Slipknot Member Dead

Slipknot bassist Paul Gray — one of the group's founding members — was found dead in an Iowa hotel room early Monday morning (May 24), according to reports. He was 38.

The Des Moines Register reported that police were called to the TownePlace Suites hotel in Urbandale, Iowa, shortly before 11 a.m. after an employee discovered Gray's body in a room. There was no evidence of foul play, police told the newspaper, but the investigation is ongoing and an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. A toxicology test will also be done to determine any contributing factors to his death.

A spokesperson for Slipknot's label, Roadrunner Records, confirmed the report to MTV News.

Gray, better known as #2 or "The Pig" because of the mask he wore while performing with Slipknot, helped form the group in 1995, along with current members Shawn "Clown" Crahan and Joey Jordison. Though the band's lineup shifted over the years — with members departing or switching instruments — Gray's position within the group remained constant: He was the only bass player Slipknot ever had.

The group would release four albums, the last of which — 2008's All Hope Is Gone — debuted at #1 on the Billboard albums chart. They spent most of the next year touring the world before taking an extended break at the end of 2009. Earlier this year, Gray announced that he would be using the time off to play with hard-riffing supergroup Hail!, featuring Tim "Ripper" Owens, Megadeth's David Ellefson and Sepultura's Andreas Kisser.

In 2003, Gray was arrested on drug-possession charges after police discovered small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and two syringes in his vehicle following a traffic accident in Des Moines. Those charges were eventually dropped; Gray admitted he was under the influence of drugs at the time of the accident.

Who the hell is Slipknot?

Wait... is this the guy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKc1Gbo6TLc

THE REV? You better not mean Reverend Horton Heat. That's the only rev in my book

Dubont: i was really kidding. I mean... look at my avatar.

The drummer is sick. Bassist sucks.

He was trolling you. Or you're trolling me.

The drummer is sick.

Agreed. Corey is pretty awesome.

Let's cut it out with constantly calling people trolls just because they put their own opinion.

Let's cut it out with constantly calling people trolls just because they put their own opinion.

anyone who knows anything would know that the bassist in the vid IS paul...which is the one that this thread is about..you don't come into a thread about a dead person saying that they sucked...at least not the day they died -.-

Let's cut it out with constantly calling people trolls just because they put their own opinion.