Paul Gray (Slipknot)
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Paul Gray performing with Slipknot in 2008.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Paul Dedrick Gray |
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| Born |
April 8, 1972 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Origin | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | May 24, 2010 (aged 38) Johnston, Iowa, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Bass, guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1994–2010 |
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| Associated acts | |
| Website | slipknot1 |
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Inveigh Catharsis
Paul Dedrick Gray (April 8, 1972 – May 24, 2010), also known as The Pig or by his number #2, was an American musician best known as the bassist, a backing vocalist, and a songwriter and one of the founding members of the Grammy Award-winning metal band Slipknot.
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 Anal Blast, Vexx, Body Pit, The Have Nots and Inveigh Catharsis.
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 and drug paraphernalia, as well as failure to obey a traffic signal.
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 custom 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.
Besides Slipknot, Gray filled in as bassist for Unida during their 2003 tour, appeared on Drop Dead, Gorgeous' Worse Than a Fairy Tale, toured briefly with Reggie and the Full Effect and appeared on the Roadrunner United project, performing bass on "The Enemy" and "Baptized in the Redemption" from the project's album The All-Star Sessions.
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