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{{Short description|American singer (1974–2024)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| background = person
| name = Shifty Shellshock
| image = Shifty_Shellshock_2009.jpg
| image_size =
| alt = close-up of Binzer wearing a dark shirt and patterned baseball cap and smiling at camera
| caption = Binzer in 2009
| birth_name = Seth Brooks Binzer
| birth_date = {{birth date|1974|8|23}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|6|24|1974|8|23}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|[[Rap rock]]<ref name=allmusicguide>{{cite web|last=Nimmervoll|first=Ed|author-link=Ed Nimmervoll|title=Crazy Town − Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/crazy-town-p383978/biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 28, 2014|archive-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819035945/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/crazy-town-p383978/biography|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=NME>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews//4825|title=Crazy Town : The Gift Of Game|date=September 12, 2005|work=NME|access-date=July 31, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112535/http://www.nme.com/reviews//4825|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=1686 |last=Wippsson |first=Johan |title=Crazytown − Darkhorse |work=[[Melodic (magazine)|Melodic]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925231748/http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=1686 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>|[[alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radio.com/2013/05/01/top-10-alt-rock-one-hit-wonders/|title=Top 10 Alt-Rock One-Hit Wonders|access-date=July 31, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718013005/http://radio.com/2013/05/01/top-10-alt-rock-one-hit-wonders/|archive-date=July 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.axs.com/the-5-best-one-hit-wonder-alternative-rock-artists-45859|title=The 5 best one-hit wonder alternative rock artists|last=Miller|first=Victoria|work=AXS|access-date=July 31, 2015|archive-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923222617/http://www.axs.com/the-5-best-one-hit-wonder-alternative-rock-artists-45859|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[nu metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/photos/30-nu-metal-bands-you-d-forgotten/321759#/photo/1|title=28 Nu-Metal Era Bands You Probably Forgot All About|date=August 11, 2011|work=NME|access-date=July 31, 2015|archive-date=December 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210233902/http://www.nme.com/photos/30-nu-metal-bands-you-d-forgotten/321759#/photo/1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.teamrock.com/features/2014-09-19/the-bluffer-s-guide-nu-metal|title=The Bluffer's Guide: Nu-Metal|work=Team Rock|access-date=July 31, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222131302/https://www.teamrock.com/features/2014-09-19/the-bluffer-s-guide-nu-metal|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Tommy|last=Udo|title=Brave Nu World|year=2002|publisher=Sanctuary Publishing|isbn=1-86074-415-X|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bravenuworld00tomm/page/187 187–88]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bravenuworld00tomm/page/187}}</ref>|[[rap metal]]<ref name=allmusicguide/><ref name=NME/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.confrontmagazine.com/2015/06/album-announcement-crazy-town-return-with-the-brimstone-sluggers/|title=Album Announcement: Crazy Town Return With "The Brimstone Sluggers"|work=Confort Magazine|access-date=July 31, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150812031647/http://www.confrontmagazine.com/2015/06/album-announcement-crazy-town-return-with-the-brimstone-sluggers/|archive-date=August 12, 2015}}</ref>}}
| occupations = {{hlist|Rapper|singer|songwriter|actor}}
| years_active = 1992–2024
| label =
| past_member_of = [[Crazy Town]]
}}

'''Seth Brooks Binzer''' (August 23, 1974 – June 24, 2024), better known by his [[stage name]] '''Shifty Shellshock''',<ref name="buddy">{{cite web |url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/celebrity-rehab/profile/shifty-shellshock.aspx |title=Shifty Shellshock |date=February 27, 2008 |work=[[BuddyTV]] |access-date=June 11, 2010 |archive-date=January 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113115551/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/celebrity-rehab/profile/shifty-shellshock.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> was an American rapper and singer-songwriter who cofounded the [[rap rock]] band [[Crazy Town]], known for their hit song "[[Butterfly (Crazy Town song)|Butterfly]]". He later had a solo career. Binzer struggled with addiction throughout his career and appeared on the reality television series ''[[Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew|Celebrity Rehab]]'' and ''[[Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House|Sober House]]''.

