by playing live. In 1998, he appeared alongside Barry Masters of Eddie & the Hot Rods on the Identity Parade round of British comedy panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2005, he took up the post of Regional Officer, Wales & Southwest England for the British Musicians' Union. Gray reunited with Captain Sensible in 2013 to form psychedelic rock band The Sensible Gray Cells with drummer Ant Thickett. After the release of debut album A Postcard from Britain, Gray was diagnosed with throat cancer and had to cancel tentative plans to return to playing live music. He has since recovered. On 27 February 2014, Gray joined fellow original Hot Rods Barrie Masters, Steve Nicol, and Graeme Douglas on stage at The Oysterfleet, Canvey Island to play in tribute to the late Dave Higgs, founder member of the band. Gray joined Professor and the Madman in 2017, alongside former Damned drummer Rat Scabies, and featured on their albums Disintegrate Me and Live at the Hundred Club. In September 2017, Gray rejoined The Damned following the departure of Stu West, recording the album Evil Spirits and returning to full-time touring for the first time in nearly 15 years. Gray appeared on stage for the final Eddie and the Hot Rods show in April 2019, alongside founding members Barry Masters, Graeme Douglas and Steve Nicol. In 2020, both The Damned and The Sensible Gray Cells released new material, the latter including Gray's first lead vocal performance on "What's the Point of Andrew?". The Damned's 2020 EP The Rockfield Files included two tracks written by Gray, entitled 'Manipulator' and 'The Spider & the Fly'. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Gray opened up Paul Gray Bass Online, a website offering services as a session bassist to recording artists. Discography With Eddie and the Hot Rods "Writing on the Wall" (1976) "Wooly Bully" (1976) Live at the Marquee EP (1976) "Teenage Depression" (1976) Teenage Depression (1976) "I Might Be Lying" (1977) At the Sound of Speed EP (1977) "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (1977) Life on the Line (1977) "Quit This Town" (1977) "Life on the Line" (1978) "Media Messiahs" (1979) "Power and the Glory" (1979) Thriller (1979) Curse of the Hot Rods (1992) Gasoline Days (1996) With Robin Tyner and the Hot Rods "Till the Night is Gone (Let's Rock)" / "Flipside Rock" (1977) With Larry Wallis "Police Car" / "On Parole" (1977) With Johnny