Paul Gray Death By Overdose

2010-06-24 by Vesuvion | 110 Comments
Slipknot bassist Paul Gray has been confirmed to have been killed by an "accidental" overdose, involving morphine fentanyl (a synthetic form of morphine), says medical examiners.

It has been reported that these were not prescription drugs, nor was this an apparent suicide attempt. Local Police Sgt. Dave Disney has issued the statement, "We feel very comfortable that this was more than likely an accident."

Various undisclosed pills were also found at the scene, but these have been ruled out as a factor in Gray's death.

Tagged: Slipknot

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Apollo
June 24th 2010
10691 Comments


wow. Thats a fucking bummer. RIP dude.

Despite the flak these guys got, All Hope is Gone is a tight record and they put on a good live show.

Prolapse
June 24th 2010
4374 Comments


The story contradicts itself

atrink
June 24th 2010
2855 Comments


well maybe you shouldn't mix pills

but this is a bummer RIP

krazytom
June 24th 2010
136 Comments


a 13 year old me is very sad right now

SepticReAnimate
June 24th 2010
190 Comments


musicians have to chill out and stop dying. come on.

accompliceofmydeath
June 24th 2010
4921 Comments


Sgt. Dave Disney? Dude is in the wrong line of work.

PigDestroyer89
June 24th 2010
669 Comments


well it was basically heroin...so...yeah

R6Rider
June 24th 2010
5282 Comments


Shocker.

Such a shame so many musicians die from the same thing.

freedomofspeechnoway
June 24th 2010
426 Comments


Yea....so I said I didn't have any sympathy for people who obviously OD'd and had a kid on the way and good ol' sputnik banned me.


Sorry sputnik that you sympathize with people who kill themselves and allow their unborn children to grow up without fathers.


I mean...who didn't see this from a mile away.

Apollo
June 24th 2010
10691 Comments


^thats such a dick thing to say. Who the fuck are you to pass judgement on anyone?

Apollo
June 24th 2010
10691 Comments


especially when the report said it was an ACCIDENT. But hey lets jump on the "he fucked his life up so he deserved to die because he was a junkie" wagon.

KieranV
June 24th 2010
111 Comments


that's a shame. RIP

ThePalestMexican
June 24th 2010
2816 Comments


Sgt. Dave Disney

IT WAS A SETUP!

dcha
June 24th 2010
990 Comments


Hey freedomofspeech, you think you're edgy as fuck to say things that everyone else won't. You're not. We all thought the same thing to one effect or another, but we have the decency to not to say such terrible things. Listen, the time to be critical of a person is when they are alive and can do something about it. The guy has passed on and you are not helping anyone or preaching any gospel that hasn't been heard before. You're just being a prick.

freedomofspeechnoway
June 24th 2010
426 Comments


^thats such a dick thing to say. Who the fuck are you to pass judgement on anyone?


I didn't say anything bad about the guy...just that I didn't have sympathy for him. Learn to read.

Stating his actions in a factual way, which I did, is not judging. Did he kill himself? Yes. Did I say it was intentional? No. Did he have an unborn child at the time? Yes.

I speak facts my friend. Don't get mad at me.




freedomofspeechnoway
June 24th 2010
426 Comments


You're not. We all thought the same thing to one effect or another, but we have the decency to not to say such terrible things.


If you think that me saying I don't have sympathy for the guy is supposed to be "edgy" or that it's "terrible"...well then I sympathize for your ignorance and innocence.

Apollo
June 24th 2010
10691 Comments


"Sorry sputnik that you sympathize with people who kill themselves and allow their unborn children to grow up without fathers. "

your missing the main point mate, he didnt kill himself: Thus you are passing judgment. He didnt "allow" his unborn child to grow up fatherless, he died accidentally which means he did not "allow" anything to happen. You dont have sympathy because you are passing some form of negative judgement.

You need to read the news article before posting your bullshit opinions which no one here cares about.

