Paul Gray

Paul Gray the bassist for the heavy metal band SlipKnot was found dead in an Iowa hotel room on Monday May 24, 2010. The cause of his death is unknown at this time but there was no indication of foul play.http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37323183/ns/today-entertainment/ police said. Paul Gray leaves behind his wife Brenna and their unborn child.

In the band Slipknot, Paul Gray was also known as #2 and wore a Halloween Pig mask while performing. All of the members of Slipknot wore masks while performing their music.

In 2003, he was arrested for cocaine possession and marijuana paraphernalia after he hit a car. He received a year of probation but had changed his life around and got clean. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2010/05/25/slipknot-gray-metal-band-obit.html In 2008 he married his girlfriend who is expected to give birth in the last part of 2010.

Paul Gray was born in Los Angles California on April 8, 1972, and his family moved to Des Moines, Iowa when he was a child. He began his music career in 1995 and was in a multitude of bands until his death in 2010. Early in his career, he was in these bands Vexx, Anal Blast, Inveigh Catharsi and Body Pit.

Paul Gray was a founding member of the band Slipknot in 1995, and the only one who still played his original role in the band. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipknot_%28band%29 He formed the band with Shawn Crahan (percussionist) and Joey Jordison the drummer. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2010/05/25/slipknot-gray-metal-band-obit.html#ixzz0oynk2SFC

Paul Gray played the bass guitar, guitar, back vocals and on occasion, he did lead vocals with Slipknot. In 2003, he toured with the band Unida as a bassist, and then he toured with the metal band Reggie and the Full Effect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gray_%28American_musician%29