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.
In October 2013, it was revealed that Revere was battling cancer in the brain, but he continued to perform despite the diagnosis until April 2014. In August 2014, Revere announced that he was officially retiring from the group, though they could continue to tour as Paul Revere's Raiders, led by his son, Jamie Revere. On October 4, 2014, Paul Revere died peacefully at his home in Caldwell, Idaho at the age of 76.