Slipknot bassist Paul Gray Found Dead in Iowa hotel
From Forbes.com
Police say metal band Slipknot bassist Paul Gray has been found dead in an Iowa hotel room.
Police say a hotel employee found the 38-year-old Gray dead Monday in a room at the Town Plaza Hotel in Urbandale, a suburb of Des Moines. Foul play isn’t suspected. An autopsy is planned for Tuesday.
A person who answered the phone at the band’s record company, Roadrunner Records, declined comment. Most of the band’s members grew up in the Des Moines area.
Slipknot’s self-titled debut in 1999 sold more than a million copies.
Known for its grotesque masks, the band won a Grammy in 2006 for best metal performance for the song “Before I Forget.” Concert industry trade publication Pollstar ranked Slipknot 18th in its Top 20 Concert Tours list in 2009.
HRH: This is terrible news. Paul Gray was way too young to pass on so soon. He will be greatly missed by the legion of Slipknot and heavy metal fans across the world. Our condolences to the Gray family, friends & bandmates. Rest in Peace #2!
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-my girlfriend’s gonna cry. Well said , Stone.
R.I.P Paul Gray!!! You will be remembered by me, your #1 MAGGOT
man this is crazy shit, first The Rev(Avenged Sevenfold) the Dio, now Paul Gray! this is bullshit!!!
what the hell is going on?!?!
i tell ya what, maybe back in the day with all the partying going and drugs and drinking, i wouldn’t have been as shocked as i’ve been in the last few months. can this month go any slower.
i need to sleep the rest of this year off.
I can’t believe this news… especially after Peter Steele and Ronnie James Dio left us. My deepest condolences go out to the family, band mates, friends and fans of Paul Gray. Slipknot is big… real big… in my Metal world. Paul Gray’s talents will be sorely missed within the Heavy Music community.
I’m saddened and shocked again.
Stone