According to the Des Moines Register, Urbandale, Iowa police are investigating the death of SLIPKNOT's bass guitarist at a local hotel.
Paul Dedrick Gray, 38, of Johnston was found dead at approximately 10:50 a.m. today by an employee at TownePlace Suites (pictured below), 8800 Northpark Drive, police said.
There was no evidence of foul play, police said.
According to KCCI.com, the Polk County Medical Examiner's Office is assisting in the death investigation and will perform an autopsy on Tuesday. Toxicology testing will be completed to determine if there were any contributing factors in the death of Gray, police said.
Witnesses reported that items from the hotel room were carried out of the hotel around 2 p.m.
Gray was born in Los Angeles, California, and later moved to Des Moines.
Wikipedia shows that Gray has been married for two years to GodsGirls' Brenna Paul and has a tattoo of her name on his knuckles.
In a December 2009 posting on his MySpace page, Gray revealed that his wife was pregnant with the couple's first child. "I am the happiest man on the face of the earth — literally!" he wrote. He added, "This has been the best Christmas I have ever had!"
In April 2010 it was announced that Paul Gray had joined HAIL!, the supergroup featuring mainstays Tim "Ripper" Owens (BEYOND FEAR, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH), David Ellefson (MEGADETH) and Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA). He was replacing the group's original member, David Ellefson, who was unable to take part in HAIL!'s upcoming touring activities due to his renewed collaboration with MEGADETH. At the time, Paul Gray stated about his involvement with HAIL!: "This is going to be amazing! After I heard the news about David reuniting with MEGADETH I touched base with Andreas and everything fell into place pretty immediately. I was excited about what they were doing and their whole attitude is just cool, old school camaraderie and fun and I wanted to share that with them. Fortunately, I had this window of time available as SLIPKNOT are on break so the timing worked perfectly. These guys have been through it all and they represent true metal brotherhood. I like that and I'm glad to now be a part of it. I can't wait, I wish we'd leave tomorrow. These shows are going to kick ass!"
Back in 2003, authorities agreed to drop drug possession charges against Paul Gray in exchange for Gray's acknowledgement that he was on drugs when he was involved in a minor traffic accident (Story#1, Story#2) in the summer of 2003 in Des Moines.
Des Moines police arrested Gray on June 1, 2003 after his car collided with a car at Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway and Carpenter Avenue.
A police report at the time said Gray "had impaired balance, slurred and dull speech, and extremely sleepy and dull behavior."
Viva, viva, viva the Blues / In Aztec land they will play like gods / Viva, viva, viva the blues / The sombreros will have eyes just for them / REMEMBER... =T=
'tain la série de merde quand même J'ai du le voir plusieurs fois en concert, puisque j'aimais bien Slipknot à l'époque de leurs deux premiers albums.
RIP mec.
Gaëtan: "Reste plus qu'à interdire les citations dans les signatures... "
Il n'y aurait pas une bonne nouvelle pour une fois !
J'avais plus ou moins entendu ce genre de news mais je croyais qu'il s'agissait du chanteur .
Enfin le résultat est le même :
Il va falloir que j'aille voir Alice Cooper avant qu'une guerre fratricide n'eclate au Hellfest . Ou un tremblement de terre ou un raz de marée ou une météorite ...
Vivement que cette année se finisse car ça fait un peu beaucoup...
"A million faces around us
Pretending we're blind ones
Who don't want to see
Those many hearts filled with sadness
Won't stop all the madness
Of stories untold"
metal militia a écrit :Apparemment, le monsieur était connu pour s'en foutre plein les narines...
RIP
Oui enfin comme pas mal du milieu qui sont pourtant toujours là, heureusement pour nous.
On va dire que l'alcool ca conserve mieux que la coke quoi....
RIP
GANDALF
"Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost
It's empty and cold without you here, too many people to ache over"
Ça en finit jamais!!!
J'ai pas trop suivi Slipknot, je connais que l'album Vol.3:Subliminal Verses qu'on m'avait offert en 4eme.
Bref, je suis sûr que les fans doivent être deg.
RIP
The eight surviving members of SLIPKNOT just held a news conference at
Wells Fargo Arena in the band's native stomping grounds of Des Moines,
Iowa to address the death of their bassist, Paul Gray. Also present at
the event was Gray's brother Tony and widow Brenna, who spoke briefly at
the end of the conference.
Comme le disait Kylen, y'a tellement de morts pour l'instant qu'on compte les survivants
Flamme d'enfer a écrit :Il n'y aurait pas une bonne nouvelle pour une fois !
Si ,justement: un mec de Slipknot est mort.
Ad Metal Eternam a écrit :Clair ! Et puis Thrashos a le truc qui fait les vrais thrasheux et que n'auront jamais les donneurs de leçons pseudo-élitistes qui croient tout savoir: il est sympa
Ad Metal Eternam a écrit :Clair ! Et puis Thrashos a le truc qui fait les vrais thrasheux et que n'auront jamais les donneurs de leçons pseudo-élitistes qui croient tout savoir: il est sympa
J'ai du le voir plusieurs fois en concert, puisque j'aimais bien Slipknot à l'époque de leurs deux premiers albums.
