David Arquette is paying tribute to his good pal, Loopy City vocalist Shifty Shellshock. The “Butterfly” singer — whose actual identify was Seth Binzer — died at his LA residence on Monday at age 49.
“I’m sending all my like to my brother Seth @therealcrazytown and his household. Shifty as I knew him after we first met throughout a graffiti battle in an LA yard,” Arquette captioned a montage of pictures and movies by way of Instagram on Thursday.
“He was such an unimaginable man with an enormous coronary heart. We shared plenty of the identical struggles and I would like his household to seek out love and therapeutic throughout this painful time,” he continued.
David Arquette known as the late musician his “brother” in an Instagram put up on June 27. David Arquette/Instagram
Shifty Shellshock and David Arquette. David Arquette/Instagram
“Thanks for these stunning pictures @moonfrye Champions by no means die they solely go on to struggle someplace else. Love you child.”
A few of Arquette’s pictures with Shellshock included hanging with actor Seth Inexperienced and “Punky Brewster” actress Soleil Moon Frye.
That very same day, Shellshock’s band supervisor confirmed that the late musician died after taking a lethal “mixture of prescribed drugs and avenue bought medicine,” he advised Folks.
“Seth Binzer, after scuffling with dependancy and Loopy City’s fast success with ‘Butterfly,’ by no means was in a position to attain out on a extra profitable degree to take care of his addictions,” Howie Hubberman advised the outlet. “All of us tried, however finally all of us failed, or Shifty would nonetheless be right here.”
Arquette’s pictures with Shellshock included hanging out with actors Seth Inexperienced and Soleil Moon Frye. David Arquette/Instagram
The “Scream” actor, 52, opened up about his personal battles throughout an interview with IndieWire in March 2020.
“I’ve been sober for lengthy intervals of time. I’ve gone by way of packages. I’ve examined what works and what doesn’t for me. I’ve been smoking CBD with THC in it. Pot helps me with my moodiness. I get actually moody and confused. I’m actually essential of myself generally,” he mentioned on the time. “I don’t like doing all these psychopharmaceuticals that mess with my ranges, as a result of if I’m performing, I wish to be as loopy and unhappy as I can, or I wish to be as pleased and as full of affection once I can. I by no means smoke pot or drink once I’m working.”
On the time, Arquette mentioned he now not drinks onerous liquor and doesn’t “drink plenty of beer,” however “it’s at all times a slippery slope.”
David Arquette attends the 2024 Race to Erase MS Gala at Fairmont Century Plaza on Might 10, 2024 in Los Angeles. Getty Photographs
Shifty Shellshock died in LA at age 49 on Monday. Getty Photographs
“Dependancy is completely different for everybody and lots of people frown on what I’m saying. I’m simply attempting to be trustworthy about it, so it’s not stunning to anyone,” he defined. “I perceive if folks will decide me for that, however I’m attempting to dwell my life the very best I can. I’ve simply by no means been a full-on sober individual.”
Shellshock, in the meantime, battled dependancy for years and appeared on each VH1’s “Celeb Rehab” and its follow-up present, “Sober Home,” twice.
In 2012, he was reportedly arrested for battery and cocaine possession. Per Selection, that very same yr he was admitted to the hospital after shedding consciousness and fell right into a coma earlier than recovering.
Jessica Sugar Kiper, Corin Nemec, David Arquette and Shifty Shellshock attend David Arquette’s Piece Fest in 2012. WireImage
Years later, he was arrested for a DUI in Los Angeles in 2022, and charged with one other DUI in Myrtle Seaside, South Carolina, in 2023.
The rapper’s group Loopy City was fashioned in 1995 and are finest identified for his or her 2000 single “Butterfly,” which peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Scorching 100 for 2 nonconsecutive weeks. The band disbanded in 2003 and was renamed Loopy City X by Shellshock once they reconciled in 2017.
Shellshock is survived by his three youngsters, Halo, Gage and Phoenix.