], my chum [singer-songwriter] Martin Newell showed me a couple of his own tunings that, although a bit off the wall, have an infectious jangle thats particularly inspiring when it comes to 60s Beatles/Monkees kind of tunes. As his bandmates drift in and out, its really just #2 holding everything together from beginning to end. Whats the writing process in the band today?Sensible: We write as individuals, then throw our stuff into the Damned pot and see what it sounds like. "Finger stretches? It looked pretty violent. "In the beginning you will probably emulate your favourite players, but take that and make it your own and be yourself. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, There's a heavy difference in style between the two basses, that's for sure. The Damneds dynamic duo, Captain Sensible and Paul Gray, played together in the studio for the first time in 22 years while recording the bands new album. Marc Bolan wouldve loved that! Also my fingers aren't that fast, I can get to a decent speed but I'm not freaking Billy Sheehan.". They also sound totally different. Things like that made a big difference, and on some tracks, youre hearing five to six guitar takes all at once. Doing that actually made me fall in love with bass guitar and that's why I became a bass player.". What gear was integral to creating the guitar tones on the album? Its not that he didnt like them of course he did, he went and saw Stone Sour, Murderdolls but when Paul would come home he would get really sad because all hed want to do was Slipknot. Genre politics and hyperbole aside, the Damned have always been the musicians band among the classic punks, and the group has always operated with a policy of lawlessness when it comes to the music they make. Before his teenage years had even begun, his two greatest musical revelations had arrived in the form of Suicidal Tendencies 1983 debut and, not long after, experiencing Slayer live in the flesh. The great thing about those basses is that theyre so individual to how you want them to sound. I helped start one of the biggest metal bands in the world and Im not necessarily a metalhead. Largely penned by Paul and Shawn Clown Crahan before the band had formed, the song was originally titled Slipknot though the group ended up using the name for one of their first shows. The words Fender, Telecaster, Stratocaster and the associated headstock designs are registered trademarks of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. On May 25, 2010, the members of Slipknot filed into a room to face the press, on one of the bleakest days of their lives. His playing was informed by his early devotion to thrash, and that conversion to the bass. Incredibly, he was welcomed into the band, Vexx. I looked at the sheet Id been working on and at the bottom was the chorus for Psychosocial already This song was meant to be. The breakdown after the guitar solo remains a highlight of any Slipknot live set, its members falling into a Meshuggah-esque groove as Corey screams of, The limits of the dead! Using a mixture of palm-muting, chromatics and pauses to twist and stretch the listeners ear in new and unexpected ways, it would be one of Pauls final contributions to the Knot. I was just, I gotta get a real guitar and actually do it. Seeing them up there and the red lights and the smoke and it was all evil, I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Its cheaper, too, and once youve smoothed the frets and boshed on a scratchplate, youve got yourself a cracking guitar for what it costs. How would you describe your playing style? "He had the biggest heart of anyone I've ever known, and he had the greatest soul I've ever . I go to the same fucking bar and hang out with the same fucking people, so I really havent changed that much. I don't even know if you can actually hear it - it was more like a sub-woofer king of thing. 9. We unselfishly say, Lets play Paul Gray riffs, or do it the way Paul would want it., Paul lives on through his family, music, and the army of maggots who hold him close. Songs with JANGLE, let's display those electric 12 strings. But also, Ive never known trust like the nine.. His eyebrows would go down, his brain would switch off, and the music sang through him. Those were round wound. I like to pick a patch out from the library and then heavily modify it for the song, and I really get in there and tweak them. Added by Bastien. We have a tendency towards being first-takers together. It's been 10 years since we lost Slipknot bassist Paul Gray. As Slipknot were an anomaly with nine members, dominated by three drummers, he had to work out how to cut through and complement the ferocious noise. So all those prominent bass players really caught my