Paul Gray (Slipknot bass player) found dead

[ittoa666]

OD'd with a family on the way?

I feel for his wife but I can't be too sympathetic about someone who abuses substances in that situation - sorry if that rankles.

You can't help but feel more sorry for the people around him, especially his family. Just imagine what the kids mom is going to have to tell them about their dad. So sad.

 

[Antimatter]

Don't do drugs kids.

I really feel sorry for his family, and I agree with the people here, he really should have thought more of other people at least long enough to get his child out of preschool. I honestly can't say this was "shocking", or "untimely" or something, because he chose to start abusing substances, and now all the people he knows are worse off for it.

 

[IAMLORDVADER]

R.I.P Paul Gray, hopefully this will be the catalyst for slipknot to end before they completly turn into corey's solo thing/stone sour. Pray for mick to release the stuff him and paul have been writing, blatantly amazing.

dont get me wrong their one of my favorite bands and have been for the last 10 years, but i think corey and james are shitting on their own doorstep so to speak,
If they do stay together i hope they bring back their ferocity(witch is evident on parts of all hope is gone) and leave the stone sour shit alone.

 

[dantel666]

UGGG

I probably wouldn't even be playing guitar if it wasnt for slipknot.

this sucks so bad man...

RIP Paul you will be missed

 

[BrailleDecibel]

This is terrible, dude...I grew up with Slipknot's music, and "Iowa" is a masterpiece, IMO. If it was indeed drugs, though, I can't really feel too sorry for him. I'm a lot more sorry for his wife and unborn child...that's just a crying shame.

 

[Raoul Duke]

I probably wouldn't even be playing guitar if it wasnt for slipknot.

this sucks so bad man...

RIP Paul you will be missed

Slipknot opened the door of Heavy Metal to me, before then I wasn't really into heavy stuff

 

[signalgrey]

what a waste. I am not surprised at all. There have been reports of this guys for years being caught with drugs etc...

he had a family and a child on the way and he chose drugs over them and himself.

 

[dantel666]

Slipknot opened the door of Heavy Metal to me, before then I wasn't really into heavy stuff

same here dude

back in '99 i was like 6 and my dads friend went to ozzfest and brought back a cd with some of there stuff on it and since then ive been a fan.

my life would drastically differ from now if it wasnt for them

 

[Raoul Duke]

same here dude

back in '99 i was like 6 and my dads friend went to ozzfest and brought back a cd with some of there stuff on it and since then ive been a fan.

my life would drastically differ from now if it wasnt for them

Yeah I remember being 14 (Im old ) in '99 hearing "Wait and Bleed" on the radio late at night, going out the next day and buying the album. Was blown away, still one of my fav albums

Glad I got to see them live again on their last tour of Australia

 

[dantel666]

Yeah I remember being 14 (Im old ) in '99 hearing "Wait and Bleed" on the radio late at night, going out the next day and buying the album. Was blown away, still one of my fav albums

Glad I got to see them live again on their last tour of Australia

ya i bought it like 3 times cause it kept getting stolen

wish i couldve seen them the last time they were in seattle, but mayhem fest was a great show.

 

[Variant]

Besides I'm sure Paul was turned down in the mix anyways

Yeah, he was pretty much Murderfaced in the mix, but sad either way. Death is about the person first and the music second.

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

Very sad news.

Just got a response from a friend that "if you stick your head in the lion's jaws one day they'll close." Everyone knew he was a loose cannon to begin with. Deep sympathies for his family.

 

[Spinedriver]

From what I've read, He's been clean for a few years now. My guess is he had a re-lapse and accidentally od'ed.

As for the band, I can see them getting a new bass player. With the band's popularity as it stands, they'd be foolish not to.

 

[ALLEGAEON]

I dont understand crying over the death of someone you didnt know.
I guess him dying is "sad" but really? Crying?

I cried when dimebag died and i will most definitely cry after the last episode of the office. Im kind of sensitive

 

[Tybanez]

R.I.P.

This really sucks.

 

[13point9]

From what I've read, He's been clean for a few years now. My guess is he had a re-lapse and accidentally od'ed.

this is what i had heard too, my dad got me the slipknot biography when i was becoming disenchanted with metal (he didn't know he just got it for 50p from some place) and after reading it i fell back in love with the genre, so i have the book to thank ironically for being still into metal...

 

[-One-]

Is God just in it to kill metal this year?

RIP Paul, it's a shame that you chose drugs over your family, but your music will live on, even though you have died.

 

[lucasreis]

I dont understand crying over the death of someone you didnt know.
I guess him dying is "sad" but really? Crying?

I cried when Peter Steele died, I cried when Dio died, I cried when Layne Staley died... am I stupid? Not really, I loved those guys. Even if you don't know a person, their body of work might really be touching and it's very sad when you know they're gone.

 

[tr0n]

I agree that it is terrible to leave a widow and fatherless child, and regardless of that there is no excuse for substance abuse (rhyme not intended). Maybe there was some heavy trauma in him that drove him to drugs in the first place. I feel sorry for him that drugs and alcohol may have been his only escape from whatever that was. As has been said, he paid the ultimate price, hopefully people in similar situations will wake up to the seriousness of these dependencies.

Praying that his family adapts to life without him. Must be heartbreaking. Terrible shame.

 

[misingonestring]

a drug overdose.

I called it.