After the Brimstone Sluggers, they eventually formed a band, and their drummer-an actual black person in rap metal, believe it or not- played with the Beastie Boys for a little bit. Epic was even a DJ for House of Pain for a brief period. Todd: And they have always maintained that they are a hip-hop act, first and foremost.
Shifty Shellshock.Īnyway, Epic and Shifty started a rap duo in the mid-'90s called the Brimstone Sluggers. "Shifty Shellshock." It's not the name of an '80s action figure cartoon, that's literally what he calls himself. Todd (VO): The core of Crazy Town is their two frontmen- Bret Mazur, a.k.a. Shifty: Life is precious Then I guess it's true But to tell truth, I really never knew 'til I met you But they could get us a few cheap laughs, so let's check it out. Todd (VO): But were they so bad, really? Well, I mean, they had to have been, right? Surely, a band like this couldn't be worth a second listen. Just try it, 'cause I'm about ready to take you to Crazy Town. For the love of God, the name of the band was Crazy Town. Todd (VO): Mariah Carey named songs "Butterfly". Shifty: Butterflies in her eyes and looks to kill
I mean, the name of the song was "Butterfly". That's how instantly dated and lame they were.
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That movie only came out a year or two later. I even remember a Jack Black movie that used this song as a symbol of everything vapid and worthless in the world. If you make a Crazy Town station on Spotify, you get a lot of Smash Mouth, and not a lot of Disturbed, which. Even for a genre as instantly mockable as nu metal, "Butterfly" destroyed its band's cred nearly instantly. Todd (VO): So it's no wonder that they couldn't sustain a career. They were the boy-bandification of nu metal.Įpic: Hey, sugar mama, come and dance with me Todd (VO): And here are these guys trying to be romantic. Like, most nu metal guys were angry at girls, if they ever even mentioned 'em. Todd: They were these tattooed rap metal guys rapping about how much they love you, girl. Even fans of this song had to know that this had "fluke" written all over it. And while I have bent the rules for this show in the past, let it be known that today, I am covering a band with indisputably one hit and no more. Todd (VO): This, as every single one of you definitely already knows, is "Butterfly" by Crazy Town. Todd: Sugar, baby Shifty: Come, my lady You're my pretty baby Yo, make your legs shake You make me go crazy Video for "Butterfly" Shifty Shellshock: Come, my lady Come, come, my lady You're my butterfly The pop audience did not have any time to spend with these grody, pierced metal guys. And that's why, even though it dominated the cultural landscape in a way that rock music hasn't since, nu metal tended to not have very much play on the pop charts. It intentionally sounded ugly, and its practitioners were also ugly, and they sang and rapped about ugly things. Todd (VO): Now, nu metal was, by any measure, an ugly genre. And today, we're taking a look back to the vat of toxic gunk that was early-2000s rap metal.Ĭlips of Limp Bizkit - "My Generation", Korn - "Falling Away from Me", and Staind - "Mudshovel" Fred Durst: Take my advice You don't wanna step into a big pile of shit The captain's drunk. Todd: Hello, and welcome back to One Hit Wonderland, where we take a look at bands and artists known for only one song.
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