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CHAD GRAY Says There Are ‘Two Or Three’ Unreleased HELLYEAH Songs With VINNIE PAUL’s Drums

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Chad Gray says that there is “talk” about HELLYEAH writing and recording new music.

HELLYEAH has been inactive since early 2020 when its U.S. tour was canceled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, Gray has reunited with his previous band MUDVAYNE, which recently played its first two shows in 12 years, with plans to continue touring in 2022.

The former PANTERA drummer recorded a total of six albums with HELLYEAH over a decade, including its latest, “Welcome Home”, for which he laid down his drum tracks before his passing.

During an appearance on “Drinks With Johnny”, the Internet TV show hosted by AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny ChristChad said that no long-term plans for HELLYEAH have yet been made as the band continues to be in a holding pattern.

STONE SOUR drummer Roy Mayorga stepped in as Vinnie Paul‘s replacement for the touring activity in support of “Welcome Home”, which came out in September 2019.

HELLYEAH was obviously an emotional situation, although I don’t think we could have gotten a better drummer to fill in than Roy Mayorga,” Chad told “Drinks With Johnny”. “He’s fucking phenomenal and he’s just such a genuinely kind and sweet person. And anybody who knew Vinnie, he was very warm, very giving, very loving, very just fucking cool and fun. And that was what Roy was. So Roy, for us, was a round peg, round hole. But it was still emotional… But you feel like you’ve gotta embrace your brothers and continue on for yourselves and for your fans. That’s what I felt like we had to do, because Vinnie was so much of a supporter or music — all levels of music.”

In September 2020, Maxwell told “The Ex-Man” podcast that he wasn’t sure there would be a follow-up album to “Welcome Home”.

“When [Vinnie Paul] died — I’m not gonna lie — my passion, my love affair died as well with him,” Tom said. “I don’t even know if I wanna make another HELLYEAH record without him.

Mayorga previously played with HELLYEAH bassist Kyle Sanders in MEDICATION, the early 2000s outfit which also featured guitarist Logan Mader (MACHINE HEAD) and singer Whitfield Crane (UGLY KID JOE).

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