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Paul Gray (American musician)

American bassist (1972–2010)

Musical artist

Paul Dedrick Gray (April 8, 1972 – May 24, 2010),^[1] also known as the Pig,^[2] was an American musician who was the bassist, backing vocalist, and co-founder of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he was designated #2.

Early life and career

Paul Dedrick Gray was born in Los Angeles, California. Later his family relocated to Des Moines, Iowa. He played guitar but switched to bass after he relocated to Iowa. In his youth, Gray performed in bands such as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Anal Blast, Vexx, Body Pit, The Have Nots and Inveigh Catharsis.

At the time of his death, he was one of three original members of Slipknot remaining in the band, and the only one who had maintained his original role in the band due to Clown's switch from main drums to percussion during the early days. He was one of the two members not born in Iowa (the other is Jim Root, who was born in Las Vegas). In 2010, Slipknot released the Download 2009 performance on DVD in memory of Gray.

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There are at least five artists with this name, including:
1) Paul Dedrick Gray (April 8, 1972 – May 24, 2010) was an American musician, best known as the bassist of the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Slipknot.
2) Paul Gray (born 1958) was a member of British bands Eddie & The Hotrods and The Damned.
3) Paul Gray (born 28 November 1963; died 24 April 2018) was founder member vocalist/keyboardist of Australian band Wa Wa Nee.
4) Paul Gray is an American jazz bassist.
5) Paul Gray is a British clarinettist.

1) Paul Dedrick Gray (April 8, 1972 – May 24, 2010) was an American musician, best known as the bassist of the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Slipknot.
Gray was born in Los Angeles, California. Later his family relocated to Des Moines, Iowa. In his youth, Gray performed in bands such as Anal Blast, Vexx, Body Pit, and Inveigh Catharsi.
In June 2003, Gray crashed his car into another vehicle. After police were called to the scene and searched his car, Gray was arrested for possession of Marijuana, cocaine, drug paraphernalia, and failure to obey a traffic

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Paul Gray: the life and death of Slipknot’s quiet genius

“Yesterday we lost our brother, and the world seems a little smaller because of it,” began Corey Taylor. “He had the biggest heart of anyone I’ve ever known, and he had the greatest soul I’ve ever had the privilege to know. He was everything that was wonderful about this band and about this group of people. The only way I can sum up Paul Gray is love. Everything he did, he did for everyone around him. Whether he knew you or not. And that’s what he’s left behind for us, is absolute love.”

On May 25, 2010, the members of Slipknot filed into a room to face the press, on one of the bleakest days of their lives. Unmasked, heads bowed and choked with emotion, they paid tribute to their friend and bandmate, Paul Gray. The previous day he’d passed away from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, at just 38 years old.

It was hard to comprehend. Slipknot had always seemed combustible yet invincible – nine individual, larger-than-life characters who came togeth