A sad day for Slipknot fans :(

[goodhart]

Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, dead at 38.
http://www.examiner.com/x-6316-Des-M...rey-dead-at-38


Des Moines, Iowa; May 24, 2010 -- A local hotel worker found the bassist dead this morning. Paul Gray, known as #2, or "The Pig" in the self-titled years, the lively bassist from Los Angeles who relocated with family to Des Moines and joined Slipknot and has played for the entire Slipknot career up to this point. Paul had a darker side to his life, dealing with drugs and alcohol abuse. It was announced on his MySpace page this year that he was expecting a child with his wife Brenna. Life looked on the up for Paul.
While currently under investigation, preliminary reports from a source at the scene indicate a drug overdose.
I first saw Slipknot at Dotfest 2 in 1997, shortly after they formed and right before they were signed. Clown came out and moshed with the crowd, and Pig had his pig mask on and was WICKED on the bass!
Paul will be missed.
For more info: There will be follow-up information to this story as it becomes available. No cause of death has been determined yet. RIP Paul









It's a sad day for Maggots everywhere.

You will be missed but not forgotten Paul. \m/

[4seasons69]

damn that sucks! I love them! I've seen them live a handfull of times and they always put on an amazing show

[Ihearrtdsm]

Rip! Always entertaining and great music.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Wow, that really sucks. He could really rip on the bass, and helped put on a seriously kick ass show.

[A//// Guy]

That sucks, im not a huge fan of slipknot but a few songs are decent. Not surprising the causes of death...

[Matt D.]

Originally Posted by A//// Guy

That sucks, im not a huge fan of slipknot but a few songs are decent.

Ditto. A rocker dying from drugs? Shocking.

[polishmafia]

Damn. RIP

[1QUICK4]

They go in 3's, whose next?

[311evo]

Not a slipknot fan, but it always sucks when musicians die.

When my friend told me about this, he said "don't assume it was drugs that killed him, since you do that with every celebrity."

Well, I am right again.

[GG_9_SE]

I dont even know what to say. Been a slipknot fan since i was about 10. First DIO now this. Gheyness.

[Bountang]

Originally Posted by 1QUICK4

They go in 3's, whose next?

Peter Steele April 14, 2010

Dio May 16, 2010

Paul Grey May 24, 2010

that makes 3 bass players

Bret Michael...I give him till 4th of july

[GG_9_SE]

Originally Posted by Bountang

Peter Steele April 14, 2010

Dio May 16, 2010

Paul Grey May 24, 2010

that makes 3 bass players

Bret Michael...I give him till 4th of july

How does that mke 3 bass players? DIO was vocals in every band. AFAIK

[Bountang]

Originally Posted by GG_9_SE

How does that mke 3 bass players? DIO was vocals in every band. AFAIK

RJD played bass in a band called ELF. very early in his career.

[GG_9_SE]

Originally Posted by Bountang

RJD played bass in a band called ELF. very early in his career.

Ahh show how much i know. lol

[GnArKiLl]

i was at a puddle of mudd show the day he died, and wes the singer from puddle of mudd was good friends with him said he went to rehab with him.. they had a moment of silance for paul. they ne got up and destroyed a mic stand..

[Bountang]

Originally Posted by GG_9_SE

Ahh show how much i know. lol

It's ok it was very very early on in his career. he's more remembered by Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, Rainbow and his solo career.

[goodhart]

Looks like Slipknot found a replacement for their Summer tour

http://rev967.com/touring-replacemen...d-by-slipknot/

Originally Posted by Rev 96.7

It’s good to see the band is keeping it in the family with their choice for bassist replacement on this summer’s tour. It looks like they are taking original member Donnie Steele as their touring bassist. Read more about it below from Pulse Of Radio.
Slipknot has announced that Donnie Steele will play bass on the band’s upcoming summer shows, filling in for late bassist Paul Gray. Steele was actually the original guitarist in the earliest incarnation of the band and had reconnected with Gray in recent years. A statement issued by the band said,

Donnie was in the band at the very beginning, and rather than get an outsider, we thought it would be a fitting tribute to Paul to play with someone from within the family. Donnie was great friends with Paul and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate his memory than with someone who was there with us at the very beginning. The eight of us are looking forward to being onstage again and honoring Paul’s legacy with our families in Europe and Brazil this summer.”

* Paul Gray was found dead in a hotel room in a Des Moines, Iowa suburb last May at the age of 38 from an overdose of morphine.
* Slipknot will make a number of festival appearances this summer, including the U.K.’s Sonisphere, Belgium’s Graspop Metal Meeting and Brazil’s Rock In Rio. No U.S. dates have been booked yet.
* Although the band’s future has been called into question, Slipknot percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan told us he’s confident that the band will continue:

“You know, we’re all gonna deal with this differently, and everyone should be allowed to deal with it the way they want to. So we’re gonna give ourselves some time. But what I can tell you is that Slipknot isn’t going anywhere because it can’t. There’s no way that it can. It’s bigger than all of us. I, you know, will do everything in my power to convince whoever I have to convince to know that Paul Gray would have wanted it to be this way.”

* Slipknot singer Corey Taylor has been ambivalent about Slipknot’s future in recent interviews, indicating that he did not feel sure whether he would want to record another album without Gray.
* Drummer Joey Jordison, meanwhile, has said that early work and songwriting has already commenced for Slipknot’s first disc since 2008′s All Hope Is Gone.
* Taylor and guitarist Jim Root’s other band, Stone Sour, will kick off the Avalanche Tour on March 24th in Chicago, along with Theory Of A Deadman, Skillet and Halestorm.