Loopy City frontman Shifty Shellshock was on a drug bender and partying with girls at a flophouse in Los Angeles simply days earlier than he was discovered useless from a doable drug overdose, the singer’s roommate has mentioned.
The musician – born Seth Binzer – was renting a tiny room lower than 60 sq. toes on the highest flooring of a two-story, rundown Edwardian residence within the Koreatown space of LA.
Jason Roberts, 50, rented the room subsequent to Binzer, however did not know he was a once-famous singer.
He mentioned he noticed Binzer transfer in his stuff a couple of week in the past, together with a number of luggage and different private gadgets.
DailyMail.com noticed a lighter, injectable medicines and Narcan nasal spray amongst Binzer’s belongings.
Narcan – a model identify of the drug Naloxone – is used to reverse opioid overdoses.
Loopy City entrance man Seth Binzer – who glided by the stage identify Shifty Shellshock – was discovered unresponsive on June 24 in a tiny room he rented inside a flophouse within the Koreatown space of Los Angeles
Artist Jason Roberts, 50, rented the room subsequent to Seth Binzer. Roberts advised DailyMail.com Binzer was ‘already gone’ by the point emergency crews confirmed up on the residence
Roberts mentioned he had ‘bummed’ a number of cigarettes off Binzer, who advised him he needed to hire the tiny room to get away from his girlfriend.
‘He mentioned he was having issues along with his girlfriend or no matter and that is why he was right here,’ Roberts solely advised DailyMail.com.
‘He mentioned he had been combating along with her and the cops had been going to that home. He needed to get away.’
The Loopy City lead vocalist, nevertheless, had a bevy of fairly ladies go to him throughout his five-day say on the rental.
‘He undoubtedly had some ladies in there,’ Roberts mentioned. ‘One appeared like a German (girl) with sparkles throughout their face, so not less than he had fun. However he did appear like he hadn’t slept for days.’
Binzer’s belongings was left inside his rented room contained in the rundown 1913 Edwardian residence
Roberts, who’s an artist, mentioned he may hear continuous motion from Binzer’s room in any respect hours. He mentioned the singer was all the time ‘shaking’ and gave the impression to be on some medicine that ‘saved him transferring’.
The roommate mentioned he was not conscious one thing was flawed till regulation enforcement confirmed up at their entrance door on Monday, June 24.
DailyMail.com confirmed a 911 name was made at 12:04pm Monday regarding a doable cardiac arrest and overdose on the residence.
Roberts mentioned it was the property supervisor who discovered the singer unconscious on the mattress, which was laid out on the ground.
The 911 dispatcher instructed the caller to conduct CPR on Binzer till emergency personnel arrived on the scene in lower than 4 minutes, LA Hearth Division officers advised DailyMail.com.
Binzer’s room had a tiny window however the daylight was blocked by heavy curtains
Binzer advised his roommate he rented the room to get away from a ‘girlfriend’
There are had been no particulars obtainable on whether or not LA Hearth personnel administered CPR on Binzer however he was not transported to a hospital, officers mentioned.
‘He was gone and useless by the point they [police] received right here,’ Roberts mentioned. ‘I do not know the way lengthy he was in there like that, however I did not hear something coming from that room for some time as a result of I’d hear him fussing round there the opposite days.
‘I had no thought what was happening till I got here out of my room and there have been three cops there.’
An post-mortem was performed on the 49-year-old however the trigger and method of loss of life was ‘deferred’ pending additional exams, LA County Division of Medical Examiner officers advised DailyMail.com.
The loss of life is now being checked out as a doable overdose after drug paraphernalia and a lighter had been discovered close to Binzer’s physique, in response to TMZ.
Seth Binzer rented one of many rooms within the two-story Los Angeles residence positioned in a sketchy a part of the Koreatown space
DailyMail.com additionally noticed the gadgets, together with a Narcan spray and different injectable medicines, left on prime of a plastic dresser container utilized by Binzer.
LAPD officers advised DailyMail.com their investigators are additionally ready for the post-mortem and toxicology outcomes to find out whether or not the case requires a doable prison investigation.
The tiny again room contained in the four-bedroom condominium unit the place Binzer spent his final days was stuffy and dirty, with scratch marks all around the soiled off-white partitions.
The house, in-built 1913, had no air flow or an air conditioner. Temperatures hit the excessive 80s to mid-90s within the LA space the afternoon Binzer was discovered useless.
On Wednesday, a tiny fan was nonetheless on prime of his mattress. A nail clipper, rubber footwear, a lighter and a hat had been nonetheless neatly piled on a shelf in a single space of the poorly lit room.
A cigarette butt additionally was left on the shelf subsequent to a Narcan nasal spray.
Roberts mentioned he pays about $700 to hire his nook room, however his dwelling space is far bigger in comparison with the one Binzer had briefly occupied.
The Loopy City singer advised Roberts he had solely paid to hire the room for a number of days however he was planning to remain there not less than one other week.
Seth ‘Shifty’ Binzer seen in a Might 2010 image on the launch of the Prince of Persia online game in West Hollywood, California. Throughout his quick keep on the LA residence, the rocker had a bevy of lovely younger feminine guests, in response to certainly one of his roommates
Binzer’s reason for loss of life is at the moment listed as ‘deferred’ as no official affirmation will be made till the outcomes of the toxicology report are returned
‘Everybody right here is fairly cool, however every now and then you get some partiers in right here. However folks right here do not fiddle. He [Binzer] appeared all the time ‘awake’, if you understand what I am sayin’,’ Roberts advised DailyMail.com.
‘I had no thought he was well-known till this morning after I came upon. I did not consider it till I discovered his movies, and I went, “Rattling! That’s him!”‘
Loopy City is finest identified for the 2000 hit music ‘Butterfly’, which topped the Billboard Scorching 100 for 2 weeks. It additionally was primary in a number of different international locations together with Austria, Denmark and Norway.
The group’s debut album, The Reward of Sport, bought greater than 1.5 million copies.
‘Butterfly’ was even lately sampled by singer GAYLE, which was featured within the world-wide hit Barbie film.
When he came upon his former roommate was as soon as in a well-known rap-rock band, Roberts mentioned he wasn’t shocked.
‘Shit occurs in Hollywood all time,’ the painter mentioned. ‘When you dance subsequent to the solar, you are gonna get burned.’
Binzer was open about his struggles with drug habit. He appeared within the actuality TV present ‘Celeb Rehab with Dr. Drew’ with the hopes he may get assist for his cocaine habit.
He had admitted to utilizing each the powder type of the drug in addition to crack cocaine.
Slightly below the tiny window in Binzer’s rented room was a purple bleeding coronary heart painted on the wall.
‘He should’ve carried out that as a result of that wasn’t there earlier than,’ Roberts mentioned. ‘When you play with hearth, what do you count on? I really feel sorry for the man. Habit sucks.’
Roommate Jason Roberts mentioned Seth Binzer greater than possible painted this bleeding coronary heart on his bed room wall earlier than he died
