Shifty Shellshock‘s family members are honoring him in an enormous manner … with plans for his celebration of life underway, TMZ has realized how they’ll present their love.
Ilya Krokav — a detailed childhood good friend of Shifty — tells TMZ … they’re holding the celebration someday within the subsequent month or so in Los Angeles for family and friends … however it’ll even be open to followers.
They’re nonetheless looking for a venue, and taking a look at locations that can maintain just a few hundred individuals. We’re instructed they haven’t but finalized what the musical tribute goes to seem like.
Krokav tells us artists who labored with Shifty — whose actual identify was Seth Binzer — throughout his lifetime will carry out … and, organizers have additionally coordinated with legendary graffiti artist buddies of the Loopy City singer to place up murals of Shifty round Los Angeles.
After all, the celebration of life would not be full with out Loopy City’s involvement … and, we’re instructed Bret “Epic” Mazur is closely concerned, and is respectfully weighing what he’ll do to honor him on the occasion.
As for the household … we’re instructed they’ve given the group their blessing to throw the ceremony — and, whereas they haven’t any names locked down, they assume some members of the family will attend.
The household might be having a separate, non-public service to honor Shifty.
As we reported, 49-year-old Shifty handed away final month at an L.A. residence.
The L.A. County health worker’s investigation into his explanation for demise remains to be in progress, although the band’s supervisor Howie Hubberman says he died of an unintentional overdose.
