Paul Gray Should Be Remembered For The Good He Did

The widow of Slipknot bassist Paul Gray says she wants people to remember him as “more than just a drug addict.”

Model Brenna Gray was six months pregnant with the couple’s daughter when the tragic musician was found dead in an Iowa hotel room in May. He was 38. Police later confirmed he’d taken an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

But Brenna doesn’t want people to focus on what she says was the one negative aspect of her husband’s character – and she’s determined to make sure his death saves other people’s lives.

She tells Revolver magazine: “I don’t want people to judge him for the mistake he made. He wasn’t just

a drug addict; that was a little part of his life that he just couldn’t overcome.

“He was a great guy, a great musician, a great husband, a great friend, a great brother and a great son. I want people to know that.”

October Dedrick Gray is four months old now, and Brenna is focusing on bringing her daughter up well while working to keep Paul’s memory alive, in the hope it prevents others from making the same tragic

mistake.

She says: “I’ve been working with the MusiCares organisation. If I can get my story out there, as hard

as it is to tell – if one person can save their own life through my husband losing his – that’s what matters.”

Meanwhile, Avenged Sevenfold frontman M Shadows has paid tribute to drummer Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan a year after he died.

Sullivan passed away at home in California on December 28, 2009 after taking an overdose. But Shadows says he wants to remember his bandmate’s life rather than his death.

The singer tells Kerrang: “It’s a daily struggle. There are good days and bad days. Days where you don’t think about it so much, then days where you just sit there and can’t believe it.

“We’ll celebrate his birthday on February 9 and not his death. We’ll get together, watch his tribute video and talk about him – we do that every day anyway. I want to remember the guy for how awesome he was.” Courtesy of rockaaa.com