ear and I thought it was so great, because it was such an important part of the song. Summary is that he used Guts until around '59. So I begged my mum for a guitar, and she finally got me one. HiddenCharms said: I don't know if this is true, but I remember reading that Duane Allman and Jimi Hendrix used Fender Rock'n'Roll Strings guaged 10-38. Ross Robinson, producer of the first two records, told NME: As a musician, he brought absolute integrity. It's weird but I love the bassline in Van Halen's 'Running With The Devil' in open fucking E. Now, I appreciate any player who can lay down a solid bass groove, like Cliff Williams from AC/DC. I thought it was the coolest thing ever., By the age of 16, Paul was living in an apartment with his friends Frank and Chris, jamming Danzig songs in the living room under the moniker Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Guitars Doing that actually made me fall in love with bass guitar and thats why I became a bass player., Paul was my biggest influence when he came into the band, recalled Anders Colsefni, Vexxs drummer. So I was like, I've moved to Iowa, I don't know anybody, so maybe I should jump in and say I play bass and try to meet some people? When asked about the song which best summarised Pauls contributions to Slipknot, its interesting that Corey and Clown have singled out Vermilion as his magnum opus both admitting they were moved by the chillingly real sense of pain and struggle on the bass players original demo. At one point, Paul drifted back to LA, but was persuaded back by Anders and Shawn. Barely a year before, they had played their career-best show as first-time headliners at Download. A Les Paul is easier to play than a Strat because a Les Paul has a far lower string tension compared to a Strat with the same gauge strings. I can only speak for myself, but to me its just the greatest thing thats ever happened in my life, he enthused. These guitars come to Paul with pickups and volume and tone controls already installed. Eventually, he managed to procure a replacement. When I tried out I constantly turned myself down or turned the tone knob down by accident. Captain, what was it like working with Visconti from a guitarists perspective? "I was listening in on their conversation, eavesdropping, they were talking about doing covers of Slayer and Metallica - all these songs that I knew how to play on guitar. The lead guitar breaks on Evil Spirits sound very in-the-moment, but also precisely mapped.Sensible: They are pretty much first takes. Whether he knew you or not. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), 2004), Vermilion (Vol. Who cares if theres a few jazz notes in there. On Octobers behalf, the Gray family sued pain relief specialist Dr. Daniel Baldi and his former employers, alleging Paul hadnt been properly monitored during his drug addiction treatment. Actually, I did go on and try to compose something better, but we liked the skin-of-your-teeth excitement of the originals best. Inkcarceration announces headliners Slipknot and Limp Bizkit alongside Megadeth, Lamb Of God, In This Moment and more. This is all from memory. A metalhead through and through, he nevertheless began listening to funk and jazz, taking a few lessons to learn slap and pop techniques. Its a real players bass and has obviously been played and loved for over 40 years and it really feels like it! You can coax many different sounds out of a Rickenbacker depending on your fingering technique, what gauge pick you use, what year it is. "You know, the first one I bought was a Charvel, a weird reddish purple Charvel It was not that great a bass. What gear are you using live?Sensible: We have built up a collection of Marshall EL84 20/20 20-watt stereo power amps, which might even have warmed up Mrs. Thatchers cold heart if someone had thought of it! To make it worth your while, you must consider how much sugar was added to their . The legendary Dan Erlewine, luthier Gene Imbody and Berklees Tomo Fujita have shot a 6-point lesson video to help, Producer Mura Masa says that PinkPantheresss Boys A Liar was made in a couple of hours, and that he didnt know about the Ice Spice 'Pt 2' remix until he saw the video, A-ha interview: "We were convinced that the record company would drop us and everything was over before it began" the story of Take On Me and their debut album Hunting High And Low. Originally posted by volumefiend. Corey called him their secret weapon. There was a band in our town that had a great bass player called Mark and he could play jazz and funk, so I sat down with him about five or six times and learned a lot of techniques. Its a drag to repeat yourself, and thats why no two Damned albums sound alike. "But then I ended up