Slipknot's Paul Gray found dead in hotel.

[Negi Springfield]

The bassist for the band Slipknot has been found dead in a hotel room in the US state of Iowa, according to reports.

The body of Paul Gray, 38, was discovered by an employee at the Town Plaza Hotel in Urbandale, a suburb of Des Moines, just before 11am local time (2am AEST), police said.

The Urbandale Police Department, which is investigating the death, said there was no evidence of foul play at the scene.

An autopsy and toxicology tests will be conducted later today.

Gray’s widow, Brenna Paul, is expecting his child later this year.

The bassist, also known as "The Pig" or #2, formed Slipknot with fellow Des Moines musicians Shawn Crahan and Joey Jordison in 1995.

In 1999 they released their first album Slipknot, which sold more than a million copies.

Known for grotesque masks, the band won a Grammy in 2006 for best metal performance for the song "Before I Forget".

Concert industry trade publication Pollstar ranked Slipknot 18th in its Top 20 Concert Tours list in 2009.

Gray was arrested for possessing drugs in 2003 after police allegedly found small quantities of cocaine and marijuana, as well as two syringes, in his car following an accident.

Though the charges were later dropped, the musician admitted he had taken drugs shortly before the accident.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/1057014/slipknot-bassist-found-dead-in-hotel

[♦ßlôödÑinjå♦]

No way  R.I.P Paul Gray.

[Rygelseid]

dont listen to a lot of slipknot
got away from them a long time ago
that band was like a short phase for me
but it still sucks to see a fellow musician gone
dio then paul gone?
wow......

[Yun0]

fisrt peter steele (type o negative), then dio and now the pig... really, what's going on?

[Lord_Waffles]

I'm completely shocked......

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[DARKTALBAIN]

Dio ( R.I.P.) died of cancer. That's just sad.

Wasn't Paul found in that hotel with piles of cocaine? That's just pathetic.

R.I.P. , but he did it to himself.

[Scar]

Dark month for metal fans..

RIP Paul!!

[The King Sic-1™]

The hardest thing for this this month was the death of Dio.....

but this doesn't make anything better...

Metal Heads Mosh an Emo in the name of the Fallen.....