[Shaun]

Paul Gray (aka #2 or "The Pig"), bassist for the Iowa hard rock band Slipknot, has passed away at the age of 38. The Des Moines Register reports that Gray was found dead at a hotel in Urbandale, IA at approximately 10:50 a.m. today by an employee at the TownePlace Suites.

Police told the Register there was no evidence of any foul play and the investigation is ongoing, with an autopsy scheduled for Tuesday.

Gray was one of the founding members of Slipknot and one of the three original members of the band still in the current lineup.

Slipknot's most recent release was 2008's All Hope Is Gone.

I'm sure TiBB's Slipknot fans will be devastated. :\

RIP.

[Ramsay]

Rip

[Damaris]

Oh **** :'(

RIP!

[InOne]

Damn used to love Slipknot

RIP

[Smithy]

38!!
Thats no age

So sad

[Stacey.]

RIP Paul

[Stu]

First Dio, now Paul. It's been a bad few weeks for metal.

RIP.

[Ramsay]

celebritys seem to dropping so much

[Twilight]

R.I.P, i hate how many people are dieing:/

[CaraRawr]

That's really sad, so many good musicians dying atm.

R.I.P.

[ElProximo]

Made a living selling teenagers their own desperation, hatred, angst, fears. Kids paid for death, injury, sickening twisted things.
Dies at 38.
Yes that is a huge tragedy.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by ElProximo

Made a living selling teenagers their own desperation, hatred, angst, fears. Kids paid for death, injury, sickening twisted things.
Dies at 38.
Yes that is a huge tragedy.

As individuals, they were each highly talented musicians. As a collective, they played complex arrangements at extremely fast speeds, and put on some of the best live shows in rock. The lyrics were also maturing with every album. Not that you would know a single thing about them.

They had plenty of adult fans. Inevitably teenagers were also attracted to the nihlism and pantomine of it all, as they are with other acts with huge adult fanbases. Most would say you are full of shit [quelle surprise] and that they were simply giving the teens one of the few good things to feel good about during those years.

You ususally become a down and out teen first, then find the music that reflects that and take solace in it. Music that won't mock you about what you wear, but will make you feel better about it. It's not as if buying a Slipknot album was an automatic ticket to everlasting misantrophy.

He and the band have millions have fans and peers who will mourn his loss. It's a bad day for metal music and fans of the band. And your unwelcome appearance here really just goes to solidify your seemingly limitless capacity for being an incoherent dolt.

[InOne]

Listening to Slipknot now. Brings back memories, epic!!!

[Stu]

Yeah had em on all day today blaring out the window. I'm not huge into them anymore but they still rock hard.

[DrunkerThanMoses]

Christ their all dying

First Type O Negative and then Slipkot..... whos next?

[InOne]

I really would have loved to see them live.

[Sarah.]

Used to love Slipknot..

RIP.

[InOne]

Well get listening to them again Sarah!!

[Stu]

Nothing found in early autopsy reports. You can view the press confrence here.

http://www.slipknot1.com/story/news/...ess_conference

His wife was pregnant. All the band are unmasked as a sign of respect.

RIP.

[BOOSH]

So sad. RIP

[BOOSH]

Originally Posted by Stu

Nothing found in early autopsy reports. You can view the press confrence here.

http://www.slipknot1.com/story/news/...ess_conference

His wife was pregnant. All the band are unmasked as a sign of respect.

RIP.

:O I did NOT know his wife was pregant...