Hardcore band Gel have introduced they’re disbanding instantly, citing allegations in opposition to their guitarist Anthony Webster.
The band launched EP ‘Persona’ final yr and had been quickly set to open up for Spiritbox on their US tour with additional appearances deliberate at Coachella Competition and supporting Volbeat later this yr.
Nonetheless, in an announcement posted to social media, the band have introduced that they are going to break up, citing a sample of unacceptable behaviour they allege came about over a number of years by Webster. They accuse him of stealing cash from the band and violating their privateness in addition to putting them in bodily hazard whereas on the street.
Learn the total assertion from Gel beneath:
“Hey everybody, buddies and followers — Gel is not a band, and subsequently is not going to be enjoying any of our presently 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’s achieved irreparable harm to the band within the course of, and it’s 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 here are some examples of what he’s achieved:
He’s stolen tens of 1000’s of {dollars} from us, and the most effective half is that he left all of it on file for us to finally discover. He spent it on his personal lease, private meals orders, and actually no matter else he wished to, as a result of for an extended time frame, 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 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, probably 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 function. 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’s actually horrible at masking up his tracks, so now we 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 repeatedly driving erratically like a psychopath as a result of he was “upset” for once more, who is aware of what motive (oh yeah….he wouldn’t let anybody else drive both by the best way, so we simply needed to take care of it), and throwing issues at us as a result of he’s 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, apart from the individuals who he wished to impress and would feign being a pleasant man to…LOL).
Now, I’m positive lots of people are pondering, properly why didn’t you simply cease coping with it? Why didn’t you simply depart? When you’ve ever been in abusive relationship, emotionally and/or bodily, you’ll most likely perceive this higher. It’s like that, however along with your life’s work and fervour on the forefront as properly. It’s not really easy to simply give one thing up that you just care a lot about, particularly with pressures from exterior organizations, individuals, and so on which can be all relying on you in a roundabout way. We want that this might have all been simpler, and we want that it didn’t have to finish this fashion — we’re fighters although, and we noticed it via to the very finish, till it merely couldn’t go on anymore. And we’re pleased with that.
On that notice, we’d prefer 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 had been relying on us, together with Spiritbox, Volbeat, our good buddies in Anxious — we’re so sorry that now we have to finish it this fashion and we actually hope for the most effective for all of you. Thanks a lot to the chums we’ve 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. Handle one another, and love your pals.
Love, Gel”