New Jersey hardcore band Gel was set to have an incredible 2025. The band simply launched their new EP Persona again in August and was slated to tour with each Spiritbox and Volbeat all through this yr. Sadly none of that’s taking place anymore, because the band has damaged up.
In a prolonged assertion, Gel states that former guitarist Anthony Webster is accountable. Gel accused Webster of stealing tens of 1000’s of {dollars}, posting nude pictures of the band’s members on the Web, spending band funds on OnlyFans, put the band in “bodily harmful conditions quite a few occasions,” and extra. It is fairly dangerous if it is all true. Gel’s full assertion could be discovered beneath.
“Hey everybody, mates and followers – Gel is now not a band, and subsequently is not going to be taking part in any of our at the moment scheduled upcoming exhibits. The reason being fairly easy at its core; the previous guitar participant, Anthony Webster, has dedicated such heinous acts in attempting to ahead himself in his musical profession that he is executed irreparable harm to the band within the course of, and it is affected us as human beings greater than we are able to even try to elucidate, to the purpose of being fully unable to do the band anymore. Listed below are some examples of what he is executed:
“He is stolen tens of 1000’s of {dollars} from us, and the perfect half is that he left all of it on file for us to ultimately discover. He spent it on his personal lease, private meals orders, and actually no matter else he needed to, as a result of for a protracted time period, nobody had entry to the checking account (or any accounts for that matter) however him, regardless of quite a few makes an attempt to realize entry, as a result of you realize, we’re a band, and we should always have all had entry to these issues. Oh yeah, he additionally spent it on a very unbelievable variety of OnlyFans purchases and mysterious CashApp transactions, possible in the identical lane.
“He posted nude photos of band members on Reddit for the world to see. Yup, simply casually, for who is aware of what objective. Let that one actually sink in. He did that every one whereas nonetheless in a band with us too, by the best way. Fortunately, he is actually horrible at masking up his tracks, so we’ve the receipts to show that one too.
“He put us in bodily harmful conditions quite a few occasions. From speaking shit on the band Twitter and getting our van window smashed in with a baseball bat, to recurrently driving erratically like a psychopath as a result of he was “upset” for once more, who is aware of what purpose (oh yeah…. he would not let anybody else drive both by the best way, so we simply needed to cope with it), and throwing issues at us as a result of he is a little bit fucking child and may’t deal with himself like an grownup, it was all the time the identical with him. Absolute distress and inconsideration for anybody and everybody round him (properly, aside from the individuals who he needed to impress and would feign being a pleasant man to…LOL).
“Now, I am certain lots of people are pondering, properly why did not you simply cease coping with it? Why did not you simply go away? In the event you’ve ever been in abusive relationship, emotionally and / or bodily, you may most likely perceive this higher. It is like that, however along with your life’s work and fervour on the forefront as properly. It isn’t really easy to simply give one thing up that you just care a lot about, particularly with pressures from outdoors organizations, folks, and so forth which are all relying on you ultimately. We want that this might have all been simpler, and we want that it did not have to finish this fashion – we’re fighters although, and we noticed it via to the very finish, till it merely could not go on anymore. And we’re pleased with that.
“On that be aware, we might wish to ship our most honest and deepest apologies to anybody who that is affecting on a private degree and past. We all know so many individuals had been relying on us, together with Spiritbox, Volbeat, our good mates in Anxious – we’re so sorry that we’ve to finish it this fashion and we actually hope for the perfect for all of you. Thanks a lot to the buddies we have made over time, and thanks a lot to our followers for all the time being there for us and exhibiting us how a lot you care. Care for one another, and love your pals.”
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