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Slipknot didn't play a show again until July 2011, when they embarked on the Memorial World Tour in honor of Gray and his legacy. Former member Donnie Steele filled in for Gray during the trek.
Slipknot are one of the most visually arresting bands still working today – but the late Paul Gray’s role was decidedly different.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Autopsy results show the bassist for heavy metal band Slipknot died of an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl, a synthetic morphine substitute, police said Monday.… ...
Just days before Gray's passing, Slipknot appeared on the same bill as Korn in Iowa. "I remember we were playing a show with Slipknot in Des Moines a day or two before he passed away," Korn's Jonathan ...
Instead, Gray anchored the rhythms while everyone around him swirled like the outer rim of a turbulent tornado. "I knew his bass playing from Slipknot and Unida before we met and thought he had such a ...
This week saw the first signs that for Slipknot there is life after the tragic death of bassist Paul Gray. After months of soul searching and burying their heads in side projects, the band have ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — The hotel employee who found Slipknot bassist Paul Gray dead in his room told a 911 operator that there was a hypodermic needle next to Gray’s bed and there were &#82… ...
Slipknot open up about '.5: The Gray Chapter' and how they reconnected after the death of bassist Paul Gray. ... “I was trying to show that just when you think the hardest part is losing ...
Slipknot bassist Paul Gray's cause of death could take another four to six weeks to determine, according to authorities. Officials said that an autopsy completed Tuesday morning did not conclusively ...
On May 24, 2010, the body of Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found in a Johnston, Iowa hotel room. On May 24, ... “We had a show booked and we had a song called ‘Slipknot,’" he told me.
During a new interview with Vulture, Shawn "Clown" Crahan named the Slipknot songs that remind him of his late bandmates Paul Gray and Joey Jordison. Gray died in May of 2010 while he was still a ...
Slipknot’s original bassist Paul Gray on holding the middle ground in metal’s most extreme band. Story by Nick Wells ... It doesn't have to be flashy. I don't go up there to show off.