Apollo
June 24th 2010
10691 Comments


what dcha said

Bow2LeperMessiah
June 24th 2010
225 Comments


^ His name is freedomofspeechnoway after he got banned for something he said...

I lol'd!

freedomofspeechnoway
June 24th 2010
426 Comments


your missing the main point mate, he didnt kill himself:


Killing yourself doesn't have to be intentional, 'mate'.


You need to read the news article before posting your bullshit opinions which no one here cares about.


Where are my facts wrong? And what "opinion" of mine did I share?

freedomofspeechnoway
June 24th 2010
426 Comments


I lol'd!


Hah glad someone can appreciate the hilarity of the situation.


In the words of Jim Root..."Why do we even have two bands anyway?"

Maybe they can just focus on stone sour now.

Apollo
June 24th 2010
10691 Comments


"Yea....so I said I didn't have any sympathy for people who obviously OD'd and had a kid on the way and good ol' sputnik banned me."

your opinion is that you dont have sympathy for him because he "obviously OD'd". Do you deny that your comment is negative?

And yes, killing yourself as most people understand it means it was intentional.

As in: Jonathan killed himself today at 12:30pm.

Whats the first thing your gonna think if you hear that statement. That it was intentional. Anyone else disagree with me on that?

Bow2LeperMessiah
June 24th 2010
225 Comments


I could tell they were getting worse anyway, All Hope Is Gone was pulling them ever closer to the mainstream rock category. They were starting to sell out..

freedomofspeechnoway
June 24th 2010
426 Comments


your opinion is that you dont have sympathy for him because he "obviously OD'd". Do you deny that your comment is negative?

And yes, killing yourself as most people understand it means it was intentional.

As in: Jonathan killed himself today at 12:30pm.

Whats the first thing your gonna think if you hear that statement. That it was intentional. Anyone else disagree with me on that?



Sympathy is a noun. Opinions are feelings in which adjectives are used to describe said feelings.

It was obvious that he OD'd...don't see how that's an 'opinion'. Give his young age and interviews done by the band...yep...pretty obvious


Just because people confuse the facts and infer that killing ones' self requires intent is not my fault...it's their lack of perceptive reality.

Whats the first thing your gonna


It's "you're".


SCREAM!
June 24th 2010
15755 Comments


When they announced that the Rev accidentally OD'd, people jumped on the chance to call him an idiot and say how they had no sympathy.

Same thing happens here and people are defending it..

mmmhmmmmm


Like i said on the Rev's thread, im not here to pass judgement, i dont know what the situation was that led to it so RIP and my sympathies to all affected

Apollo
June 24th 2010
10691 Comments


Your just making yourself look more and more stupid.

There is a reason why you were banned in the first place. Maybe we will all be so lucky as to have you banned again.

And if you wanna play punctuation police,

"Give his young age and interviews done by the band...yep...pretty obvious"

Its 'Given' not 'Give'.



freedomofspeechnoway
June 24th 2010
426 Comments


When they announced that the Rev accidentally OD'd, people jumped on the chance to call him an idiot and say how they had no sympathy.


That's way too much of the sputnik community for ya.


i dont know what the situation was that led to it so RIP and my sympathies to all affected


Agreed. I have a great deal of sympathy for those he left behind.

Apollo
June 24th 2010
10691 Comments


When they announced that the Rev accidentally OD'd, people jumped on the chance to call him an idiot and say how they had no sympathy.

"Same thing happens here and people are defending it..

mmmhmmmmm


Like i said on the Rev's thread, im not here to pass judgement, i dont know what the situation was that led to it so RIP and my sympathies to all affected"

Thats exactly it right there.

freedomofspeechnoway
June 24th 2010
426 Comments


Its 'Given' not 'Give'.[quote]


That's a typo and has nothing to do with punctuation...but I'll give it to you.


[quote]Maybe we will all be so lucky as to have you banned again.


You're probably right...and then I'll just make a new name.

LepreCon
June 24th 2010
5482 Comments


How does one procure enough morphine to overdose on?

freedomofspeechnoway
June 24th 2010
426 Comments


How does one procure enough morphine to overdose on?