==Music career==
===Crazy Town===
{{Main|Crazy Town}}

Binzer met fellow Crazy Town frontman [[Bret Mazur]] in 1992; they started collaborating under the name ''The Brimstone Sluggers''. By early 1999, they formed the group ''[[Crazy Town]]''.<ref name="2001 interview">{{cite magazine |last1=Edwards |first1=Gavin |title=Q&A: Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=March 15, 2001 |issue=864 |page=35}}</ref> In 2000, Crazy Town was signed to tour with [[Ozzfest]]. They were kicked out after two weeks when Binzer was arrested for throwing a chair through a window while drunk.<ref name="2001 interview"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Tina |date=June 13, 2006 |title=Crazy Town Leaves Ozzfest After Arrest |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427579/20000713/crazy_town.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217192105/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427579/20000713/crazy_town.jhtml |archive-date=February 17, 2009 |access-date=June 11, 2010 |work=[[MTV]]}}</ref>

The band's single, "[[Butterfly (Crazy Town song)|Butterfly]]", was a global hit. It peaked at the top of the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and in several other countries including Austria, Denmark, and Norway. The success of the single prompted sales of their debut album, ''[[The Gift of Game]]'', to exceed 1.5 million.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77197/billboard-bits-crazy-town-nelly-ny-metropolis-fest |title=News on Crazy Town, Nelly, NY Metropolis Fest |last=Jeckell |first=Barry |date=January 10, 2002 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=May 28, 2014 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126050648/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77197/billboard-bits-crazy-town-nelly-ny-metropolis-fest |url-status=live }}</ref>

Their 2002 follow-up album, ''[[Darkhorse]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457740/crazy-town-ride-darkhorse.jhtml |title=Crazy Town Take On All Comers With Darkhorse |last1=Wiederhorn |first1=Joe |date=September 23, 2002 |work=[[MTV]] |access-date=December 11, 2012 |archive-date=February 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212213231/http://www.mtv.com/news/1457740/crazy-town-take-on-all-comers-with-darkhorse/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> was a commercial failure by comparison, and the band broke up shortly after its release.<ref name="where ya been">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1551815/where-ya-been-city-high-crazy-town.jhtml |title=Where Ya Been?: City High Drop Out, Crazy Town Stop The Insanity |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |date=February 8, 2007 |work=[[MTV]] |access-date=December 11, 2012 |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428020752/http://www.mtv.com/news/1551815/where-ya-been-city-high-drop-out-crazy-town-stop-the-insanity/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Crazy Town announced they had reformed in 2007,<ref name=reformed>{{cite web |last=Harris |first=Chris |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1575877/kris-kross-crazy-town-emf-extreme-and-more-unmemorable-reunions-in-our-year-end-top-10s/ |title=Kris Kross, Crazy Town, EMF, Extreme And More Unmemorable Reunions, In Our Year-End Top 10s − Music, Celebrity, Artist News |work=[[MTV]] |date=December 5, 2007 |access-date=May 28, 2014 |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607204212/http://www.mtv.com/news/1575877/kris-kross-crazy-town-emf-extreme-and-more-unmemorable-reunions-in-our-year-end-top-10s/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and performed live for the first time in five years in August 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/celebrity-studded-red-carpet-event-62045737.html |title=Celebrity Studded Red Carpet Event |date=August 25, 2009 |work=[[PR Newswire]] |access-date=May 28, 2014 |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529051940/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/celebrity-studded-red-carpet-event-62045737.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They released their third album, ''[[The Brimstone Sluggers]]'', in 2015.<ref name=all>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-brimstone-sluggers-mw0002862890 |title=Crazy Town: The Brimstone Sluggers |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 2, 2015}}</ref>

===Solo career and the Big Shots===
[[Image:Shifty Shellshock LF.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Shellshock in 2007]]

During Crazy Town's hiatus, Binzer collaborated with British producer and musician [[Paul Oakenfold]], contributing vocals to Oakenfold's hit single "[[Starry Eyed Surprise]]". The track was for Oakenfold's first solo studio album ''[[Bunkka]]''. In an interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine in the US, Binzer said that the track was created after the pair met at a Crazy Town show.<ref name="starryeyed">{{cite web |last=Bychawski |first=Adam |url=http://www.nme.com/news/paul-oakenfold/8721 |title=Oakenfold's Cray 'Starry-Eyed' Sensation |work=[[NME]] |date=July 26, 2001 |access-date=October 28, 2015 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203801/http://www.nme.com/news/paul-oakenfold/8721 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The song peaked at number 41 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and number six on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

