Crazytown

Crazy Town
Crazy Town performing live in Germany in January 2000.
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Rap rock rap metal nu metal alternative rock
Years active	1995–2003, 2007–present
Labels	Columbia, Membran
Website	http://crazytownband.net/
Members	Seth Binzer (a.k.a. "Shifty") Elias Tannous (a.k.a. E.T.) Hasma Angeleno Chris Barber
Past members	Adam Bravin (a.k.a. "DJ Adam 12") Charles Lopez (a.k.a. Rust Epique) Adam Goldstein (a.k.a. "DJ AM") Doug Miller (a.k.a. "Faydoe Deelay") Antonio Lorenzo Valli (a.k.a. "Trouble") James Bradley Jr. (a.k.a. "JBJ") Kraig Tyler (a.k.a. "sqrl") Kyle Hollinger Ahmad Alkurabi (a.k.a. "Deadsie") Omar Gusmao Bret Mazur (a.k.a. "Epic")

Crazy Town is an American rap rock band, formed in 1995 by Bret Mazur and Seth Binzer. The band is best known for their 2000 hit single, "Butterfly", which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and helped their debut album, The Gift of Game (1999) sell over 1.5 million units. Their follow-up album, Darkhorse (2002) failed to achieve the same level of success, contributing to the band's break-up in 2003. Mazur and Binzer reformed the band in 2007, and released their third album, The Brimstone Sluggers, in 2015.

Bret Mazur and Seth Binzer, who go by the names of Epic and Shifty Shellshock, respectively, started collaborating under the name of "The Brimstone Sluggers" in 1995 in Los Angeles, California, along with Adam Bravin (a.k.a. DJ Adam 12) who preceded DJ AM. However they did not become serious about releasing any material until much later. By early 1999, Rust Epique, James Bradley Jr (a.k.a. JBJ)., Doug Miller, Adam Goldstein (a.k.a. DJ AM), and Antonio Lorenzo "Trouble" Valli joined the band. Their debut album, The Gift of Game, was released in November 1999, having been recorded earlier that year.

The release of The Gift of Game was followed by a tour support slot for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Guitarist Rust Epique left the band while the album was being mixed, and Crazy Town was joined by Kraig Tyler shortly after. The first two singles from The Gift of Game, "Toxic" and "Darkside", were released but failed to chart.

In 2000 Crazy Town was signed to tour with Ozzfest, however they were forced to withdraw after only two weeks when Binzer was arrested after he threw a chair through a window while he was drunk. Crazy Town then released their third single in 2001, "Butterfly" (which uses samples from Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Pretty Little Ditty"). It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Soundscan reports 100,000 album sales of The Gift of Game prior to the release of "Butterfly"; after "Butterfly" reached number 1, sales exceeded 1.5 million.