going to Ibanez on the last album because - I can't remember where we were - but I went to a pawn shop and picked up this Ibanez ATK that they've stopped making and I just loved the way it played and sounded, so I started playing it too and Ibanez approached me to offer me a deal. "It's a little bit of both, like on songs like 'Wait And Bleed' I'll use my fingers But then there's songs like 'Sulfur' or 'People = Shit' that have grind parts where you need the attack of a pick. Like '1, 2, 3, 4' and '1, 3, 2, 4' to just try different finger patterns. In tribute to Paul's indelible legacy and legend, we're going to look at a side of the man that was rarely seen, let alone written about. We had no rehearsals for the recording sessions, as we all live in different places now, and I had only heard the songs three days before, so we were in the deep end. Paul Dedrick Gray Born April 8, 1972 Died May 24, 2010 Country United States IPI 00344172381 21 works Affiliation ASCAP Member of Slipknot Bass (1995-2010) Meta. Although fairly light, I find the reduced-thickness picks weve moved over to hardly break any strings these days, which is good, because I hate changing guitars mid-gig. The deep, menacing notes heard during the intro and verses build an almost horror movie kind of suspense in between the grinding guitars and its hair-raising You all stare but youll never see theres something inside me chorus. Prior to joining Metal Hammer, El spent three years as Production Editor at Kerrang! Ampeg was also really great to me and I can't say anything bad about them. in July 2008. Heres how it works. Aqua Marine. Slipknots first gig was on April 4, 1996. Luckily it all seems to work most of the time anyway. Summary of Gary Moore's Gear What guitar did Gary Moore play? I became slightly obsessed with the solos on Strange Town and the way the excitement builds in them, carrying the listener away on a tidal wave of excitement. Based on the Ibanez ATK series, it features a massive 5-piece maple/walnut neck, light ash body and an ultra-powerful tripl Show More. JavaScript is disabled. If you think it's fucked up and weird, then that's cool because it's your thing. Paul is survived by his wife Brenna and their daughter October, who was born three months after his death. But everything needs some editing, and to pare it down to what you finally hear, we had to make a lot of choices. Its so easy to be generic or cheesy in metal, and Paul never was. One has a very chunky neck, and thats a 74, and the 77 has a thinner neck than a Fender Jazz bass. Theyve been far too busy touring to devote time to nostalgia. Paul didnt know anyone in Iowa, so six months in, when he overheard some guys in a local record store talking about needing a bass player for Metallica and Slayer covers, he volunteered his services. Just seeing them up there with the red lights and smoke it was all evil. As far as opening gambits go, the first musical track on Slipknots debut is as good as it gets. Even if you're playing metal bass, listen to jazz, country, punk rock or whatever because you can always pick up tips from other players. Luckily, it didnt choke at the Albert Hall during our 40th anniversary show. This was noticeable with all of the guitar-centric genres, most notably with hard rock and heavy metal. After then he used steel strings. "It was weird because when I started practising these songs on bass, I didn't know any of them. What's Inside show Works 23; All; Songs written by Paul Gray [US1] Original songs. Basses Although the low E changed every now and then especially in the late 80's. He would typically use the .058 string gauge but has intermittently used .060's and even .074's. The first five strings are relatively light . Though omitted from later reissues, the ninth track from the Slipknot debut still towers among their darkest moments: lyrically, thanks to a title inherited from a fictional story about a girl who had been kidnapped and buried alive, and sonically, with Paul dialling in a woolly bass tone containing virtually no treble frequencies. Interview - paul gray slipknot bassist band, Interview - paul gray slipknot bassist headbang, Interview - paul gray slipknot bassist finger, Damon Albarn reveals that the beat from one of Gorillaz best-loved songs was an Omnichord loop preset, It looks like Gibson is going to start selling vintage guitars including a '59 Les Paul Burst, Deadmau5 delivers his verdict on AI music production: Its scary in the sense of how stupid music already is anyway, Confused about setting up your guitar? His knack for finger-twisting, down-tuned riffs including extreme slides and bends is what made their assault all the more bludgeoning, a skill which hed undoubtedly sharpened as a death metal-obsessed teenager. It couldve also been our disgraceful behavior, but who really knows? ran an early assessment of the new tracks, describing Left Behind as "considerably more melodic than the rest of the album, providing a brief moment of respite from the outright nastiness elsewhere". The quiet lay heavy in the air, and seemed to stretch for miles. Its safe to say that when Slipknot takes time off, Paul was the one person worst affected by the other side-bands. As a comparison, I recenly picked up a Johnson Viola bass to donate to my daughter's school auction. Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! "I started with Ampeg but now I'm with Peavey. I just pick out licks and phrases I heard my heroes play. During the recording sessions for All Hope Is Gone, Paul had called Shawn to say he was too sick to come to the studio. scullyfan. While their 1999 self-titled debut would prove to be a landmark, 2001s Iowa earned them a No.1 in the UK, while 2004s Vol. Its been 10 years since we lost Slipknot bassist Paul Gray. I just do standard exercises, you know, what do they call 'em? He never returned home. I named all of them after the Captain, and I think maybe there will be a Captain Sensible pack at some point for the H9. Ampeg 8x10 cab Apart from the TC Nova System, for its analog distortions, and a Dunlop wah, the only other pedal used was the H9 Harmonizer. How did you and Tony Visconti record the bass tones for the album? And how about you, personally? And thats what hes left behind for us, is absolute love.. As Slipknot put it in Skeptic, The world will never see another crazy motherfucker like you. From triumph to tragedy, here is his story, Yesterday we lost our brother, and the world seems a little smaller because of it, began Corey Taylor. The bass fills he did, I really had to fucking rewind tapes and play them over and over to get it.". I was speechless watching him write this song. Bunch of new American psychos just dropped. Slipknot had always seemed combustible yet invincible nine individual, larger-than-life characters who came together as a unit onstage. "Actually it was some Sabbath and Metallica stuff. He brought the knowledge and the enthusiasm, and he was the most social of all the people on the metal scene. We had confidence in each other that it would work, and we hadnt played together [in the studio] for nearly 22 years! An autopsy revealed he had. Theres a massive range of guitar ideas in the Damneds discography, from straight-ahead punk stuff to psych-rock. Listened to 4 Beatles LPs (yes; these black huge 33 1/3 things) the last days. It broke in a roaring cheer. The same was said of his personality, Corey often describing him as the glue of the band the one member who lived and breathed Slipknot all day every day, the worlds best cheerleader to bring them together no matter what challenge or hurdle lay ahead. They werent making silly faces and all that like the other guys. Cliff Burton was awesome and since we were doing Metallica covers, I really had to sit down and learn Cliff's parts because he was all over the place. We recorded at Atomic Sound in Brooklyn, which is a beautiful studio with a lovely, big wooden live room. He wrote the kind of music with Joey that made me want to put my face through glass, he said. I had to get a real guitar and do it. Rotosound (.049.090) She has also written for the likes of Classic Rock, Prog, Rock Sound and Visit London amongst others, and was a regular presenter on the Metal Hammer Podcast. Total Guitar has not edited this interview, deciding instead to leave as much of Paul's personality and character in as possible RIP Paul. They were a menacing presence, ready to inflict pain on themselves in the name of catharsis. Feed. Im not just playing for Clown; Im playing for him, for his wife and daughter, his legacy, his love for the band, his love for music.. With Mountain, Flowers of Evil has a live side, and the bass and guitar interplay on that album is just magnificent, and I love that really filthy sound Felix P. had: electric farts, we call it in the Damned. The 15-minute epic that closes the Knots second album showcased a very different side to Pauls playing, more '90s rock than extreme metal in feel sharing similarities with the kind of lines heard in bands like Tool and Pearl Jam. Paul and Anders ended up forming a death metal band called Body Pit, with Anders on vocals. They put together the spine-tingling Vermillion (for Vol. Slipknot have just released a brand-new song, Bone Church, which started life in a jam room on the .5: The Gray Chapter tour. It required the heaviest gauge top string he could find in order to hold the notes well enough to record. Shawn speculated this had a detrimental