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Seth Binzer, who was known to fans as Shifty Shellshock and the frontman for the rap-rock band Crazy Town, died on Monday, according to the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office. Binzer was 49 years old.

Binzer died at a residence in Los Angeles, according to the Medical Examiner. No cause of death has been released and an investigation is underway as to the cause and manner of his death, according to the entry for the late musician on the office’s website.

After years of collaborating as The Brimstone Sluggers, Crazy Town was formed in 1999 when Binzer and Bret “Epic” Mazur brought in five musicians — Rust Epique, Doug Miller, James Bradley Jr., Antonio Lorenzo Valli and Adam Goldstein — to round out the band. Success came quickly to the group when its single “Butterfly” was released. The track quickly rose to No. 1 on the charts and helped the band sell 1.5 million copies of its debut album,...

Seth Binzer, the lead singer of the band Crazy Town, has died. The 49-year-old musician was found dead in his home in Los Angeles on Monday. Here is everything that has been revealed about Binzer’s death so far.

Shifty Shellshock Found Dead In His L.A. Home

The star was known as the lead singer and co-founder of the rap rock band Crazy Town. His fans knew him by his stage name “Shifty Shellshock.” According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, he passed away in his home on Monday. There is an ongoing investigation to determine his cause of death.

Shifty Shellshock worked with Bret “Epic” Mazur to form the band Crazy Town. The pair first met in 1992 and worked under the name “Brimstone Sluggers” until they decided to form a new band. Together, the two vocalists hired Rust Epique, James Bradley Jr., Adam Goldstein, Doug Miller, and...

Crazy Town frontman and “Butterfly” singer Seth Binzer, better known by his stage name Shifty Shellshock, has died. He was 49. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s website, Shellshock died at his residence on Monday, June 24. A cause has not yet been revealed. Born on August 23, 1974, Shellshock formed the rap-rock band Crazy Town in 1999 with fellow frontman Bret Mazur, with whom he’d previously collaborated under the name The Brimstone Sluggers. Crazy Town’s single “Butterfly,” released in October 2000, was a global hit, becoming number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and a top ten smash in several countries around the world. The success of “Butterfly” saw sales of the band’s debut album, The Gift of Game, increase tenfold, exceeding 1.5 million. The group, which also included Rust Epique, James Bradley Jr., Doug Miller, Adam Goldstein, and Antonio Lorenzo Valli, later supported Red Hot Chili Peppers on tour. In...

Bojack Horseman, the Netflix animated series and tastemakers’ delight, is branching out from its streaming home via a multi-year deal for home entertainment rights with Shout! Factory and Michael Eisner’s The Tornante Company.

Netflix will continue to stream the series, with its upcoming sixth season due in 2019. Shout! and Tornante will have exclusive Blu-ray and DVD rights to the first four seasons of the show in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, and Éire; and seasons two through four for home entertainment releases in Australia and New Zealand. The first five seasons are available on Netflix.

The deal was announced by Shout! Factory’s founders and CEOs Bob Emmer and Garson Foos; Jordan Fields, Shout’s Vice President of Acquisitions; and David Shall, COO and General Counsel, for Tornante Television.

“BoJack Horseman crosses boundaries, defies expectations, challenges, entertains and generally blows your mind, often through laughter. We intend to...