Hah touche.

Interesting fact....the first person to overdose of morphine injection was the wife of the inventor of the hypodermic needle. WILD!

anotherdeadjuliet
June 24th 2010
263 Comments


The only thing 'good' by this band was their second album or rather their 'first album in the public eye'

SatansLittleHelper
June 24th 2010
192 Comments


They coulda jus paid me and i woulda told them cause of death without doing an autopsy, yes i'm jus that good.

OllieS
June 24th 2010
2286 Comments


Oh hey guys he died by 'accidental' overdose he must be a moron i feel no sympathy for him what an idiot

krazytom
June 24th 2010
136 Comments


wow welcome to troll city....

"Sgt. Dave Disney? Dude is in the wrong line of work"

totally did not see that name until you reposted, that rules!

bloc
June 24th 2010
70880 Comments


The man has a child on the way...

Helvete
June 24th 2010
1354 Comments


what a suprise

Helvete
June 24th 2010
1354 Comments


enrique

Dreakon
June 24th 2010
453 Comments


That's a typo and has nothing to do with punctuation...but I'll give it to you.


It was obvious that he OD'd...don't see how that's an 'opinion'. Give his young age and interviews done by the band...yep...pretty obvious


Sentences usually end with a period.

Helvete
June 24th 2010
1354 Comments


Also use elipses properley you grammar nub.

Matt718
June 24th 2010
28 Comments


fuck em and fuck his unborn fetus.

Helvete
June 24th 2010
1354 Comments


http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Abortion#Falcon_Punch

drasticaction74
June 24th 2010
1947 Comments


let the rhythm take you over

Emim
June 24th 2010
38491 Comments


At all that nonsense up there:

The guy shouldn't have been using if he had a child on the way. That is just utterly stupid. Now he's deprived that child of a father. That is stupid also.


I am sympathetic to the family, of course. This sucks and is a horrible thing to deal with.

freedomofspeechnoway
June 24th 2010
426 Comments


Also use elipses properley you grammar nub.


It's called colloquial punctuation...noob.

Interesting to see that several others share lack of sympathy for this wreckless individual.

Helvete
June 24th 2010
1354 Comments


lol srs business right here

freedomofspeechnoway
June 24th 2010
426 Comments


Also use elipses properley you grammar nub.


"a number of style guides say that ellipses can be used to indicate a pause or falter in dialog, the passage of time, an unfinished list, or that a speaker has trailed off in the middle of a sentence or left something unsaid"

-The Chicago Manual of Style. 14th Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993, p. 368.


Sorry bro...but I just schooled you...literally.



RIP


Helvete
June 24th 2010
1354 Comments


lol srs business right here


kvltelite
June 24th 2010
64 Comments


lol slipknots bass player died

MrJimmyBrown
June 24th 2010
5 Comments


whoever you are freedomofspeech... i hope that you get punched in the balls very soon.

Apollo
June 24th 2010
10691 Comments


or shot. If they get shot off he wont be able to use them.

Spec
June 24th 2010
41424 Comments


Lol the rev gets shit from everyone and people cry over this guy.

Raz0rGrind23
June 24th 2010
464 Comments


@freedomofspeechnoway

In leui of the decisions made is what ultimately led him to his demise. With that being said, I agree with you. You can't help someone who isn't willing to help themselves. I can sympathize with battling inner demons but to live recklessly holds false intentions, especially when greater things are at play; i.e. having a child on the way. Tragic nonetheless....



yetanotherprofile
June 24th 2010
180 Comments


What a fag you are 'freedomofspeachnoway'. Always someone who has to chat shit when someone dies.

Apollo
June 24th 2010
10691 Comments


Looks like the # of people who hate freedomofspeachnoway are far more than those who agree with him.

I win.

CameronSetToKill
June 24th 2010
150 Comments


Hope he finds peace somewhere.

Lelle
June 24th 2010
2819 Comments


I win.


you just lost respect there

RIP these are sad news, my sympathies to his family

Apollo
June 24th 2010
10691 Comments


from you? I'm crying right now over the loss.

