is the reason why Cuomo said that he doesn't hate the band...
@@littlekingtrashmouth9219 an enemy in Two Crude Dudes or something.
It’s never a good sign when the latest noteworthy update from a band is “they hit a moose on tour in Canada.”
RIP Binzer
The sad story of a band that frequently made fun of tragic deaths of beloved celebrities in their songs.
@Bønzëaux Błëuxgrēn
"I almost pulled a Robin Williams."
"We leave our critics hanging,
Like INXS."
Screw these guys for lines like that.
@Bønzëaux Błëuxgrēn another line that’s off-color and in bad taste is “I drink a bottle of Winehouse, and pop a couple Heath Ledgers”
They’re a bunch of frat boys who think they’re edgy when really they’re being jerks.
@@andrebrynkus2055 what was the name of title of those songs?
@@connorriley7511 name of the song title?
lol this comments! 🤣🤣 just can feel such the lovings for the crazy towns! ❤❤❤ 🤣🤣
Never even heard of this band .
You only missed "Butterfly". Catchy, but not that great. Your obliviousness to their existence wouldn't have made the slightest impact in your life.
Consider yourself lucky man. Trust me on that. In fact, I’m jealous because I assure you that once that one popular song of theirs gets stuck in your head it’s in there really really good and it just.won’t.stop. 🤦🏼♀️
File under: One hit wonders of the early 2000s
You didn’t miss much
One beast of a Band RIP Shifty !
Basically the only good thing about their only popular song is the guitar lick sampled from RHCP.
Bass guitar, specifically
@Jew chikd Pretty Little Ditty
@Jew chikd off Mother's Milk I think
yep, i'm surprised the guy didn't mention it. its a 2 bar loop from pretty little ditty. Great riff, I remember learning it as a kid when I as learning guitar. They probably had to pay a fortune to clear the sample, and probably didn't get any partial writing credit if any??
@@imothy he mentioned it but that's all he elaborated on it - just a quick mention.
R.I.P shifty
I have to say I'm a bit young and i got to know this band through my mom. There were a few things at the beginning of they're career I didn't know about. But what i for sure can say is that i think Seth learned a lesson after his coma. He still smokes pot and I'm pretty sure he also relapsed a few times. But I met him in 2018 in Berlin and i still follow him on social media. He matured a lot. Since they're not that big i got to talk to him before the concert and he's actually so calm and nice. His douchebag times are over for sure.
And now Shifty is dead
When you order Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda from Wish
Ya’ll haven’t heard darkhorse and it shows. That album still kicks ass
Thank you! When I'm feeling down Darkhorse is my go to! ❤
Finally someone mentioned this gem!
@@Alexandria87 CANDY COATED PAIN IS LIKE A BALL AND CHAIN
You mean licks ass!?
There!
I fixed it for ya...
Leading me closer to death
I don't care what people say butterfly is such a banger and it's better then today's rap music
I never remember even knowing they released a 2nd album. But butterfly was Huge and that would be hard to follow.
I still have their songs in my playlist. Its great.
R.I.P. Seth Binzer ! You will always remain in our hearts ! :'((((((((((((((((
This is what happens, when you order Limp Bizkit, off Wish.
I really appreciate the hilarious use of stock footage!
Back in 2000 I was working at a goth shop in NY when in comes their singer, he was looking to buy a new belt buckle. My coworker and I had no idea who he was until he proudly mentioned his band and why he wanted the buckle .......my coworker " oh you're in a band, how nice!, me (crickets going off in my head)....he was obviously upset we didn't jump with excitement and so he stormed out of the shop! True story
Seriously?? Did he say anything, or just fume silently and turn on his heel?
"I want my money. I love you. Stop sucker punching me!"
Crazy Town was one of those bands people gave u flack for liking! But I liked them!
Same dude!
Say what you want, Butterfly is an absolute banger
Yes
Saying what I want: if cringe had a sound, this song would have been it.
Mos def
one of the best bands with a unique style. gotta love it! Shifty has a ton of great music too. r.i.p
My band supported these guys in Belfast, Ireland a few years ago. There was barely anyone there; was kinda sad lol Shifty Shellshock was a pretty dead on guy though!
Believe it or not they do alright in the states. They have ties to S.R.H. and do good in that scene
Your research is USUALLY impeccable. I’m surprised you missed the MOST interesting fact about Seth Binzer. He hold’s the Guinness Book of World Records®️ record for being the world’s TALLEST midget! #TheMoreYouKnow 💫
That song marked a change and a type of music that is steal just as good as it was when it came out.
I think it’s safe to say that the early 2000s was one of the worst times in music.
We’re still recovering from it to this day
@@PapaShongo25: True words.
at least the music from early 2000s didn't lip sync NuMetal brought aggression to MTV and became the fuel that kept the attitude era going, simply it kept it extreme
Yes, because Alan Jackson.
And "crunk".
No, because the world got introduced to Corey "NECK" Taylor.
I'll take that music over the crap we have nowadays.
Saw a fairly recent interview with Seth. He was clearly tweaking hard. Sad to see someone still struggling like that.
