"...according to a 911 tape obtained by WOI-TV, bottles of pills and a syringe were found next to the body of Gray in his hotel room." - Wikipedia's 'Paul Gray (American musician)' article

"The Polk County medical examiner is currently awaiting the results of a toxicology test, which is expected to be available in late June, before confirming the cause of death." - Wikipedia's 'Slipknot (band)' article

No matter how commercial Slipknot are (the reason they are so often attacked by metalheads) we cannot deny that they are a talented band, and a talented musician was lost.

Seems to be a bad month for the metal industry.

R.I.P.

Deaths come in threes...we got Peter Steele, Dio, and now Paul Gray. Hopefully the musician deaths are done for now.

Also Mark Linkous, Alex Chilton and Jay Reatard

Happens to the best
 

I love Slipknot. Huge fan. Been a fan since the beginning.
I'm not upset about the death. Yes, it is really unfortunate but life goes on.

I am eager to see who they are getting to replace him...
I haven't done much reading on it yet...

:(

^Lesser of the 3 man, Lesser of the 3.
Still though :(

Noo! I love the Reatard. His solo albums were great. Blood Visions :thumb:

Doesn't match up to Sparklehorse, Big Star or The Boxtops.