Crazy Towns music and image reflects one of the most dynamic and volatile sociocultural environments on the planet — Los Angeles — where the urban squalor of the South Central district exists just minutes away from the glamour and glitz of Beverly Hills. Spearheaded by lyricists/vocalists/producers Seth Shifty Shellshock Binzer and Bret Epic Mazur, Crazy Town combines hip-hops lyrical attitude and rhythmic sass with the sonic luv muscle of live rock instrumentation.
Bret Mazur and Seth Binzer grew up in Southern California Mazurs father was Billy Joels manager. Binzers father was an artist and film-maker who directed the Rolling Stones live movie Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones. Their sons grew up listening to N.W.A., Cypress Hill and Ice-T, as well as alternative rock bands like the Cure. Mazur is originally from New York but attended high school in California with Ice Cube, Divine Styler, Everlast, and House of Pains Danny Boy. He started making beats and cutting tracks early on and wound up providing music for MC Serch of 3rd Bass solo record. He worked on records by Eazy-E and MC Lyte and was briefly DJ for House of Pain. Meanwhile, Binzer had come across a copy of the Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill while in Mexico, and found a side of hip-hop that inspired him to start making demo recordings on his own.