# Paul Gray (Slipknot bass player) is dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-gray-slipknot-bass-player-is-dead/540673 "2010-05-25T04:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-gray-slipknot-bass-player-is-dead/540673/1 "2010-05-25T04:25:40Z")
[http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10733334](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10733334) 38 years old. As the story notes, first we lost Peter Steele, then Ronnie, now this. Not been a good couple of months for us metalheads. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-gray-slipknot-bass-player-is-dead/540673/2 "2010-05-25T05:03:03Z")
Oh yeah, the past few months haven’t been good for the metal community. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-gray-slipknot-bass-player-is-dead/540673/3 "2010-05-25T05:07:10Z")
While I am by no means a fan of Slipknot or their particular brand of music, I am none-the-less saddened by this news as their music is still a subcategory of my main interest (rock in general) and therefor, the community loses another member. At only 38 too, shit. My brother was an awfully large fan of theirs, he’ll be even more moved by this. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-gray-slipknot-bass-player-is-dead/540673/4 "2010-05-25T11:04:53Z")
It sounds like there is a story here: lives in a suburb outside town but staying in a hotel for few days. Sad.