Emblem of the NICS. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a U.S. system for determining if prospective firearms or explosives buyers' name and birth year match those of a person who is not eligible to buy.
Paul Gray, who founded heavy-metal band Slipknot, died of a drug overdose in an Iowa motel in 2010. His doctor, Dr Daniel Baldi, faces 9 counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from the deaths of Gray and others he prescribed drugs to.
Paul Gray. Paul Dedrick Gray was the bass player of the band up till May 24th 2010 and was part of the original Slipknot line-up. Unlike the rest of the band, he was in fact born in Los Angeles, but he resided in Des Moines Iowa with the rest of the band. Personal life and career. Gray was born in Los Angeles, California.