R.I.P Paul Gray

R.I.P. Slipknot's Paul Gray

Mon, 24 May 2010 15:07:46

Slipknot bassist Paul Gray dead at 38-years-old on Monday May 24, 2010

Paul Gray is best remembered as the founding bassist for popular alterna-metal band, Slipknot.  Formed in Iowa in the mid ’90s, the band released their self-titled debut in 1999.  Over the course of the coming year, they began to build an extremely loyal following thanks to appearances at OzzFest and other such high profile gigs.  Slipknot eventually went platinum.  Their fourth album, All Hope Is Gone, debuted at number 1 when it was released in August of 2008.  During the band’s first ten years, they sold in excess of 14 million albums.  It has been reported that in the months leading up to his death, Gray was working on a project with David Ellefson, Tim “Ripper” Owens, and Andreas Kisser.  Many online sources are reporting that Paul Gray, 38, was found dead of a morphine overdose in a Des Moines, Iowa hotel on May 24, 2010.