Binzer agreed to reenter treatment but said he needed "an hour or two" to "chill" and "get a cup of coffee", so he could ready himself for treatment. Drew and Binzer's sponsor retrieved him from his hotel room where he had been using and brought him to the Pasadena Recovery Center where they, along with Bob Forrest, pleaded with him to reenter treatment immediately. His sobriety was short lived and subsequently appeared towards the end of Celebrity Rehab 2. He graduated from treatment with the other cast members in the summer of 2007. Drew Pinsky that he was motivated to achieve sobriety and admitted that cocaine would be the toughest drug for him to avoid. Upon arrival at the Pasadena Recovery Center (which was filmed as part of Celebrity Rehab's first episode), Binzer was in a sober state but brought along a couple of Red Stripe beers, which were quickly confiscated. Addiction problems and reality showsįollowing his struggle with substance abuse, Binzer was one of nine celebrities featured in the first season of VH1's Celebrity Rehab.
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In 2013, Lennard asked a California court for exclusive custody of their son, claiming Binzer smoked crack in front of him and once left a crack pipe in his room. Binzer and Lennard have a son named Phoenix.
He was arrested in February 2012 for battery and cocaine possession, and sentenced to three years probations. Lennard and Binzer announced their engagement in 2012 but separated shortly after following Binzer's arrest. 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. Binzer was arrested for outstanding warrants and released later that day. On March 27, 2011, police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance between Binzer and his girlfriend. In 2011, Melissa filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.īinzer dated Jasmine Lennard in 2010. 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.īinzer married Melissa Clark in 2002. They released their first single, "Save Me", on July 6, 2010, and followed it up with the single "City of Angels". In 2010, Binzer fronted the group, Shifty and The Big Shots. His follow-up single, "Turning Me On", did not chart. 29 in the UK with moderate chart success in Italy, France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. He released two singles from the album: " Slide Along Side" a pan-European hit for Shifty that reached No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 in Shellshock's native United States.īinzer released his own first solo album, Happy Love Sick in 2004. 6 on the UK Singles Chart in Oakenfold's native United Kingdom and No.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in the US, Binzer said that the track known as " Starry Eyed Surprise" was created after the pair met at a Crazy Town show. The track was for Oakenfold first solo studio album Bunkka. Solo careerĭuring Crazy Town's hiatus, Binzer collaborated with British producer and musician Paul Oakenfold, contributing vocals to Oakenfold's hit single " Starry Eyed Surprise". They released their third album, The Brimstone Sluggers, in 2015. Their 2002 follow-up album, Darkhorse, was a commercial failure by comparison, and the band broke up shortly after its release.Ĭrazy Town announced they had reformed in 2007, and performed live for the first time in five years in August 2009.
The band's single, Butterfly, reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, prompting sales of their debut album, The Gift of Game, to exceed 1.5 million. 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. By early 1999, they formed the group Crazy Town. Crazy Townīinzer met fellow Crazy Town front-man, Bret Mazur, in 1992 they started collaborating under the name The Brimstone Sluggers. He also spent part of his childhood in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He began to discover his own personal style of music and started to record albums of his own with the Beastie Boys serving as his main inspiration. Seth had a love for a wide genre of bands, such as The Cure, Cypress Hill, LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, and John Cougar Mellencamp.
His Jewish father is award-winning art director, designer, artist and filmmaker, Rollin Binzer who, among other things, produced and directed the feature film, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones. A native to California, Binzer was a music fan from his childhood.
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