Apollo
June 24th 2010
10691 Comments


Its already started Andcas. Shameful.

vanderb0b
June 24th 2010
3473 Comments


R.I.P. Guy was pretty young, definitely too young to die.

WARisalliknow91
June 24th 2010
493 Comments


Its terrible that a child and so many loved ones will be in pain because of this assholes selfish decision.

I hope his family finds peace and he died uncomfortably.

AsoTamaki
June 24th 2010
2524 Comments


@WARisalliknow91

Sorry, but I'm pretty sure he was high out of his mind and in a state of bliss.


freedomofspeechnoway
June 24th 2010
426 Comments


I win.



Hah okay. Sooooo what'd you win?


What a fag you are 'freedomofspeachnoway'. Always someone who has to chat shit when someone dies.


And there always has to be someone that cries about it and calls names. That someone is you.

freedomofspeechnoway
June 24th 2010
426 Comments


I hope his family finds peace and he died uncomfortably.


From the looks of it he was comfortable as hell.

MrJimmyBrown
June 25th 2010
5 Comments


From the looks of it he was comfortable as hell.


you dont find that at all disrepectful? like we get it. for real. youre some know-it-all tough-guy "edge" dude or something. nobodys saying the dude lived a stellar life but for christ's sake, the fact that you find it as a way to draw attention to yourself and preach some holier-than-thou point is out of control. and when people disagree with you you feel the need to point out bad grammar or something as if this thread is some contest to win. you need to find some hobby or something so you can do something better with your time than to hate on somebody's life that has been do to tragic situations. regardless as to what that situation might be. and seriously, once again, i hope you get punched in the dick.

PleasantVessel
June 25th 2010
25 Comments


@ freedomofspeechnoway

You have obviously never have someone you love go down that path. This guy was human and I could have went the same route he did luckily I had the will and foresight to stop myself before I went to far. You should come down off your cloud of self-righteousness and try relating to someone instead or stfu and focus on your own shortcomings.

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
June 25th 2010
32288 Comments


Too many users with no avs up itt

Chud55
June 25th 2010
33 Comments


"Looks like the # of people who hate freedomofspeachnoway are far more than those who agree with him.

I win. "

Haha Pure arrogance, another person who becomes Hypocritical. You cant really start an argument over "freedomofspeachnoway"'s opinion, so maybe lay off instead of trying to "Win".

Anyway, I dont really have that much sympathy, yeah ok respect for the guy RIP, point is, he shouldn't of been doing that shit in the first place. Like most musicians today, they think their immortal. But when it comes to drugs they cant handle it. I hate musicians who just go insane with drugs. You dont need them. Most good musicians today dont take drugs or even alchohol because they know it'll effect their performance (And im not talking about just metal musicians) , but some of them are just so ignorant and nieve. But anyway, RIP.

Chud55
June 25th 2010
33 Comments


Totally agree with you andcas. It might of been accidental (I feel like if I didnt say that, most of you would flame me "BUT IT WAZ ACZIDENTOL" so what?) but you shouldnt of messed with the in the first place.

Considering if your a musician (Paul wasn't really a good bassist, he was just lucky enough to get into a poular band at the time) , then thats a no no.

foreverendeared
June 25th 2010
14745 Comments


"When they announced that the Rev accidentally OD'd, people jumped on the chance to call him an idiot and say how they had no sympathy.

Same thing happens here and people are defending it"

Honestly the two circumstances are completely different. Rev had a cocktail of drugs in his system that obviously shouldn't be mixed together. Paul Gray here just lost control of his addiction.

RIP

WARisalliknow91
June 25th 2010
493 Comments


I'm sorry if drug addiction is a sensitive matter for people I just dont see the importance in respecting the dead when they throw their lives away to substance abuse.

CrazyFool84
June 25th 2010
1083 Comments


I thought this info was old news, or is it just the specific drug that we were waitin' on? Either way, absolutely no shock, I'd always assumed this was the case, but sympathy for his family and bandmates for sure, can't say I didn't listen to Slipknot.

