Chad Gray
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Chad Gray performing with HELLYEAH in 2008 | |
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| Also known as | Kud, Chüd, Helvis |
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October 16, 1971 Latham, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1996–present |
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Chad Gray (born October 16, 1971), is the lead vocalist for the groove metal supergroup Hellyeah and former lead vocalist for American heavy metal band Mudvayne.
Personal life
Gray is the son of Dan and Mitzi Gray of Illinois. In Hellyeah's DVD Below the Belt, he talks of how his grandmother, Betty Rau, raised him and would bring him to perform in choir.
He quit his factory job that paid $40,000 a year to move to Peoria, Illinois and formed Mudvayne.[1]
In 2005, Gray's grandmother Betty Rau died after battling cancer for several years. Gray dedicated the Hellyeah song "Thank You" to his grandmother and also wrote Mudvayne's "Death Blooms" about her illness.
Gray is known both for his clean singing and trademark screams and growls.
Gray has made several guest appearances with other bands, including on the songs "Monsters" by V Shape Mind, "Falling Backwards" by Bloodsimple and "Miracle" by Nonpoint.
Gray has made an appearance during Mitch Lucker's Memorial Show and sang "Fuck Everything" by Suicide Silence.
Discography
Mudvayne
- Kill, I Oughtta (1997)
- L.D. 50 (2000)
- The Beginning of All Things to End (November 20, 2001)
- The End of All Things to Come (2002)
- Lost and Found (2005)
- The New Game (2008)
- Mudvayne (2009)
Hellyeah
- Hellyeah (2007)
- Stampede (2010)
- Band of Brothers (2012)
- Blood for Blood (2014)
- Unden!able (2016)
References
- ↑ "CHAD GRAY on Switching Back And Forth Between MUDVAYNE And HELLYEAH". Blabbermouth.net. December 6, 2007. Retrieved July 9, 2013.