In one of Shifty Shellshock’s latest interviews, he talked about his sobriety.
Before the late Crazy Town star (born Seth Brooks Binzer) died of a drug overdose at age 49, he opened up about how he went through some of the “darkest places” amid his battle with addiction in a recently resurfaced interview. TMZ.
“I feel sober. I feel good, sober, happy,” he told Mayra Dias Gomes at a Rock to Recovery benefit concert last August in Hollywood.
“I think music has kept me alive. I think it’s always the light, that and my kids, that inspires me to live. Music has always been my therapy. It’s helped me get through everything.”
He shared sons Halo, Gage, and Phoenix with exes Melissa Clark, Tracy Shelor, and Jasmine Lennard.
Before Shifty Shellshock (born Seth Brooks Binzer) died of a drug overdose at age 49, he spoke about “feeling sober” in one of his final interviews, recently resurfaced by TMZ; pictured in 2023
Binzer added: “Recovering addicts have been there. They’ve been to the darkest places and come back. That’s why we always have good content.”
Binzer was found dead on the floor of his Los Angeles home on Monday, and police believe he had been dead for more than 24 hours.
After a lighter and drug paraphernalia were found near Binzer’s body, his death was investigated as an overdose.
Manager Howie Hubberman told People the cause of death was an overdose of “a combination of prescription drugs and drugs purchased on the street.”
Binzer had recently declared himself sober after a three-year battle with substance abuse.
He wrote on Instagram: ‘I’m a lover more than a fighter… but the one I need to love more instead of fighting is myself… Mr. Shifty True Love #SoberAliveAndGrateful (sic)’
The ‘Butterfly’ artist battled drug addiction for many years and was hospitalized in 2012 after losing consciousness and falling into a coma.
Binzer appeared on the VH1 reality show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and the spin-off Sober House.
In his final cryptic social media post, Binzer showed his appreciation for “those who stick around even when I try my hardest to scare them.”
The text accompanying the image was a photo of a person dressed entirely in black, standing in a crowd of people dressed only in white. “Real is rare, fake is everywhere,” the text on the image read.
Binzer’s ex, Soleil Moon Frye, already paid tribute to him in a heartfelt statement last weekend.
“I feel sober. I feel good, sober, happy,” he told Mayra Dias Gomes at a Rock to Recovery benefit concert last August in Hollywood.
“I think music has kept me alive. I think it’s always the light, that and my kids, that inspires me to live. Music has always been my therapy. It’s helped me get through everything.”
Binzer added: “Recovering addicts have been there. They’ve been to the darkest places and come back. That’s why we always have good content.” Seen in 2010
Binzer’s ex, Soleil Moon Frye, paid tribute to him in a heartfelt statement last weekend: “My heart whispers a million ‘I love you’s’ for the way you loved my children and me so unconditionally.”
Binzer was found dead on the floor of his Los Angeles home on Monday, and police believe he had been dead for more than 24 hours before…
“My heart whispers a million ‘I love you’s’ for the way you loved my children and me so unconditionally,” she began.
‘I can still see your sweet smiling face in high school when you kissed me in your tunnel of love and the way you pulled me back in as we grew up to show me what that kind of everlasting love feels like.’
Frye, 47, added: “There are no words that can express the love we share and how we feel right now. It’s a language all its own.”
Crazy Town – Binzer, DJ Rick One and Mark White – played their final tour in 2023 with Hed PE, the shows going ahead despite a bloody brawl between Binzer and the group’s vocalist, Bobby Reeves, outside a venue in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Binzer also had a solo career and joined forces with British producer and musician Paul Oakenfold to provide vocals for his 2002 hit Starry Eyed Surprise.
Her debut solo album, Happy Love Sick, was released in 2004.
He also formed Shifty and The Big Shots in 2010.
(tags to translate)dailymail