From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Dedrick Gray (April 8, 1972 – May 24, 2010) also known as The Pig or by his number #2 was an American musician, best known as the bassist, primary songwriter and one of the founding members of the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Slipknot. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Gray (American musician), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia