May 25, 2010
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Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found dead in an Iowa hotel room. Known as “The Pig” in his first years in music, the LA-native Slipknot player has passed at 38.
Gray, known also as #2 in his self-titled days, had piddled in a life of drugs and alcohol prior to his band Slipknot winning a Grammy award. While Paul had a darker side, he also realized his Slipknot songs would help his fans get through hard times.
“It makes you kind of speechless, man. Some kid who’s so depressed or things are going so bad for them that they actually want to take their own lives, and then they listen to a Slipknot lyric or a song,” he told MTV news in a recent interview. “And that actually gets them through that? I mean, what can you say?”
Gray is survived by his wife Brenna and his only child. While no cause of death has been determined for the Slipknot bassist, an investigation is currently under way.
“I’m just happy that we’re able to do something,” he said in a past media interview about his Slipknot days. “And actually touch somebody like that, where they do feel empowered to keep pushing on and keep going through what they’re going through, and surviving. It’s an overwhelming feeling.”
Source: Examiner.com