MOTIONLESS IN WHITE
CHRIS MOTIONLESS
LIFE LESSONS
Motionless In White’s goth king on ice hockey, mall punks… and being a Swiftie?
WORDS: EMILY SWINGLE
Chris says therapy feels like “opening a door into a dark room” and figuring out how to light a fire
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TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO, the ordinary Chris Cerulli was laid to rest. In his stead, Chris Motionless arose, cracking open his coffin and clawing up through six feet of dirt and worms to front metalcore-via-goth stars Motionless In White. With their love of theatrical horror, the band embraced metal’s passion for the macabre. But it’s not all bats and belfries; with industrial grit and gothic gloom, Chris’s aching introspection has seared its way into the hearts and minds of Creatures the world over.
With a new Motionless record in the works, Hammer sat down with the frontman to reflect on the taxing graveyard shift he’s been working for more than two decades, and learn how he’s trying to start focusing on himself.
SUCCESS DOESN’T ALWAYS EQUAL HAPPINESS
“Focusing on my career has had a huge impact on my personal life. I gravitated towards a one-sided work life for so long; I got lost in how fast all of it moves, the touring, the record cycles… I’ve learned that you’ve got to find ways to exist outside of your career. I don’t want to be left with absolutely nothing once this is all over, y’know?