New Jersey hardcore band Gel was set to have a tremendous 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 responsible. Gel accused Webster of stealing tens of hundreds of {dollars}, posting nude images of the band’s members on the Web, spending band funds on OnlyFans, put the band in “bodily harmful conditions quite a few instances,” and extra. It is fairly dangerous if it is all true. Gel’s full assertion could be discovered under.
“Hey everybody, associates and followers – Gel is not a band, and subsequently won’t be taking part in any of our at the moment scheduled upcoming reveals. The reason being fairly easy at its core; the previous guitar participant, Anthony Webster, has dedicated such heinous acts in making an attempt to ahead himself in his musical profession that he is carried out irreparable injury 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 utterly unable to do the band anymore. Listed here are some examples of what he is carried out:
“He is stolen tens of hundreds 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 hire, private meals orders, and actually no matter else he wished to, as a result of for an extended 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 already know, we’re a band, and we must always have all had entry to these issues. Oh yeah, he additionally spent it on a really unbelievable variety of OnlyFans purchases and mysterious CashApp transactions, doubtless 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 way in which. Fortunately, he is actually horrible at masking up his tracks, so we now have the receipts to show that one too.
“He put us in bodily harmful conditions quite a few instances. From speaking shit on the band Twitter and getting our van window smashed in with a baseball bat, to commonly 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 way in which, so we simply needed to take care of it), and throwing issues at us as a result of he is a bit fucking child and might’t deal with himself like an grownup, it was at all times the identical with him. Absolute distress and inconsideration for anybody and everybody round him (properly, aside from the individuals who he wished to impress and would feign being a pleasant man to…LOL).
“Now, I am positive lots of people are considering, properly why did not you simply cease coping with it? Why did not you simply go away? In case you’ve ever been in abusive relationship, emotionally and / or bodily, you will in all probability perceive this higher. It is like that, however along with your life’s work and keenness on the forefront as properly. It is not really easy to simply give one thing up that you just care a lot about, particularly with pressures from outdoors organizations, folks, and so on which can be 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 manner – we’re fighters although, and we noticed it via to the very finish, till it merely could not go on anymore. And we’re happy with that.
“On that observe, we would wish to ship our most honest and deepest apologies to anybody who that is affecting on a private stage and past. We all know so many individuals have been relying on us, together with Spiritbox, Volbeat, our good associates in Anxious – we’re so sorry that we now have to finish it this manner and we actually hope for the perfect for all of you. Thanks a lot to the buddies we have made through the years, and thanks a lot to our followers for at all times being there for us and exhibiting us how a lot you care. Maintain one another, and love your mates.”
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