{"id":32941,"date":"2017-09-17T17:18:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T07:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=32941"},"modified":"2017-09-17T17:19:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T07:19:03","slug":"chris-motionless-cerulli-motionless-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2017\/09\/chris-motionless-cerulli-motionless-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris ‘Motionless’ Cerulli of Motionless In White"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cI think that we continue to write songs that still fit what we think are the vision of Motionless but are definitely trying to push more musical boundaries and bring things together to create new sounds and new just new looks that have been seen before but never together.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Release: Motionless In White are one of the most exhilarating bands to rise to fame in recent years, taking the metalcore world by storm with their unique offering to the genre. The band’s latest album, Graveyard Shift, was released earlier this year by Roadrunner Records and features the hard and fast anthems “Loud (Fuck it), “Rats” and an appearance by Jonathan Davis of Korn on the track “Necessary Evil”. Motionless In White came out swinging from Pennsylvania in 2005. Their first album, Creatures swiftly gained the attention of the metal community and was followed up by the hugely popular Infamous in 2012. High on the momentum of their success (and a few line-up changes), Reincarnate was unleashed and gained the #1 spot on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums Chart. Their fourth full-length album and first for Roadrunner Records, Graveyard Shift continues to show the world why they are the most gut-punching, electrifying metal acts to date.<\/p>\n

At home Chris gave us a call to talk about the return of Motionless In White to Australia, new music, advice, the future, and more.<\/p>\n

It’s been about three years since we last chatted so let’s catch up, how have the last three years been for you?<\/strong>
\n*laughs* Busier and busier as each year goes by, it\u2019s just been relentless work towards in the last three years I think \u2018Reincarnate\u2019 was out at that point, so just working on a new record and it\u2019s really only two things, either working on a record or touring seems to be the only things that we do, then just a lot of behind the scenes work in the meantime, so all of that and just trying to find time to enjoy life in the midst of that un work related enjoying life which I do enjoy both of very much quite a bit, so yeah, stuff like that.<\/p>\n

Of course we’re here because you’re heading back to see us in Australia, what can fans expect on this run of shows?<\/strong>
\nI mean I think it\u2019s the first time any Australian fans are going to get to see the band in our I guess just total form and I don\u2019t know how to put that any better, we\u2019ve never had a chance to do a tour that wasn\u2019t either a festival or a support tour and last time we came was 2015 and we did a support run with Amity and it was a lot of fun to be support in those venues but this time I think it\u2019s just going to be the exact realisation of what Motionless is that fans can look forward to seeing is that in your face a lot more tighter club setting, of course a longer set list and some production and that just gives fans a show from the bands that they like instead of having to deal with a thirty minute set or a support slot.<\/p>\n

You’re here in support of your newest album ‘Graveyard Shift’ and as the band continues what if anything do you try and do differently on each release to keep things fresh and exciting?<\/strong>
\nWe definitely always try to keep things in the realm of what we feel the band fits in to but when we do go outside of that on this album I think we tried to really show off a little more of a humorous side to the band throughout a few of the songs and the lyrics in a few of the songs they\u2019re meant to be something to help give the fans moments of entertainment outside of the seriousness and it works for some fans and it didn\u2019t for others but that\u2019s just what part of taking risks and to help realise what you want to do creatively. So I don\u2019t know, I think that we continue to write songs that still fit what we think are the vision of Motionless but are definitely trying to push more musical boundaries and bring things together to create new sounds and new just new looks that have been seen before but never together.<\/p>\n

What was it like not having a Puppets song on the album?<\/strong>
\n*laughs* I guess good considering that that part of my life has finally concluded, so that\u2019s a positive thing. There is a song on the album called \u2018The Ladder\u2019 which is similar in attitude and in sounds but it feels really great to have a song that can still have that kind of outlet for musically and lyrically but is not about the same subject matter, so I felt like I still had my fix of that but I\u2019m actually happy that it\u2019s not about the same thing we\u2019ve been dragging out for three albums so it was good.<\/p>\n

