Corey Taylor and Paul Gray were best friends and bandmates.

Corey Taylor, frontman of Slipknot, posted a tribute on his official Instagram to his late friend and bandmate Paul Gray on what would have been his 46th birthday.

The bassist was found dead in a hotel room after suffering a morphine overdose in May 2010. Last Sunday, the 8th, he would have celebrated his birthday.

In memory of his friend, Taylor shared a video where he appears playing the piano and wishing a happy birthday to #2, as he was known in Slipknot.

Recently, Paul Gray's family reached a settlement with his personal physician, Dr. Daniel Baldi, and UnityPoint-Des Moines hospital regarding incorrect prescriptions and treatments. According to the family, the bassist had access to a large quantity of medication that ultimately resulted in an overdose. Learn more here.

 

Happy Birthday. #2

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A music journalist since 2016, she was an editor at Wikimetal, where she combined her two great passions: music and writing. She believes that heavy music deserves to be everywhere and strives to make that a reality. Slipknot, Evanescence, and Bring Me The Horizon are essential to her playlist.