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 occurring 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 hundreds 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 unhealthy if it is all true. Gel’s full assertion might be discovered beneath.
“Hey everybody, associates and followers – Gel is not a band, and due to this fact won’t be enjoying any of our presently scheduled upcoming reveals. 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 performed irreparable injury to the band within the course of, and it is affected us as human beings greater than we will 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 performed:
“He is stolen tens of hundreds of {dollars} from us, and the perfect half is that he left all of it on document 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 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 already know, 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, probably in the identical lane.
“He posted nude pictures of band members on Reddit for the world to see. Yup, simply casually, for who is aware of what goal. 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 really horrible at masking up his tracks, so we’ve got 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 often driving erratically like a psychopath as a result of he was “upset” for once more, who is aware of what cause (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 bit of 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, apart 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 pondering, properly why did not you simply cease coping with it? Why did not you simply depart? 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 together with your life’s work and fervour on the forefront as properly. It is not really easy to simply give one thing up that you simply care a lot about, particularly with pressures from outdoors organizations, individuals, and so forth which might 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 fashion – we’re fighters although, and we noticed it by to the very finish, till it merely could not go on anymore. And we’re pleased 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’ve got to finish it this fashion and we really 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. Deal with one another, and love your folks.”
Enter your info beneath to get a day by day replace with all of our headlines and obtain The Orchard Steel publication.