Four albums in now, is there one piece of advice you’ve been given that has stuck with you throughout your time making music?<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t know, any advice I\u2019ve ever been given is around the same thing of just don\u2019t stop being who you guys are and I thinks some of the advice that\u2019s mattered most to me is all the stuff I\u2019ve been told early on when a lot of the self-doubt was there and I just needed that inspiration and motivation to continue doing what we did, but I\u2019d say anything in the past, there hasn\u2019t been too much advice given it\u2019s just been a lot of the stay true to who you are kind of stuff and the first clich\u00e9 of that may be it and its very true for our band and I think we\u2019ve done a very good job at being who we are and not really trying to conform to any type of new sound that\u2019s really popular or anything that\u2019s going to ensure, well you can never really ensure any success but we\u2019re not really doing anything that I think is a total play out move to try and achieve any type of success and that\u2019s been advice that\u2019s been given to us early on and throughout our entire career.<\/p>\n

Over time obviously things change within a band but what is the one thing you’d say has stayed the same in your time together?<\/strong>
\nWell I think one thing that used to really bug me is that a lot of bands that I used to really, really love because of the way that they looked and how it fit with your sound as the years went on they kind of just abandoned the look and just became\u2026 and that was part of what made me really love the band and they just abandoned it and moved on from it, and it left me like man, I wish that band still looked cool, and you can talk shit all you want on that look and that image and it shouldn\u2019t matter but for bands that have a theatrical mindset I think the image really does play a big part in the presentation of a band overall. So when I see bands that kind of abandon or walk away from it it\u2019s always been disappointing. I think for us it\u2019s just become more and more intense over the years and that\u2019s one thing that I\u2019m very happy is still the same is that our sound has evolved but our image has evolved with it but not in a way where we\u2019ve gone away from it. I think it\u2019s just gotten more refined and intense over the years instead of just nothing at all.<\/p>\n

What does the rest of 2017 have in store for the band?<\/strong>
\nBasically just all headliners, surprisingly out of the eleven years we\u2019ve been touring we\u2019ve only ever done I guess you could say two and a half headliners, we did two headliners in the States, we\u2019ve done a few in the UK, I think we\u2019ve done two or three headliners in The UK, so I meant two and\u00a0 half US headliners, we\u2019ve done a co headliner with a band before, so we\u2019re really looking forward at going out there and bringing a headliner to Australia for the first time, we\u2019re gonna do another one in The UK and hopefully throughout Europe and The US coming up. So just a lot of that, a lot of preparing for stuff and trying to actually enjoy some time off for the holidays this year because it seems like every time we come back home a couple of days before Christmas and we kind of miss out on that whole family vibe and I think we\u2019re gonna take some time this year and really make sure we get some time with our families before shit gets really crazy in 2018.<\/p>\n

Are there already plans for 2018 are there?<\/strong>
\nYeah right now The UK headliner is booked and we\u2019re really trying hard to extend it into the rest of Europe, that\u2019s currently being worked on and that\u2019s as far as I know for sure, and then there\u2019s just a bunch of talks for the rest of the spring period at the moment.<\/p>\n

Lastly let’s look ahead to the future, so finish this sentence for me, by the end of 2017 Motionless In White want to…<\/strong>
\n*laughs* Take a fuckin\u2019 break. Relax a little bit, this year has been non-stop, man.<\/p>\n

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TOUR DATES:<\/strong><\/p>\n

METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY<\/strong>
\nTUESDAY SEPTEMBER 19<\/p>\n

BRISBANE, THE TRIFFID<\/strong>
\nWEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 20<\/p>\n

ADELAIDE, THE GOV<\/strong>
\nTHURSDAY SEPTEMBER 21<\/p>\n

MELBOURNE, ARROW ON SWANSTON<\/strong>
\nSATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23<\/p>\n

MELBOURNE, 170 RUSSELL<\/strong>
\nSUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24*<\/p>\n

*All ages shows except September 24<\/p>\n

For complete tour and ticket information, visit:<\/p>\n

www.motionlessinwhite.net<\/a>\u00a0 & www.livenation.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA<\/p>\n

Band members:<\/strong> Chris Motionless – All Vocals, Ricky Horror \u2013 Guitar, Ryan Sitkowski \u2013 Guitar, Devin “Ghost” Sola \u2013 Bass, Vinny Mauro – Drums<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.motionlessinwhite.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest release:<\/strong> Graveyard Shift (Out Now)<\/p>\n

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