ʻO Crazy Town kahi hui rap ʻAmelika i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 1995 e Epic Mazur lāua ʻo Seth Binzer (Shifty Shellshock). ʻIke ʻia ka hui no kā lākou 2000 hit Butterfly, i piʻi i ka helu 1 ma ka Billboard Hot 100.
Hoʻolauna ʻia ʻo Crazy Town a me ka pā o ka pā
Ua hoʻopuni ʻia ʻo Bret Mazur lāua ʻo Seth Binzer e nā mele e ulu ana ma Kaleponi Hema. ʻO ka makua kāne o Mazur ka luna o Billy Joel, a ʻo ka makuakāne o Binzer he mea pena a he alakaʻi nāna i alakaʻi i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni Ladies and Gentlemen.
Eia nō naʻe, makemake nā keikikāne ʻelua i kahi ʻano mele ʻē aʻe, e hoʻolohe ana iā NWA, Cypress Hill a me Ice-T, a me nā hui pōhaku ʻē aʻe e like me ka Cure.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Mazur i kāna mau makahiki ʻōpio e hana i nā moʻolelo o MC Serch (mai 3rd bass), Eazy-E a me MC Lyte; no kekahi manawa pōkole ʻo ia hoʻi ka DJ no ka Hale Paʻi.
Ua hui ʻo Shifty lāua ʻo Epic i nā makahiki 1990 mua i ko lāua hele pū ʻana i ke kula kiʻekiʻe hoʻokahi. A laila hoʻomaka ʻo Shifty e kākau a heluhelu i nā mele rap, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Epic e lilo i DJ kaulana.
Ua hoʻokumu pū lāua i ka papahana Brimstone Sluggers, a ua pūlima pū i kahi ʻaelike. Akā naʻe, ua hāʻule ka hui ma muli o ka nele o ka hoihoi ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua.
I ka makahiki 1996, ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia ʻo Shifty i 90 mau lā i loko o ka hale paʻahao ʻo Chino State no ka hoʻouka ʻana i kahi mea kūʻai lāʻau. Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o Shifty, ua hoʻoholo lākou e kūkulu i hui hou me kekahi mau lālā.
Ua ʻaiʻē ʻia ka inoa mai ka mea skater mua ʻo Shifty West Side Crazies a me ka mea hana skateboard Dog Town.
Ua loaʻa iā Crazy Town kahi kūpaʻa a kaulana i ka makahiki 1999 i ka wā i hoʻohiki ai ʻo Rust Epique, James Bradley Jr., Doug Miller, Adam Goldstein a me Antonio Lorenzo e lilo i lālā o ka hui.
I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kā lākou album studio mua ʻo The Gift Game. ʻOiai ua lōʻihi ka manawa e hopu ai ka album, ua lilo ia i mea pāʻoihana nui loa.
A laila ua kūʻai aku ma luna o 1,5 miliona mau moʻolelo ma US. Hōʻike ka album i nā mele mai ka Red Hot Chili Peppers iā Siouxsie a me nā Banshees, a me nā hiʻohiʻona malihini mai KRS-One a me Tha Alkaholiks.
I ka makahiki 2001, ua hoʻomaka kā lākou hana. Aia ka album ma ka papa alakaʻi no ʻeono mahina a lilo i mea kaulana i ka honua.
Haʻi hui
I ka hopena o 2003, hoʻolaha ka hui i kahi hoʻomaha. Mai ia manawa, ua hoʻomau nā lepili Epic a me Squirrel i ka hana ʻana i nā hui hou ma lalo o ka moniker Body Snatchers.
Ua komo ʻo Shifty me ka brand lole ʻo Beverly Hills, ua hoʻolālā ʻo Taylor i kahi papahana solo, a ʻo Faido lāua ʻo Kyle e huakaʻi ana me Suicidal Tendencies a me Hotwire.
I ka makahiki 2004, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Shifty's solo disc Happy Love Sick me ka inoa like ʻo Maverick Records, akā kūʻai maikaʻi ʻole ʻia. Ua hoʻokuʻu wale ʻia ka mele mele ʻelua a Shifty Turning Me On ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
I ʻApelila 2005, ua hui hou ʻo Crazy Town i ke keena a hoʻopaʻa i kekahi mau mele. Ua manaʻo ʻia e kūʻai ʻia kahi CD me ka inoa hana "2013", akā ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka hana.
Akā, ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo Shifty iā ia iho i kāna papahana hou ʻo Cherry Lane me ka mea mele ʻAmelika ʻo Lance Jones. ʻO kekahi o nā mele a ka duo he R&B, akā ua hoʻopau koke ʻia ka papahana.
Ma 2006, ua ʻike ʻia ua hoʻokumu ʻo Shifty i kahi hui hou i kapa ʻia ʻo Porno Punks.
I ka wā i ninaninau ʻia ai nā inoa ʻo Epic a me Squirrel, i loko o ka hui kaulana ʻole ʻo The Pharmacy, e MTV, ʻōlelo ʻo Epic: "ʻAʻole mākou e noho nei i ka wā ma mua, akā ua laki mākou i ko mākou manawa i loaʻa ai ka kūleʻa. ʻO ka honua holoʻokoʻa a me kā mākou hana ma luna o nā papa mele. I koʻu hele ʻana i kēia ʻike, hauʻoli wau i nā mea e hana nei i koʻu ola. "
hui hou ʻo Crazy Town
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka album hou o ka hui, Crazy Town is Back, i ka makahiki 2008 a ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Hit That Switch a me Hard To Get. Ma ʻAukake 26, 2009, ua hoʻokani ʻo Crazy Town i kā lākou hōʻike ola mua ma Les Deux (Hollywood, Kaleponi) ma hope o ka hoʻomaha ʻelima makahiki. Ua hana lākou i kēia no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka lā hānau o Shifty a me Epic.
Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha ʻana he ʻumi makahiki, ua hoʻi ka hui rap metal e hoʻomaka i kahi mokuna hou. Akā, ma muli o nā pilikia pilikino i loko o ka hui, ʻo Seth Binzer (Shifty) lāua ʻo Bret Epic Mazur, ʻelua wale nō i koe o ka hui, ua kū hou i ka hana paʻakikī o ka hui hou ʻana i Crazy Town.
ʻO kā lākou Butterfly hit hoʻokahi, e hōʻike ana i kahi laʻana o ka Red Little Chilli Peppers a me Pretty Little Dirty, ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻelua platinum a hiki i ka No.
ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha i ko lākou hui hou ʻana, hopohopo lākou inā paha e hiki iā lākou ke kiʻekiʻe e like me ka wā kahiko. Ma 2013 ua hana lākou i kahi ʻaoʻao mana hou ma Facebook a me Twitter. I Dekemaba 2013, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kahi mele hou, ʻo Lemonface.
No ka mea ʻaʻole kaulana nā mele hou, ua haʻalele ʻo Epic Mazur i ka hui ma 2017. Ua haʻalele nā lālā a pau me ia a ʻo Shifty hoʻokahi wale nō i ka hui. Ke paʻa mau nei ʻo ia i ka papahana, i kapa ʻia i kēia manawa ʻo Crazy Town X. He 4 mau mea hoʻokani pila ʻē aʻe ma ka hui ma waho o ia.
ʻOiai ko lākou kūleʻa pōkole, ua hana nui ʻo Crazy Town i ka honua hana. Ua piha ko lakou keena ahamele i kanaka, a ua kuai koke ia na palapala.
