Slipknot bassist found dead...

[Guest 18340]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100524/ap_on_en_mu/us_slipknot_bassist_dead

DES MOINES, Iowa – Paul Gray, the bassist for Grammy-winning [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]metal [COLOR=#366388 ! important]band[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] Slipknot, was found dead Monday in an Iowa hotel room, police said.
A hotel employee found Gray, 38, dead in a room at the Town Plaza Hotel in Urbandale, a suburb of Des Moines, police said in a statement. Foul play isn't suspected, and an autopsy is planned for Tuesday.
Amy Sciarretto, a publicist at the band's record company, Roadrunner Records, confirmed Gray's death but declined further 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, trashing sound and aggressive lyrics, the band won a Grammy in 2006 for best metal performance for the song "Before I Forget." Concert [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]industry [COLOR=#366388 ! important]trade [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 ! important]publication[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] Pollstar ranked Slipknot 18th in its Top 20 Concert Tours list in 2009.
Andy Hall, music director of Des Moines rock station Lazer 103.3, said he'd known Gray for 10 years. He described him as a talented bass player who was also one of the friendliest, most caring people he knew.
"This is a big blow, not only to the community of Des Moines but fans of metal at large, worldwide," Hall said. "It's a devastating loss. Paul was a wonderful human being."
The station was planning to broadcast an hour-long tribute to Gray on Monday night.

 

[soulfly22583]

Ive been following this since I got home from work. R.I.P. Paul Gray!


It's been a bad year for metal

 

[Guest 18340]

A bad year indeed...

 

[kinger]

RIP Paul Grey,slipknot was always good live when I seen them. wtf?

 

[buckeye-leaf]

rip paully you could rip the shit out of that bass

my ex used to work at a venue and backstage she thought it was a stage prop that he was foaming from the mouth but then the other members was bitchin at him for shooting up before the show.

 

[Hemphrey Bogart]

Sad news, and so young. I just read something on Yahoo about how the heroin coming into the states is getting more and more pure and killing folks in the process.

 

[plur]

Ive been following this since I got home from work. R.I.P. Paul Gray!


It's been a bad year for metal

Seriously...Ronnie James Dio last week...Paul Gray this week. Not a huge Slipknot fan but there were a couple of sick tracks off of Iowa. Sucks man.

 

[mean mr.mustard]

Fuck drugs.

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

he tried to give me tickets to a concert once about 5 or 6 years ago. He told me who he was and everything. I didnt believe it was him and thought he was a scammer until I just went and looked at those picks of him a second ago.

 

[theHIGHlander]

R.I.P Paul Gray

R.I.P Paul Gray

slipknot bass player for Dead.
the world has lost another great bass player....R.I.P big man......sad day for the metal world


keep it green
highlander