Binzer released his only solo album, ''[[Happy Love Sick]]'', in 2004. The first single from the album, "[[Slide Along Side]]", charted in several European countries, including number 29 on the UK Singles Chart,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> and number 11 in Italy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shifty&titel=Slide+Along+Side&cat=s |title=Shifty – Slide Along Side |work=lescharts.com }}</ref>

In July 2010, Binzer's new group, Shifty and the Big Shots, released their first single, "Save Me".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003TKLE44 |title=Save Me by Shifty and The Big Shots |work=[[Amazon.com]] |access-date=June 30, 2010}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Binzer was born in Los Angeles on August 23, 1974; his father, Rollin Binzer, worked as an artist and documentary film director, and his mother, Leslie Brooks, worked as a model and script proofreader.<ref name = NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/arts/music/shifty-shellshock-dead-crazy-town.html|title = Seth Binzer, Crazy Town's Lead Singer, 'Shifty Shellshock,' Dies at 49|last1 = Ruberg|first1 = Sara|last2 = Sanders|first2 = Hank|date = June 25, 2024|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited|accessdate = June 25, 2024|archive-date = June 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625202213/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/arts/music/shifty-shellshock-dead-crazy-town.html|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="LAmag-Obit">{{cite web |last1=Motwane |first1=Alea |title=Shifty Shellshock, Crazy Town Lead Singer, Dead at 49 |url=https://lamag.com/obituary/shifty-shellshock-crazy-towns-lead-singer-dead-at-49 |website=[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles]] |access-date=June 29, 2024 |language=en |date=June 25, 2024 |quote=Born on Aug. 23, 1974, Binzer was raised in Southern California by his parents Leslie Brooks and Rollin Binzer. ... By the age of 12, he started writing rhymes and rap songs, marking the beginning of his musical journey.}}</ref> He grew up primarily in Los Angeles with the exception of a brief period in [[Marblehead, Massachusetts]].<ref name = NYT/> He began writing rhymes and rap songs by the age of 12.<ref name="LAmag-Obit" />

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]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Keeps |first1=David |title=U are now Entering Crazy Town |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/u-are-now-entering-crazy-town-46206/ |date=August 2, 2001 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-date=March 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317120704/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/u-are-now-entering-crazy-town-46206/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Binzer married Melissa Clark in 2002. They had a son named Halo. In 2011, Clark filed for divorce, citing [[irreconcilable differences]]. Binzer dated Tracy Shelor<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/crazy-town-singer-shifty-shellshock-141328443.html |title=Crazy Town singer Shifty Shellshock who sang 'Butterfly' dies aged 49 |last=Mouriquand |first=David |date=June 26, 2024 |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625170051/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/crazy-town-singer-shifty-shellshock-141328443.html |archive-date=June 25, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> in 2008. They had a son named Gage.<ref name = NYT/>

