Not a fan of Slipknot but I find it real interesting to lose more musicians day by day.. Peter Steele, Ronnie James Dio, now Paul Gray..
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 supposed to replace 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!"
Read the full article from,
here.
27th May 2010, 5:24 pm