MoosechriS
June 25th 2010
6353 Comments


RIP Dude. Bad Times

MarkvandenBerg
June 25th 2010
153 Comments


freedomofspeechnoway=cockface

Nomos
June 25th 2010
1737 Comments


He deserved it.
Good band, I used to love them a lot..
but...fuck with hardcore drugs, and, frankly, you deserve what you get.

TheHamburgerman
June 25th 2010
1546 Comments


Seriously, you're all annoying as fuck

laterenima
June 25th 2010
278 Comments


freedomofspeechnoway, opinions are like arseholes.
everybody on sputnik has one.

Nomos
June 25th 2010
1737 Comments


freeomofspeechnoway is correct, and you nerds need to calm down with the fanboyism.

Paul ODd on drugs when he had a family. That's an incredibly stupid thing to do. From this, I can gather that Paul was a very selfish person. Maybe his son isn't missing out. If you spend all your time touring then doing drugs, how much time CAN you be spending with your child?

freedomofspeechnoway
June 26th 2010
426 Comments


Amen

freedomofspeechnoway
June 26th 2010
426 Comments


its just bass


i lol'd

Powerban
June 26th 2010
2384 Comments


lol @ everyone's moralistic views in this thread. you guys are pathetic, you do this every time someone dies.

laterenima
June 26th 2010
278 Comments


Can't wait until Thom Yorke dies.

Asiatic667
June 26th 2010
4651 Comments


Lol, the death of others is always a good laff on sputnik

Lelle
June 26th 2010
2819 Comments


I'm the bad guy who makes fun of people that die
in plane crashes and laughs
As long as it ain't happened to him




paxman
June 26th 2010
4084 Comments


If he'd died in a plane crash, this thread would have been drastically different. He died from fentanyl, which is a patch you apply to your skin, like a nicotine patch. Cancer patients and the like are usually the poor people who use fentanyl...not thirty-year-old bassists with unborn children.

freedomofspeechnoway
June 26th 2010
426 Comments


paxman speaks the truth.

Helvete
June 26th 2010
1354 Comments


fentayl is notorious for being used as a substitute to heroin (many deaths caused by it or often mistaken for heroin deaths). what's more likely, that he died abusing the drug or that he was a cancer patient using it for it's proper purpose and accidentally overdosed?

Helvete
June 26th 2010
1354 Comments


hopefully

JulesWin
June 26th 2010
993 Comments


its just bass


lmao! they can actually afford to lose 2-3 more members since they have so many people already

JulesWin
June 26th 2010
993 Comments


the trash banging clown


well they would still have the long-nosed, zippermouth thrash banger so they could still manage

JulesWin
June 26th 2010
993 Comments


keyboard guy? you mean the guy with the needles in his head? he CAN'T be replaced tbh, I mean if he were to die, who else would do... uh whatever it is that he does

JulesWin
June 26th 2010
993 Comments


the dj doesn't do a damn thing either


how dare you! have you seen his epic stage dives? like the one where he broke both his ankles? he had to "perform" in a wheelchair. so more respect for DJ guy, do you know how hard it is to do what he does? IN A WHEELCHAIR?

JulesWin
June 26th 2010
993 Comments


I guess so, must be exhausting to do what he does...
whatever it is

JulesWin
June 26th 2010
993 Comments


more like 50% head banging 45% crazy costumes 5% musical talent

AsspaiN
June 26th 2010
28 Comments


RIP man

Dylan620
June 26th 2010
6007 Comments


Oh how I used to love Slipknot.

laterenima
June 26th 2010
278 Comments


lol slipknot and disturbed and a7x and stuff

kitsch
June 27th 2010
5117 Comments


anyone who is fucking with fentanyl with a kid on the way is a pile of trash.

i knew a girl who od'd on this same shit

Lelle
June 27th 2010
2819 Comments


/quote paxman

He died from fentanyl, which is a patch you apply to your skin, like a nicotine patch. Cancer patients and the like are usually the poor people who use fentanyl...not thirty-year-old bassists with unborn children.


