Reuters - Mar 14, 2011
Slipknot have decided to stay within the family to find a touring replacement for bassist Paul Gray, who died of an accidental overdose last May. Donnie Steele, an original guitarist for the metal...
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Autopsy results show the bassist for heavy metal band Slipknot died of an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl, a synthetic morphine substitute, police said Monday. Paul Gray, 38, was found...
More »AP - May 27, 2010
The hotel employee who found Slipknot bassist Paul Gray dead in his room told a 911 operator that there was a hypodermic needle next to Gray s bed and there were all kinds of pills everywhere. TownePlace...
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Shock rock band Slipknot led the nominations on Wednesday for the Kerrang! Awards, Britain's biggest heavy metal music prize. The nine-piece band, known for their macabre horror masks and spectacular...
More »Yahoo! Music - Jan 27, 2009
A Slipknot fan has died after suffering a heart attack at one of the metal band s gigs in Iowa. Corey Nickels, 29, collapsed on the concourse level of the Mid-America Center at 10:30pm (CST) on Sunday...
More »E! Online - Sep 3, 2008
Who knew The Game and Al Gore had so much in common? Sadly for them, both have now wound up on the wrong end of a recount. This morning, the rapper appeared to have a Phelpsian tip-of-the-finger...
More »Reuters - Jul 12, 2008
The moment is burned into the mind of Roadrunner Records president Jonas Nachsin. It was 1999, and his label had convinced Ozzfest organizers to put its newly signed band, Slipknot, on the festival...
More »USRN - May 2, 2005
Slipknot s concert at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa on Friday night (April 29) was disrupted by violence, according to Omaha TV station WOWT. Authorities reported that approximately 200...
More »USRN - Mar 21, 2005
Slipknot percussionist Shawn Clown Crahan has left the band s current Subliminal Verses tour to care for his ailing wife, according to Blabbermouth.net. The band performed on Tuesday night (March 15)...
More »USRN - May 24, 2004
A woman named Susan Balfour is trying to stop the Aggressive Music Festival, scheduled for July 17 and 18 in Glens Falls, New York, according to local news channel Capital News 9. The concert will feature...
More »USRN - Apr 12, 2004
The cover of Slipknot s new album, titled Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses), features a mask that doesn t belong to one of the nine members of the band. This new mask was designed by the band s percussionist...
More »Yahoo! Music - Apr 5, 2004
Des Moines, Iowa-based extreme rockers Slipknot have been barred from staging a hometown concert at the 7 Flags Event Center in nearby Clive City, according to TheIowaChannel.com. The Clive City Council...
More »USRN - Jul 14, 2003
(7/14/03, 7 a.m. ET) -- Music from heavy metal cult band Slipknot has been associated with the murder of a 22-year-old man in California, according to the San Bernadino Police. Twenty-year old Jason...
More »USRN - Jun 3, 2003
(6/3/03, 7 a.m. ET) -- Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was arrested on Sunday (June 1) in Des Moines, Iowa, and taken into custody for possession of marijuana, cocaine, drug paraphernalia, and for failure...
More »USRN - Dec 26, 2002
(12/26/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- Slipknot s next album will likely be its final release. While the band will also tour in support of the album, the follow-up to 2000 s Iowa, singer Corey Taylor claims the group...
More »USRN - Nov 26, 2002
(11/26/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- Slipknot releases its full-length DVD, Disasterpieces, on Tuesday (November 26). Band mastermind Shawn Crahan, a.k.a. Clown, told LAUNCH that not only is the technology of the...
More »USRN - Nov 13, 2002
(11/13/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison sat in with Papa Roach during P-Roach s European tour closer at Brixton Academy in London late last week. The sold-out appearance took place during...
More »USRN - Oct 18, 2002
(10/18/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- The first single from Stone Sour s self-titled debut, Bother, climbs to Number Seven this week on Billboard s Modern Rock chart. The orchestrated song is softer than most Stone...
More »USRN - Oct 16, 2002
(10/16/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- Stone Sour played the World in New York City on Tuesday night (October 15) with former Megadeth drummer Jimmy DeGrasso filling in for the injured Joel Ekman. DeGrasso had to take...
More »USRN - Oct 6, 2002
(10/6/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Henry Rollins is set to release Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs To Benefit The West Memphis Three on Tuesday (October 8). The album features covers of 24 classic Black Flag songs...
More »USRN - Aug 22, 2002
(8/22/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor is set to release an album with his other band, Stone Sour, on Tuesday (August 27). The self-titled Roadrunner debut is more melodic and isn t as...
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