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otionless In White hail from Scran- just as close to us as the band, we’re all fam- “OK, cool,” so I took two days off at the stu-
Mton, Pennsylvania. Founded by ily on this bus, and it seemed like there was dio and got on a plane. The studio was in
Chris Cerulli in 2005, the band is, ultimately, a disconnection, and as soon as we started New York, and I got on a plane and was flying
his baby, although that baby has grown into touring in 2017 it felt… I don’t know… I don’t to L.A. and two seats over from me, I had no
an impressive creature of diversity, expertise know if it’s just in comparison to the past idea who he was… was just a normal looking
and venerated proportions. Ryan Sitkowski year or what, but from that moment until guy. About halfway through the flight he
joined the band on lead guitar in 2008. Ricky today, the connection is there, the friendship looked over and he was like, “Hey, are you in
‘Horror’ Olson joined a year later, in 2009. is stronger than ever, the shows have been a band?” I was like, “Yeah,” and he goes
Devin ‘Ghost’ Sola took over Ricky’s bass really, really fun. I don’t know if it was just a “What band?” I said, “Motionless In White.”
guitar slot in 2011 as Ricky switched to member leaving, I don’t know what it was, He goes, “Dave Rath, Roadrunner Records.”
rhythm guitar, and Vinny Mauro became the but… everything feels amazing now, and I I was like, “Oh my God!” I had no idea. He
band’s drummer in 2014. With keyboardist couldn’t be happier with where everything’s wasn’t like, “We want to sign you.” He didn’t
Josh Balz announcing his departure at the at.” say anything like that; he was just like, “Ah
beginning of this year, and the new record Roadrunner Records was a record label man, I love your band. We’ve known about
deal with Roadrunner Records signed, that Chris had looked up to and admired for you guys for a while. We know that you’ve
sealed and delivered, the band is now tighter years; it was his dream to be signed to Road- worked with Clown before,” – Clown from
than ever. runner, so it was as if fate had stepped in Slipknot, who’s on Roadrunner Records.
In February, Ricky Horror posted a photo knowing that the band would be looking at They thought that was pretty cool. He was
of the five members and wrote ‘I’ve never felt options when their Fearless Records con- just really nice and I kind of just got this vibe
closer to the family that is @miwband’. Chris tract was nearing its completion. Chris says right then and there, “I’m going to work with
says he feels like that too. “We had a mem- he had two distinct signs prior to signing to this guy in the future, I know it, I just know
ber depart earlier this year, and I think that Roadrunner, as if the universe was trying to it.” I felt it. There was just a nice coincidence
the album being completed and where we’re show him it was the right move. that happened. When I look back on that, I
all at right now, there’s a lot of factors that “One of them, I’d say the more important think that was actually the start of when I felt
have gone into the past year of our band, one… I was recording our last album, ‘Rein- that things were going to migrate in that di-
and last year. Not many people know this, carnate’, and I was asked to go to an awards rection, ‘cause at that point, ‘Reincarnate’
but last year, I, definitely, from my perspec- show in Los Angeles,” Chris tells Black Vel- was our last record on Fearless. We knew
tive, felt a disconnection between a lot of vet. “Revolver Magazine hosts a thing called that we were going to be looking at options
people in the band and our crew, who are the Golden Gods Awards, and I was like, for labels and that came right at that perfect

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