effect on his mental wellbeing. The main guitar is a 1959 Les Paul Standard . He took up an interest in music early on thanks to some guidance from his older brother William Jay Matthews, who introduced him to bands like Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper and KISS. "I think I started playing bass in 1990, which is what? When you play, do you prefer to play with a pick or your fingers? ), but i'm not 100% sure Apr 26, 2001 #3 Jman Mar 24, 2000 Waterport,NY I think they picked me because they collectively like various albums Ive made: especially the T. Rex and Bowie stuff. Someone else can probably add more, or demonstrate that my memory is faulty. I was lucky enough to see them all play club venues, where you could really watch what their fingers were doing. We've got songs on the albums that are in our normal drop B tuning, and we do a drop A tuning, and I do another tuning where I'm actually in octaves - it's weird! Fans held t-shirts aloft, while Shawn and Corey stood at the back of the stage, arms around each others shoulders, faces crumpled with emotion. I'd just say, for people who are learning, try to keep changing things up and stay open minded to everything. Early producer Ross Robinson, who worked on the groups self-titled debut and its Iowa follow-up, went as far as labelling him the bands secret weapon, blessed with absolute integrity and a talent for coming out with the most unbelievable ideas. I made Paul punch in a lot, but a lot of it comes with modifying parts and changing things to be something a little different without changing their overall feel or what theyre trying to say as players. On July 10, at 2pm, thousands of Sonisphere-goers joined together in a two-minute silence for #2. Rhythmically, however, the song was a bit more challenging; Pauls verse basslines picked as strict alternate 16th notes throughout, which, once you factor in the boiler suit and pig mask for the live shows, would have been a quite a workout for his left arm. He spent the several decades with Spirocore Mittels. In 1975, Eventides Tony designed the first harmonizer, so it was nice to meet the bloke whose gear Id used so extensively over the years. What strings did Paul Gray use? Its complexity is countered by the open-string drone that dramatically brings everything to a close the guitar and bass amps ringing out together in a hellish orchestra of earth-shaking noise. I didn't think they would, but they called me up and said, 'Here you go!'". Or Maiden's Steve Harris, who does all kinds of amazing stuff and who is completely different to Cliff. Mar 3, 2003 #9. Im not a control freak and I want them to express themselves, and I wouldnt work with them if they werent great musiciansthats my criteria. He had a difficult and itinerant childhood, and his father died by suicide. So my second string was in A but I was actually an octave below the low A, so I was super low. Given an exclusive listen to the second full-length in the months ahead of release, Kerrang! How do you get A Slipknot guitar tone? Im having the time of my life.. You are using an out of date browser. When Macca's Rickie was sent for an overhaul to Rickenbacker, they found that the bridge pickup was dead and had been dead for a long time, turns out that when Macca stripped his Rickie, he tried to get rid of the cover for the bridge pickup, so he sawed it open, which in a horse shoe is a big mistake, since that cover he wanted to get rid of is part of the pickup. Everything else has been me just experimenting.". To the outside world, everything was fine. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. .60 mm Dunlop Tortex. Captains songs are Gods gift because theyre so melodic. Simple as it may be, especially when compared to their earlier tracks, Duality is also the sound of The Nine at their most effective its four minutes and 12 seconds condensed down to three and a half for a single version that would become directly responsible for converting new armies of metalheads around the world. Slipknot is more dangerous now than ever and I have the fuel known as Paul Dedrick Gray in my blood, he said, even more fired up than usual. Who wants to go onstage with an unblemished guitar slung round their neck? Although the Captain was stationed on bass for the Damneds first few recordings, he emerged on the groups third album, 1979s Machine Gun Etiquette, as a dexterous and melodic guitarist with a knack for penning killer hooks that draw on a surprisingly vast range of influences. Its a mission statement that encapsulated The Nines bloodthirsty ambitions and set the bar incredibly high early on, the verse shifting between a staccato and muted delivery to a more open, groove-orientated feel for tension and