Some classy early comments. You don't have to like the music to feel bad for the guy.
This guy literally looks like the one to shove a needle in his arm, and then tell you to feel sorry for them or else you’re worse than hitler.
Nah, I feel bad for the store owners that he shoplifted from. The douche doesn't deserve an ounce of pity.
How recent? Cause i still follow him to this day and he's fine
When these guys released their first hit BUTTERFLY, every female i knew was in love w/that singer. Shame how things turned out for the band.
@Steve A I thought that was David Draiman.
Look, when me and wifey drive along and this song keeps popping into our heads and we sing it or incorporate the lyrics into our daily lingo, then there is indeed something magical about this 1 song.
You see kids there were things worse than limp bizkit.
How about a video on how TOOL beat out Taylor's "Swifties" with the release of Fear Innoculum much to the surprise and shock of the self absorbed Pop music fan base??!?!!
For one week. Cool story.
A Tool fan accusing other people of being self absorbed. Oh, the irony.
The Album was trash though...
@Justin Last 2; agreed, it didn't grow on me like a couple of other Tool albums that I didn't immediately love...but I think that's an even bigger insult to the bandwagon elites, and the entitlement complex most of them suffer from. I dunno, at the time that the idea occured to me, it just seemed like an achievement for genres that are typically dismissed as a whole. And the achievement, I felt, could be used to cast light on the musical capabilities of, not just Tool, but so many other great musicians who should be able to hit the charts at the very least. Furthermore, the sheer dedication of metal fans across the board could be acknowledged here. The difference in the reasons behind a metal fans' support, and the majority of "popular music" fans couldn't get any more contrasted.
@rick keehn; yup, a week. Rage Against the Machine achieved something similar in the UK with Killing in the Name of recently. This channel DEFINITELY did a video/story highlighting that achievement, and the implications of such an achievement in regards to the metal and other anti-establishment based genres that don't achieve popularity (for what should be obvious reasons). THAT No. 1 Single (downloaded) slot was held for a day or two... maybe a week at most, but that's not the concept of focus here. 🤦♂️ The depth of people's inability to construct a thought, that wasn't programmed into their conceptual processing, is both astonishing and terrifying. I'm guilty of it as well, but I'm trying here.
True story, my metal band was offered an opening slot for Crazy Town in Salt Lake City. We talked amongst ourselves for a few days and unanimously concluded "Nope." It was the right choice. We're all still alive today.
Rotten fruit projectiles can be fatal?
Damn, on the surface it looks like an easy call- but seems like there would've been a few factors that could've worked in your favor ...
The sad story of Crazy Town: “Crazy Town existed. The end.”
So they are a boy band?
Who went to high school with the Black Eyed Peas.
I ran sound for these guys a few years ago at a club I mixed at for 22 years. We had all kinds of the acts on their way down towards the end of that club doing bands. I did orgy and poweman 5000 as well.
I went to a festival where they headlined...Swifty the lead guy was walking around all day b4 show. He was fucked up, but more notable: his girlfriend was still, to this day, the hottest person I've ever seen in real life. I almost threw up. I work at the best nightclub in a a big city... still, 20yrs later never seen a more attractive person.
Cheers Shifty, you did it for a minute. 🍻
pics of it didn't happen bro!
@ Dark black hair...circa roughly 2001 or so. Lol
@@Jekyll_Island_Creatures Hahaha...yea i know the rules.
Butterfly and starry eyed surprise are two shifty songs that immediately comes to mind
I’ve opened up for these guys and they’re awesome humble people.
Whoa! These guys are so cool! They almost look human if the lights are dim. That’s hip and down with the hood stuff, dood.
Saw Shifty’s epic fail at rehab. Not even Dr. Drew could help this guy.
Gift of game was my joint as a kid.
❤️ That album.
Nothing but fire.
Toxic was my favourite
Proof that record companies will sign people with no talent.
I remember buying this album when it came out while I was in like 10th grade. I got it because of the track "toxic" before I even heard butterfly because I was super into that rap rock shit back then. I tried listening to it recently on Spotify and I couldn't bc it was just trash IMO lol. Ahhhh to be young again.
Honestly the whole rap-rock crossover genre was pretty bad.
Just like you and the other haters all y'all even know this band from is Butterfly and The Gift of Game. Had anyone listened to Darkhorse they might of thought differently about this group.
Please tell us about Pizzicato Five
Only one person mentioned Orange County? One of my favorite movies. Who doesn't think of the movie when you hear that gd song?
Anthony Kiedis said he was sitting at a Lakers game and Butterfly came on. Here he was listening to another group perform over top the Red Hot Chili Peppers 1989 song Pretty Little Ditty and had no idea about the song existing prior to that. The Chili Peppers former label EMI did not need their permission to allow Crazy Town to use the song although Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith got writing credits on Butterfly even though they were never informed.
Well now you can make this RUclips official. RIP head singer Seth Shifty Shellshock
'Come my lady, come, come my lady, you're my butterfly, sugar, baby.'...dont you miss those beautiful lyrics?
I love"Drowning" song of them
It's a shame that Dark Horse didn't get that much publicity, it was a solid album.
lol no