Saturday, December 21, 2024

Yungblud reveals ‘bonkers’ double album plan

Yungblud is planning a "bonkers" double album. The 27-year-old rocker is set to release the follow-up to his self-titled...

Latest Posts

Alex James reveals why he thought a Blur reunion would’ never happen

Alex James thought a Blur reunion would "never happen". The 56-year-old musician shot to fame alongside Damon Albarn, Graham...

Last Christmas reaches UK Christmas Number One for the second year in a row

Andrew Ridgeley says George Michael would have been "utterly delighted" that 'Last Christmas' has become such a classic. The...

Tom Grennan wants festive duet with Raye

Tom Grennan is hoping to cover his favourite Christmas song with Raye. The singer/songwriter has named The Pogues’ Christmas...

Chris Martin: Coldplay are easy to criticise

Chris Martin admits that Coldplay are a "safe target" for critics. The 'Clocks' band have divided audiences with their...

Slipknot’s Paul Gray was prescribed Xanax before overdose


Slipknot’s Paul Gray was being prescribed Xanax in the weeks leading up to his death.

Doctor Daniel Baldi is on trial for the death of the group’s bassist, who overdosed in May 2010, along with eight others, after allegedly giving him the drug despite his history of addiction.

A court heard on Tuesday (22.04.14), the musician spent his final weeks in a "blur" of extreme drug abuse which could have been prevented.

Paul’s widow, Brenna Gray, questioned why Doctor Baldi was continuing to prescribe him the anti-anxiety drug when he was an addict in a downward spiral.

According to the Des Moines Register, she told the court: "I just knew it was his drug of choice, that he’d struggled with it.

"So I just wasn’t really sure why he was on it, why he needed it along with the medication he was taking for addiction."

Brenna claimed she had showed his doctor photographs of Paul after he’d passed out in the hope he would take his drug abuse seriously and insists she tried to get his Slipknot band mates to stage an intervention but "none offered to help."

She made the claims during testimony at the trial at Polk County District Court in Iowa, after her husband was found dead at an Urbandale motel due to an overdose of prescription drugs morphine and fentanyl, which Baldi did not prescribe.

He denies nine counts of involuntary manslaughter and his lawyer claims he didn’t prescribe the drugs that caused the deaths.


Latest Posts

Alex James reveals why he thought a Blur reunion would’ never happen

Alex James thought a Blur reunion would "never happen". The 56-year-old musician shot to fame alongside Damon Albarn, Graham...

Last Christmas reaches UK Christmas Number One for the second year in a row

Andrew Ridgeley says George Michael would have been "utterly delighted" that 'Last Christmas' has become such a classic. The...

Tom Grennan wants festive duet with Raye

Tom Grennan is hoping to cover his favourite Christmas song with Raye. The singer/songwriter has named The Pogues’ Christmas...

Chris Martin: Coldplay are easy to criticise

Chris Martin admits that Coldplay are a "safe target" for critics. The 'Clocks' band have divided audiences with their...

Don't Miss

Robert Smith considering Christmas song for The Cure

Robert Smith is considering releasing a Christmas single. The Cure frontman has penned a "really catchy pop song" but...

Mariah Carey makes chart history

Mariah Carey has made chart history with 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'. The 55-year-old singer's 1994 festive...

Mike Batt ‘used to wish’ he had Sir Elton John’s voice

Mike Batt “used to wish” he had a voice like Sir Elton John. The 75-year-old conductor-and-songwriter – who was...

Idles: ‘To need validation from awards would be toxic’

Idles say it is "toxic" to seek validation from awards. The British band have been nominated for five Grammys,...

David Foster’s family performance

David Foster loves performing with his wife. The writer and producer has multiple dates scheduled during December and January...

Stay in touch

To be updated with all the latest news, offers and special announcements.