ICrazy Town yiqembu le-rap laseMelika elakhiwa ngo-1995 ngu-Epic Mazur noSeth Binzer (Shifty Shellshock). Leli qembu laziwa kakhulu ngengoma yalo engu-2000 ethi, Butterfly, eyafinyelela kunombolo 1 kuBillboard Hot 100.
Sethula i-Crazy Town nengoma yeqembu
UBret Mazur noSeth Binzer bobabili babezungezwe umculo abakhulela eSouthern California. Ubaba kaMazur wayengumphathi kaBilly Joel, kanti ubaba kaBinzer wayengumculi nomqondisi owayeqondisa ifilimu ethi Ladies and Gentlemen.
Nokho, laba bafana ababili bancamela uhlobo lomculo oluhlukile, ukulalela i-NWA, i-Cypress Hill ne-Ice-T, kanye namanye amaqembu e-rock afana ne-Cure.
UMazur eminyakeni yakhe yokuqala waqala ukusebenza kumarekhodi e-MC Serch (kusuka ku-3rd bass), u-Eazy-E no-MC Lyte; isikhathi esifushane futhi waba ngu-DJ we-House of Pain.
U-Shifty kanye ne-Epic bahlangana ekuqaleni kwawo-1990 lapho befunda esikoleni esiphakeme esifanayo ndawonye. Khona-ke u-Shifty waqala ukubhala nokufunda izingoma ze-rap, u-Epic wazama ukuba ngu-DJ odumile.
Ndawonye basungula iphrojekthi ye-Brimstone Sluggers, baze basayina nenkontileka. Nokho leli qembu libhuntshile ngenxa yokungabi namdlandla zinhlangothi zombili.
Ngo-1996, uShifty wagwetshwa izinsuku ezingu-90 ejele laseChino State ngokugasela umdayisi wezidakamizwa. Ngemuva kokukhululwa kwe-Shifty, banquma ukwakha iqembu elisha elinamalungu amaningana.
Igama libolekwe kowayengumdlali we-skater Shifty West Side Crazies kanye nomkhiqizi we-skateboard Dog Town.
I-Crazy Town yazuza ukuzinza nokuduma okuthile ngo-1999 lapho uRust Epique, uJames Bradley Jr., uDoug Miller, u-Adam Goldstein no-Antonio Lorenzo bethembisa ukuba amalungu eqembu.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, ibhendi yakhipha i-albhamu yayo yokuqala ethi The Gift Game. Nakuba i-albhamu ithathe isikhathi ukubamba, igcine isiba yingoma enkulu kwezohwebo.
Yabe isidayisa amarekhodi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1,5 e-US. I-albhamu inamaculo asuka ku-Red Hot Chili Peppers kuya ku-Siouxsie kanye nama-Banshees, kanye nokuvela kwezivakashi ezivela ku-KRS-One kanye no-Tha Alkaholiks.
Ngo-2001, umsebenzi wabo waqala. I-albhamu yaba semabhodini wabaphambili cishe izinyanga eziyisithupha futhi yaba yingoma yomhlaba wonke.
Ikhefu leqembu
Ekupheleni kuka-2003, iqembu lamemezela ikhefu. Kusukela lapho, amalebula i-Epic ne-Squirrel agxile ekudaleni amabhendi amasha ngaphansi kwe-moniker ye-Body Snatchers.
U-Shifty wayezibandakanye nohlobo lwezimpahla ze-Beverly Hills, u-Taylor wayehlela iphrojekthi eyedwa, futhi u-Faido no-Kyle babevakasha nge-Suicidal Tendencies kanye ne-Hotwire.
Ngo-2004, icwecwe lika-Shifty elithi Happy Love Sick lakhululwa linelebula elifanayo elithi Maverick Records, kodwa lathengiswa kabi kakhulu. Ingoma yesibili ka-Shifty eyedwa i-Turning Me On ikhishwe e-United States kuphela.
Ngo-April 2005, i-Crazy Town yabuyelana estudiyo futhi yaqopha izingoma ezimbalwa. I-CD enesihloko sokusebenza "2013" bekufanele iqale ukudayiswa, kodwa umsebenzi wamiswa.
Esikhundleni salokho, uShifty uzinikele kuphrojekthi yakhe entsha ethi Cherry Lane nomculi waseMelika uLance Jones. Ezinye zezingoma ze-duo ziyi-R&B, kodwa iphrojekthi yaqedwa ngokushesha.
Ngo-2006, kwaziwa ukuthi uShifty usungule iqembu elisha elibizwa ngokuthi i-Porno Punks.
Ngesikhathi inkampani ye-MTV i-Epic neSquirrel, i-The Pharmacy, ixoxa ne-MTV, u-Epic uthe: “Akukhona ukuthi siphila esikhathini esidlule, kodwa saba nenhlanhla yokuthi ngesinye isikhathi sathola impumelelo, sabona umhlaba wonke futhi umsebenzi wethu wathatha indawo yokuqala emashadini omculo. Njengoba sengidlule kulokhu okuhlangenwe nakho, nganelisekile ngalokho okwenzeka manje ekuphileni kwami.”
Ukuhlangana kabusha kwe-Crazy Town
I-albhamu entsha yeqembu, i-Crazy Town is Back, yamenyezelwa ngo-2008 futhi yayihlanganisa ne-Hit That Switch nethi Hard To Get. Ngo-Agasti 26, 2009, i-Crazy Town yadlala umbukiso wayo wokuqala obukhoma e-Les Deux (Hollywood, California) ngemuva kwekhefu leminyaka emihlanu. Lokhu bakwenzele ukugubha izinsuku zokuzalwa zika-Shifty ne-Epic.
Ngemva kokumiswa kweminyaka eyishumi, ibhendi ye-rap metal ibuyile ukuze iqale isahluko esisha. Kodwa ngenxa yokunqotshwa izinkinga zomuntu siqu eqenjini, amalungu amabili kuphela asele ebhendi, uSeth Binzer (Shifty) noBret Epic Mazur, baphinde babhekana nomsebenzi onzima wokuhlanganisa iCrazy Town.
Ingoma yabo eshisa izikhotha ethi, Butterfly, equkethe isampula ye-Red Little Chilli Peppers kanye ne-Pretty Little Dirty, yanikezwa isitifiketi se-platinum ephindwe kabili futhi yafinyelela kunombolo 1 emashadini emazweni amane, bathola impumelelo yabo enkulu kakhulu.
Akumangazi ukuthi lapho bephinde bahlangana, bakhathazeka ngokuthi bangakwazi yini ukufinyelela phezulu njengakudala. Ngo-2013 bakha ikhasi elisha elisemthethweni ku-Facebook naku-Twitter. NgoDisemba 2013, ibhendi yakhipha ingoma entsha, iLemonface.
Njengoba izingoma ezintsha bezingadumile, u-Epic Mazur walishiya leli qembu ngo-2017. Ahambe nawo wonke amalungu uShifty asale yedwa eqenjini. Usabambelele kulo msebenzi, osewubizwa ngeCrazy Town X. Kunabanye abaculi aba-4 kuleli qembu ngaphandle kwakhe.
Naphezu kwempumelelo yabo yesikhashana, i-Crazy Town ibe negalelo elikhulu emhlabeni wokudala. Amahholo abo ekhonsathi ayegcwele abantu, futhi amarekhodi ayethengiswa ngokushesha.