Binzer began a relationship with British model [[Jasmine Lennard]] in 2010. On March 27, 2011, police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance between the pair. Binzer was arrested for [[outstanding warrant]]s 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/27/shifty-shellshock-arrested-dui-crazy-town-celebrity-rehab-seth-binzer/ |title=Shifty Shellshock Arrested on Outstanding Warrants |date=March 7, 2011 |work=[[TMZ.com|TMZ]] |access-date=May 22, 2011 |archive-date=May 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528175359/http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/27/shifty-shellshock-arrested-dui-crazy-town-celebrity-rehab-seth-binzer/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lennard and Binzer announced their engagement in 2012. Binzer was arrested in February 2012 for battery and cocaine possession, and sentenced to three years' probation; his relationship with Lennard ended shortly thereafter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://noisecreep.com/shifty-shellshock-sentenced/ |title=Crazy Town's Shifty Shellshock Sentenced to Three Years Probation for Cocaine Possession |first=Amy |last=Sciarretto |date=August 1, 2012 |work=[[Noise Creep]] |access-date=October 3, 2015 |archive-date=October 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004022030/http://noisecreep.com/shifty-shellshock-sentenced/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Binzer and Lennard had a son named Phoenix.<ref name = NYT/> In 2013, Lennard asked a California court for exclusive custody of their son, claiming Binzer smoked [[Crack cocaine|crack]] in front of him and once left a [[crack pipe]] in his room.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baby's Mama asks for full custody |url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/11/21/shifty-shellshock-crazytown-smoke-crack-in-kids-rooom/ |work=[[TMZ]] |date=November 23, 2013 |access-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216221107/http://www.tmz.com/2013/11/21/shifty-shellshock-crazytown-smoke-crack-in-kids-rooom/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2022, Binzer was dating actress [[Soleil Moon Frye]] when he was arrested for [[DUI]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Soleil Moon Frye's Boyfriend Shifty Shellshock Arrested For DUI|author=OK! Staff|magazine=OK! News|date=July 6, 2022|url=https://okmagazine.com/p/soleil-moon-frye-boyfriend-shifty-shellshock-arrested-dui/|access-date=February 15, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105212313/https://okmagazine.com/p/soleil-moon-frye-boyfriend-shifty-shellshock-arrested-dui/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Addiction problems and reality shows===
Following his struggle with substance abuse, Binzer was one of nine celebrities featured in the first season of [[VH1]]'s ''[[Celebrity Rehab]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/celeb-rehab-what-are-they-doing-now-22941/ |title=Dr. Drew's Celeb Rehabbers -– How Clean Are They Now? |last=Patten |first=Dominic |date=December 1, 2010 |work=[[TheWrap]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619200404/https://www.thewrap.com/celeb-rehab-what-are-they-doing-now-22941/ |archive-date=June 19, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Binzer graduated from treatment with the other cast members in the summer of 2007. His sobriety was short-lived and subsequently he appeared briefly towards the end of ''[[Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew#Season 2|Celebrity Rehab 2]]'', where [[Drew Pinsky|Dr. Drew]] and Binzer's [[12 step#Sponsorship|sponsor]] retrieved him from his hotel room where he had been using drugs and brought him to the Pasadena Recovery Center.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/seth-binzer-shifty-shellshock-crazy-town-butterfly-singer-dead-dies-obit/ |title=Seth Binzer, Crazy Town Frontman and 'Butterfly' Singer Who Went by Shifty Shellshock, Dies at 49 |last=Dickey |first=Josh |date=June 25, 2024 |work=[[TheWrap]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625130541/https://www.thewrap.com/seth-binzer-shifty-shellshock-crazy-town-butterfly-singer-dead-dies-obit/ |archive-date=June 25, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Binzer also appeared on a follow-up show titled ''[[Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House]]''. In July 2008, while shooting scenes for the show, Binzer walked out on production and into a heavy relapse after feeling insulted at a club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmz.com/2008/07/28/shifty-shellshock-falls-off-sober-living-wagon/ |title=Shifty Shellshock Falls Off "Sober Living" Wagon |date=July 28, 2008 |work=[[TMZ.com|TMZ]] |access-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref> William Smith, an employee of Dr. Drew, eventually sought out Binzer at a motel and brought him back to the rehab facility. An embarrassed Binzer pledged to Smith and Dr. Drew that the binge he embarked on was his last. On the show's final episode, Binzer is shown in the preliminary stages of being signed to a record producer for a new song, and resolves to stay sober.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=March 12, 2009 |title=Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House: Season one, episode eight |type=Television episode |location=United States |publisher=[[Irwin Entertainment, Inc.]] }}</ref> On the August 30, 2009, episode of ''[[Loveline]]'', Dr. Drew gave an emotional [[eulogy]] to his good friend and Binzer's former bandmate [[DJ AM]], who had died two days previously from an accidental [[drug overdose]] shortly after breaking 11 years of sobriety. During the tribute, Dr. Drew mentioned that Binzer's problems with addiction continued after ''Sober House 1'', eventually leading Binzer to take part in ''Sober House 2''. When filming for ''Sober House 2'' began, Dr. Drew got a "distress call" from Binzer and the two met, with Binzer revealing to Drew that his thirst for drugs was still very much active, and that he needed more help. Dr. Drew reluctantly allowed him to take part in the show and firmly stated that it would be the last time Drew gave him treatment. Dr. Drew voiced his hope that Goldstein's death would inspire Binzer to remain sober.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=March 18, 2010 |title=Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House: Season two, episode two |type=Television episode |location=United States |publisher=[[Irwin Entertainment, Inc.]] }}</ref>