GymLeaderBrock
June 27th 2010
61 Comments


paul gay

drasticaction74
June 27th 2010
1947 Comments


the rev death was much more tragic, because he actually contributed to the songs that we like from the band. He wrote alot of the melodies & lyrics, not to mention all the inventive drum parts.

Paul was just a big intimidating dude that clown needed to play bass. He was probably told what to play 99% of the time.

eleventhsun
June 28th 2010
1475 Comments


ya much more tragic to HIS fans and HIS family... How stupid of a fucking comment is that.

Guys life was more important because you enjoy his input in his respective band more?

Tell that to his wife and children.



Chud55
June 28th 2010
33 Comments


I like how people say "The rev's death was a bit more tragic" lol How? their both in a band, how can you say his death was more tragic? thats a bit harsh. You're saying that hes a less important person. The Rev did drugs aswell. So he deserved it in a way byu messing with that shit. Did you know him? if you did then yeah you could say it was more tragic for your sake but not for everyone jeeezzz I hate how people think their best mates with a band member when they never met them and just listened to their music,Its pathetic. Just like Justin Bieber fans. You're exactly the same. Anyway his death wasn't more tragic as the Rev was shit, and he was in a shit band.

Chud55
June 28th 2010
33 Comments


Also how did you know that Paul didnt contribute to Slipknot songs. I think he did...........I read about it somewhere? But yeah you cant really say it was less tragic that the Rev. If the Rev did contribute to the songs then he must of been a terrible song writer.

Lelle
June 28th 2010
2819 Comments


If the Rev did contribute to the songs then he must of been a terrible song writer.


this

Nomos
June 29th 2010
1737 Comments


I can't wait for Thom Yorke and the collective members of...Animal Collective, to all die in a fiery plane crash whilst they're on their way to Ironicfacialhairapalooza or some Ill-Fitting Toque Benefit Concert.

Then Sputnikfork, er, Pitchmusic, ER, Sputnik Music would be going TRULY nuts.

BillyBoBBizWorth
July 11th 2010
1 Comments


Hello all.

I recently joined this Forum just to post on this thread,for those who respected his work i salute you,for those who have listened to the band i salute you,for those who have not judged Paul Gray with out even knowing him the co founder and one of the main contributors to the Slipknot band,i salute you.

Because really, how do any of you have the right to talk about someone you did not know a fucking thing about at all!

All you eyeless piece's of fucking shit talking about someone you dont know, on a stupid as fuck forum behind your idiotic computers discussing someones death, do you talk about your family's deaths like this?
I didnt think so, and for you smart arse punks that would say yes can go rot in a ditch because your one cold motherfucker.

Have nothing but respect for his part of the band and if you followed his musical skills and work, i hope you respect that too. Because for all us cattle out here in the real world that is all we get to enjoy about that man that played bass in a terrific band.Nothing Else.

Just enjoy his work and use it to remember Paul Gray or even for inspiration to start a musical instrument, I am.

Now for you fucking stupid muppets that bloody spellcheck and call every tom,dick and harry a noob in a forum, get a fucking life because not everyones educated to the same level, so get the fuck over yourself and go jerk your faggot arse daddy's, or go find a big brown dick and suck it motherfuckers.

Make you squeal you little punk arse bitches,before you say i swear to much, suck a dick and go die off like a extinct race of bitches like you are.

Im off to delete my account on this little pansy arse forum that you girls like to talk a bunch of shit over about people you dont even know, keep your blind and heartless opinions to yourself because your all just a bunch of losers on a forum.

Get real,bye bitches...Vieh sterben!



Lelle
July 11th 2010
2819 Comments


wow that's a whole lotta hate

Pharoh
December 7th 2011
3325 Comments


Edgy.

anarchistfish
December 7th 2011
30537 Comments


"the rev death was much more tragic, because he actually contributed to the songs that we like from the band."

paul gray was the main songwriter for slipknot...



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