At the end of their performance at Knotfest Iowa last weekend, on the 25th, Slipknot paid tribute to founding members Joey Jordison and Paul Gray , both deceased.
At the end of the song "Surfacing," written by Gray, Jordison, and Corey Taylor , images of the two band members appeared on the screen along with their birth and death dates and the respective numbers they were given in the band. A video of the moment can be seen at the end of this article.
Paul Gray was found dead in a hotel room in 2010. The cause of death was ruled an accidental overdose. Jordison's death, in turn, shook the music world in July of this year . The official cause has not yet been released, but his former bandmate, Corey Taylor, recently referred to the event as " a damn tragedy .
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