Motionless In White Members Have Mixed Feelings On Fans Filming Concerts For Likes And Subscribers

Vinny Mauro, drummer for gold-certified industrial metalcore band Motionless In White, recently set off some debate over his stance on fans filming live concerts and immediately uploading the footage for views. Taking to his X profile yesterday, July 15th, Mauro stated:

“the culture we have created where you film the entire set of a band with your cellphone and immediately upload it to youtube is comical to me. not hating, just kinda funny seeing 1/3 of the crowd living the show through their phone screen”

His bandmate, vocalist Chris Motionless also weighed in, replying:

“In regard to the ‘immediately upload to YouTube’ part, It’s not about living in the moment, it’s about snatching the early views from being the first person to post something that’s new. Whatever gets the likes and subscribes up.”

Mauro added:

Numerous comments were made in response to the aforementioned two posts, you can delved into those below. Notably, the commentary also follows the kickoff of Motionless In White‘s summer headlining tour, which saw fan-filmed footage of some live debuts quickly spill out online.

Filming at shows have become a more contentious issue over time in the heavier music scene. Tool and their various associated offshoots have been noted opponents of filming at their shows, enforcing strict no-filming policies.

Occult rockers Ghost have also been even more restrictive of smartphones at their shows, employing Yondr pouches during their sets. While not as extreme, British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden recently employed that same measure at their live concert filming this summer, though they more regularly tend to just discourage fans from using phones at their performances.