Editing Shifty Shellshock (section)

==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 13 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>