===Health problems and death===
{{see|Opioid epidemic in the United States}}
On March 29, 2012, Binzer was admitted to a hospital after losing consciousness. He awakened from the [[coma]] and was later released from the hospital.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inquisitr.com/291905/crazy-town-singer-shifty-shellshock-apologizes-for-drug-addiction-arrest/ |title=Crazy Town Singer Shifty Shellshock Apologizes For Drug Addiction, Arrest |date=August 3, 2012 |work=inquisitr.com |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226143249/http://www.inquisitr.com/291905/crazy-town-singer-shifty-shellshock-apologizes-for-drug-addiction-arrest/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On June 24, 2024, Binzer died at his home in Los Angeles from an accidental overdose of [[cocaine]], [[fentanyl]], and [[methamphetamine]]; he was 49.<ref name=medexam>{{cite web |url=https://me.lacounty.gov/case-detail/?caseNumber=2024-10084 |title=Seth Binzer |work=County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner |access-date=June 25, 2024 |archive-date=June 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625133422/https://me.lacounty.gov/case-detail/?caseNumber=2024-10084 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://people.com/crazy-town-frontman-shifty-shellshock-cause-death-fentanyl-cocaine-methamphetamine-8669160|title = Crazy Town Frontman Shifty Shellshock Cause of Death Revealed 3 Months After He Died at 49|last1 = Chinman|first1 = Luke|last2 = Clam|first2 = Flarna|work = [[People (magazine)|People]]|date = September 24, 2024|accessdate = September 24, 2024}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{see also|Crazy Town#Discography}}

===Albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Album details
|-
| 2004
| align="left"| '''''[[Happy Love Sick]]'''''
* UK release: July 13
* US release: September 6
* Label: [[Maverick Records|Maverick]]
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Title
!colspan="11"|Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2"|Album
|-
![[Italy|ITA]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://italiancharts.com/search.asp?search=shifty&cat=s |title=Shifty |work=italiancharts.com |access-date=October 28, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222103440/http://italiancharts.com/search.asp?search=shifty&cat=s |url-status=live }}</ref>
![[UK singles chart|UK]] <ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 496}}</ref>
![[Sweden|SWE]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=shifty |title=Shifty |work=swedishcharts.com |access-date=October 28, 2015 |archive-date=December 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223002356/http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=shifty |url-status=live }}</ref>
![[Switzerland|SWI]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?search=shifty&cat=s |title=Shifty |work=swisscharts.com |access-date=October 28, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222115136/http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?search=shifty&cat=s |url-status=live }}</ref>
![[France|FRA]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=shifty&cat=s |title=Shifty |work=lescharts.com |access-date=October 28, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222211321/http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=shifty&cat=s |url-status=live }}</ref>
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'''As Shifty & the Big Shots'''
*2010: "Save Me"<ref name="CDS">{{cite news |title=È morto a 49 anni Shifty Shellshock, il frontman dei Crazy Town |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/24_giugno_25/e-morto-a-49-anni-shifty-shellshock-il-frontman-dei-crazy-town-54f1cd01-5fa6-4b0c-a795-d02fd977fxlk.shtml |work=Corriere della Sera |date=June 25, 2024 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
*2010: "City of Angels"<ref name="CDS"/>

'''Others'''
*2006: "Greatest Lovers" (Shellshock & Pony Boy)<ref>{{cite web |title=Seth Binzer Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/seth-binzer-mn0001913356#credits |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==
Binzer had a minor role in the 1994 film ''[[Clifford (film)|Clifford]]'', and played the lead role in the 2004 short film ''[[Willowbee]]''.<ref name=buddy/> He also appeared in the 2016 film ''[[Dead 7]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Yamato |first=Jen |title=On the Set of 'Dead 7,' the All Boy-Band Zombie Western|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/22/on-the-set-of-dead-7-the-all-boy-band-zombie-western.html |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |date=September 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127134349/https://www.thedailybeast.com/on-the-set-of-dead-7-the-all-boy-band-zombie-western |archive-date=November 27, 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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* {{IMDb name|0083133|Seth Binzer}}
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/271859333/shifty-shellshock Shifty Shellshock] at [[Find a Grave]]
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Over My Heart

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2601:19B:4A7C:23D0:E2BE:3B07:5595:A03C: /* "Didn't We Almost Win It All" */ Fixed typo

