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Crazy Town (also known as CxT) is a rap rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1995 by Epic Mazur|Bret Mazur and Shifty Shellshock|Seth Binzer . The band is best known for their 2001 single, " Butterfly (Crazy Town song)|Butterfly ", which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. As a group, they have released two studio albums, The Gift of Game and Darkhorse .

History of the band

Formation (1995–1999)

Mazur and Binzer, who go by the names of Epic and Shifty Shellshock, respectively, started collaborating in 1995. However they did not become serious about releasing any material until much later. By early 1999, Crazy Town consisted of Mazur, Binzer, Rust Epique , James Bradley Jr (aka.JBJ)., Doug Miller, Adam Goldstein (aka DJ AM), and Antonio Lorenzo "Trouble" Valli. Their debut album, The Gift of Game , was released in November 1999, having been recorded earlier that year.

The Gift of Game and "Butterfly" (1999–2001)

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.08/Feb/2007

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.13/Jul/2000 Turntablist DJ AM left at this point. 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. After this, DJ AM returned. Soundscan reports 100,000 album sales of The Gift of Game prior to the release of Butterfly,03/Apr/2001 after Butterfly reached number 1 sales exceeded 1.5 million.10/Jan/2002

Crazy Town toured with Ozzfest in 2001,12/Feb/2001 however without DJ AM. They were received with mixed reviews, many people in the Ozzfest crowd mockingly called them "The Butterfly Boys".22/Nov/2002 A fourth single, "Revolving Door", was released with limited success. Crazy Town also made a cameo appearance in Sean Combs music video "Bad Boy for Life" in 2001.

Darkhorse (2001–2003)

Their second album, Darkhorse , was produced by Howard Benson and released on November 12, 2002.23/Sep/2002 Benson's influence resulted in a more Rock music|rock oriented sound. Prior to recording the album, drummer James Bradley Jr was replaced by Kyle Hollinger. The album achieved little commercial success, spawning only two singles: " Drowning (Crazy Town song)|Drowning ", which became a minor hit in the US, UK, Austria and Germany, and " Hurt You So Bad ", which failed to chart at all. Shortly after the release of Darkhorse the band broke up in 2003, citing amongst other things, pressure from their record company for a "Butterfly" follow-up.

Hiatus and comeback (2003-present)

During Crazy Town's hiatus, Bret Mazur went on to form The Pharmacy , a record-producing company.

Shortly after leaving Crazy Town, Rust Epique formed a band which would eventually go by the name pre)Thing . He died of a heart attack shortly before their debut album 22nd Century Lifestyle was released in 2004.10/Mar/2004

Binzer contributed vocals to Paul Oakenfold 's 2002 single Starry Eyed Surprise . He released his first solo album in 2004, Happy Love Sick , under his alias Shifty Shellshock .

After Crazytown Kraig Tyler joined up with Eric Powell in the side project 16Volt .

In late 2007, Crazytown announced that the remaining members had reformed and were working on a new studio album, tentatively titled Crazy Town is Back , which would be released sometime in 2008.06/Dec/2007 The album has not been released.

On August 26, 2009, Crazy Town performed at Les Deux, in Hollywood, California , on stage together for the first time in five years.26/Aug/2009 The event was to promote their upcoming album and celebrate the late August birthdays of lead singers Mazur and Binzer.

On August 28, 2009, former member Adam Goldstein was found dead in his apartment, of an accidental drug overdose.28/Aug/2009

On August 7, 2010, Crazy Town played together at the festival SRH FEST 2010 in California. They played a new track titled "Come inside".

Throughout 2011 Crazy Town released a new song, "My Place", on YouTube, as well as two new songs, "Hard To Get" and "Hit That Switch", on their MySpace page.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
Year	Album details	US Allmusic	CAN	AUS	AUT	CHE	FRA	GER	NLD	NZ	UK	Certifications
1999	The Gift of Game Released: November 9, 1999 Label: Columbia Records\|Columbia	9	7	27	4	11	133	6	40	10	15	align="left" Recording Industry Association of America\|US : Platinum Search 'Crazy Town' Australian Recording Industry Association\|AUS : Gold Canadian Recording Industry Association\|CAN : Platinum British Phonographic Industry\|UK : Silver Search 'Crazy Town'
2002	Darkhorse Released: November 12, 2002 Label: Columbia	120	—	—	—	90	139	52	—	—	164
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions											Album
Year	Single	US	US Alt.	US Main.	AUS	AUT	CAN	CHE	GER	NLD	SWE	UK	Album
1999	"Toxic"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Gift of Game
2000	"Darkside"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	" Butterfly (Crazy Town song)	1	1	21	4	1	3	1	1	8	2	3
2001	"Revolving Door"	—	—	—	75	29	—	43	26	71	46	23
2002	" Drowning (Crazy Town song)	—	24	24	—	45	—	—	45	—	—	50	Darkhorse
2003	"Hurt You So Bad"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Darkhorse
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

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