release. Nick from Widnes England Writes: The two main acoustic guitars that Paul Simon uses on stage are as follows: Yamaha LS400 (black) Custom made by Luther Terumi (Terry) Nakamoto. Paul was there from the very, very beginning. Call us at 800-449-9128. It was as simple as that. Captain is the primo guitarist in my book.We both share a love of pop songs. Slipknot had arrived. What is it about them that you like so much?Gray: I was very much drawn to Rickenbacker sounds, to the point where Id listen to the radio as a kid and was always trying to figure out if it was a Rickenbacker I was hearing. I havent a clue about scales and stuff. The Damned opened for T. Rex back in the day, and I even asked Captain why we never did this before. "You know what, some of my favourite basslines are the simplest ones ever. I had to go back and listen to them. It's definitely a different thing compared to if I was playing in a punk band with only one guitar player and I could fucking, y'know, noodle around and do lots of stuff. With the emergence of Eddie Van Halen as a phenomenon in the late 1970s and 1980s . There was one problem: hed never played bass. For nylon strings Chet and I both used D'Addario Pro-Art, although both of us at times have used LaBella 500p Professional concert & recording strings. Sprayed sparks all over the place. The bass player always looked the coolest in the band! Or any money to buy one. . Paul Dedrick Gray Born April 8, 1972 Died May 24, 2010 Country United States IPI 00344172381 21 works Affiliation ASCAP Member of Slipknot Bass (1995-2010) Meta. Really being up against the clock meant we were just going for it. 1974 Rickenbacker 4001, Amps He had the biggest heart of anyone Ive ever known, and he had the greatest soul Ive ever had the privilege to know. Tony McPhees Groundhogs performance of Cherry Red on Top of the Pops departed radically from the shows usual fare, and that was the moment I decided to get a guitar and only a Gibson SG would do. Alter Bridge, Halestorm, Neck Deep, Bob Vylan, Hot Milk, Palaye Royale, Jinjer and more join this years Download Festival. It took me 15 years to figure out that all they were really playing was the pentatonic scale with some extra notes chucked in! Electric Guitar String Set Gauges What is B standard tuning? Why hide them, anyway? Hellfest reveal 2023s line-up with headliners Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Mtley Cre and KISS. The only way I can sum up Paul Gray is love. They thought it was cool thats how I got playing bass.. Heres how it works. Despite his use of D'Aquisto strings in the 1960's and 1970's, Paul has always preferred the D'Addario lighting (EJ16 phosphor bronze) on his acoustic guitars. Apart from a regular open-G blues tuning [Editors note: Check out Silly Kids Games on The Black Album for an example. As one of the three founding members of Slipknot, Paul Gray fast became one of their key songwriters his name more often than not found in the credits for the tracks that werent assigned to the group as a whole. You have to use D'Addario short scale bass strings, 080 for the 5th and 0.100 for the 6th It's not easy to do this because you have to have a bridge that you can hook the bass string to as they are a lot larger than a guitar string. Its got a really nice punch. I was used to hearing the guitar in each song and the bass is there and you can hear it filling out the song, but I really had to listen to his parts. Don't know if it's true though. It wasnt a million miles away from the sound John Entwistle got on Live at Leeds. But more importantly than anything else, Paul Grays songs and performances have resonated louder and prouder with each and every passing year. What Guitar Strings Does Paul Simon Use? Ive been there from the beginning, when Paul recognised my ability as an artist and said, Just do it, man! One has a clanky sound and one has much more growl. It's worked for me So far anyway! In December 2010, they announced they would headline 2011s Sonisphere to honour the legacy of their fallen friend. I locked myself in me bedroom after schoola real Johnny-no-matesand I plucked away until I figured what they were playing. Gauges . We chart much-missed bassist Paul Gray's 10 greatest tracks for the Knot, The only way I can sum up Paul Gray is love, said Corey Taylor in a tearful emergency conference held the day after his bandmate has passed. People say they eat into frets, but Ive never found that to be the case, and I change them every night when Im on tour. He turned up to rehearsal with a right-handed bass borrowed from his brothers friend, Frankensteind into a left-handed one, and played the regular guitar parts on it.

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