{{more citations needed|date=January 2012}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Over My Heart
| type = studio
| artist = [[Laura Branigan]]
| cover = Laura Branigan - Over My Heart.png
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1993|08}}
| recorded = 1992–1993
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
* [[Pop rock]]
* [[adult contemporary]]
| length = 55:20
| label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| producer =
* Laura Branigan
* Billy Branigan
* Jorge Casas
* Clay Ostwald
* [[Phil Ramone]]
| prev_title = [[The Very Best of Laura Branigan]]
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = [[The Best of Branigan]]
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Over My Heart
| type = studio
| single1 = Didn't We Almost Win It All
| single1date = 1993
| single2 = [[Hard Enough Getting Over You|It's Been Hard Enough Getting Over You]]
| single2date = 1993
| single3 = [[How Can I Help You Say Goodbye|How Can I Help You to Say Goodbye]]
| single3date = 1994
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r184381/review|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2score = (favorable)<ref name="entertainmentweekly">Eddy, Chuck (February 18, 1994). "Over My Heart". ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''.</ref>
}}

'''''Over My Heart''''' is the seventh and final studio album by American singer [[Laura Branigan]]. Released in August 1993, it was Branigan's most personal album and saw her again try her hand at producing, alongside successful producer [[Phil Ramone]]. While the [[Gloria Estefan]]-penned "Love Your Girl" was aimed for the clubs that made her famous, the album was ballad-heavy, including the opener "How Can I Help You To Say Goodbye"; the Spanish-language "Mujer Contra Mujer"; "Mangwane (The Wedding Song)" (taught to her by her friend Stevie Godson, who was also the executive producer on the track), sung in Sotho, a South African language, and recorded there with the Mmabana Children's Choir; and several of her own compositions, "Didn't We Almost Win It All" and "Over You".

==Critical reception==

''[[Billboard Magazine]]'' praised the album in their review, writing "acclaimed singer applies her graceful alto to a collection of first-rate originals plus songs written for her by the likes of Gloria Estefan, Michael Bolton, and Roxette's Per Gessle. Title track single is geared for AC play with potential pop crossover. The same is true of the touching opener "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye," Gessle's "The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye," and Branigan's own "Didn't We Almost Win It All."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-08-21.pdf|magazine=Billboard Music Week|title=Album Reviews|issue=21 August 1993 |page=52 |access-date=July 28, 2024}}</ref>

[[Chuck Eddy]] from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote, "Branigan's 1982 hit, '[[Gloria (Laura Branigan song)|Gloria]]', took [[disco]] to operatic extremes, and her '84 '[[Self Control (Laura Branigan song)|Self Control]]' was basically [[Joy Division]]'s Goth-punk classic, 'She's Lost Control', made more lurid. Nowadays, Branigan is beating [[Celine Dion]] at Dion's own game, dancing between a loudly sung boom and a lonely housewife gloom. On ''Over My Heart'', she climbs out on a new limb, belting out lyrics in Spanish and a South African dialect. But she's still rending hearts, especially when she remembers the day her family moved away from her best friend in a '59 station wagon."<ref name="entertainmentweekly"/>

''[[Allmusic]]'' noted that "at the age of 36, Laura Branigan felt it was time to sing more about heartache and the pains of failing relationships than to give her music the same kind of pop amiability found on past hits like "Self Control" and "Gloria." But the real problem with ''Over My Heart'' is that each and every track gets doused with an overabundance of thirty-something insipidness and routine-sounding lyrical drivel...The one thing that Branigan does have going for her is her voice, which sounds fresh and crisp despite her clichéd material."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/over-my-heart-mw0000619618 | title=Over My Heart - Laura Branigan | Album | AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>

=="Didn't We Almost Win It All"==
"Didn't We Almost Win It All" was released as a promotional follow up track in some markets. In the US, it was given a promotional release as a third single for Adult Contemporary radio, though never commercially available to purchase as a standalone true "single".

[[Larry Flick]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the song as "a sweeping [[power ballad|power-ballad]]" from Branigan's "delicious (but sadly underrated) ''Over My Heart'' album." He added, "Branigan's distinct, crystal-clear voice is warmly familiar, running through a gamut of theatrical emotions as only she can. The arrangement is packed with grandiose piano rushes, nimble guitar riffs, and pounds of faux-strings. Like sinfully tasty candy for the brain."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Single Reviews |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= September 18, 1993 |page= 73 |access-date= October 27, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-09-18.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| title1 = [[How Can I Help You Say Goodbye|How Can I Help You to Say Goodbye]]
| writer1 = [[Karen Taylor-Good]], Burton Collins
| length1 = 4:29
| title2 = [[The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye]]
| writer2 = [[Per Gessle]]
| length2 = 5:07
| title3 = Over My Heart
| writer3 = Eric Martin, André Pessis
| length3 = 4:24
| title4 = [[Hard Enough Getting Over You|It's Been Hard Enough Getting Over You]]
| writer4 = [[Michael Bolton]], Doug James
| length4 = 3:41
| title5 = Is There Anybody Here But Me
| writer5 = Kevin Wells, André Pessis
| length5 = 4:51
| title6 = Love Your Girl
| writer6 = [[Gloria Estefan]], Jorge Casas, Clay Ostwald
| length6 = 4:34
| title7 = Didn't We Almost Win It All
| writer7 = Laura Branigan, Brian Bec Var
| length7 = 5:09
| title8 = Only Time Will Tell
| writer8 = Kevin Wells, André Pessis
| length8 = 4:25
| title9 = I'll Wait for You
| writer9 = Laura Branigan, Kevin Wells
| length9 = 4:40
| title10 = [[Une femme avec une femme|Mujer Contra Mujer]]
| writer10 = José Maria Cano
| length10 = 5:07
| title11 = Over You
| writer11 = Laura Branigan, Billy Branigan
| length11 = 5:20
| title12 = [[Mangwane Mpulele|Mangwane (The Wedding Song)]]
| writer12 = Traditional
| length12 = 4:02
}}

==Personnel==
*Laura Branigan – [[Singing|vocals]], background vocals
*Beatrice Akuoko, Dela Amuzu, Gloria Ayee, Manuela Ayee, John:Carol Bukenya, Ann Davis, Rena Davis, Slaveca Gavrilovic, Khumo Khaole, Malebogo Felicity Mabille, Bruce Molema, Mpho Pharasi, Mokgoberg Refilwe Phirwa, Thenjiwe Roda, Refilwe Roselinda Moiloa, Golda Schultz, Barbara Sentongo, Sphumele Sibeko, Khanyisa Thakula – children's chorus
*Jacob Bantsejang, Gladys Kgadiete, Bushy Monakwane, Grace Msumbu, Patricia Tong, Ingrid Tubo – vocals
*John Benjamin Bukrnya, Christina Luboyera, Neo Carol Matte, Valentine Kgothatso Motlhabi – choir
*Billy Branigan, Jill Dell'Abate, [[Rory Dodd]], Joy Francis, Karen Kamon, Curtis King, Charles Mangold – backing vocals
*Tony Beard, Kevin Wells – [[Drum kit|drums]]
*Brian Bec Var, Jeff Jacobs, Clay Ostwald, Eric Rehl, Peter "Ski" Schwartz, Dave "Squiggy" Biglan – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*Billy Branigan, Jorge Casas, Bushy Monakwane – [[bass guitar]]
*Billy Branigan, Charlton Pettus, [[David Spinozza]] – [[acoustic guitar]]
*[[John McCurry]] – [[electric guitar]]
*Dave Greenfield, Jeff Greenfield, Steve Greenfield – [[alto saxophone]]
*[[Bashiri Johnson]] – [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
*[[Lenny Pickett]] – [[tenor saxophone]]

==Production==
*Producers: Laura Branigan, Billy Branigan, Jorge Casas, Clay Ostwald, [[Phil Ramone]], Stevie Godson
*Engineers: Charles Dye, Danny Grigsby, Lolly Grodner, Richard Mitchell, Clay Ostwald
*Assistant engineer: Louis Alfred III, Jim Caruana, Sean Chambers, Tom Fritze, Alister Glyn, Andy Grassi, Ron London, Jennifer Monnar, Michael Thompson
*Mixing: Danny Grigsby, Lolly Grodner, Jay Healy, Andy Smith
*Mixing Assistant: Andy Smith
*Mastering: Greg Calbi
*Programming: Jorge Casas, Roy McDonald, Clay Ostwald
*Project coordinator: [[Jill Bryson]]
*Sampling: Roy McDonald
*Arranger: Laura Branigan, Billy Branigan, Jorge Casas, Jeff Jacobs, Clay Ostwald, Phil Ramone, Eric Rehl, Peter "Ski" Schwartz
*Computers: Roy McDonald

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Over My Heart''
! scope="col"| Chart (1993)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/tkxLcCQ.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: Laura Branigan's ARIA chart history, received December 22, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2017|via=[[Imgur]]}} Note: The "High Point" number in the "NAT" column represents the release's peak position on the national chart. This only contains chart information from the commencement of the ARIA-produced chart in mid-1988.</ref>
| 151
|}

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