Gel have damaged up. The New Jersey hardcore outfit posted a assertion to social media right this moment accusing former guitarist Anthony Webster of “heinous acts” that led to “irreparable injury to the band.”
Within the assertion, the group allege that Webster stole tens of 1000’s of {dollars} from the opposite members, spending a few of it on “a really unbelievable variety of OnlyFans purchases and mysterious CashApp transactions.” He additionally posted bare pictures of members on Reddit, and he put Gel in “bodily harmful conditions quite a few instances.” Learn the total assertion right here:
Hey everybody, mates and followers — Gel is not a band, and due to this fact won’t be taking part in any of our at present 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’s achieved irreparable injury to the band within the course of, and it’s affected us as human beings greater than we will even try to clarify, to the purpose of being utterly 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 one of the best half is that he left all of it on document 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 a protracted 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, seemingly 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 goal. 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’s really horrible at protecting 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 cause (oh yeah….he wouldn’t let anybody else drive both by the way in which, so we simply needed to cope with it), and throwing issues at us as a result of he’s slightly 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 (nicely, aside 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, nicely why didn’t you simply cease coping with it? Why didn’t you simply go away? If you happen to’ve ever been in abusive relationship, emotionally and/or bodily, you’ll in all probability perceive this higher. It’s like that, however together with your life’s work and fervour on the forefront as nicely. It’s not really easy to simply give one thing up that you simply care a lot about, particularly with pressures from exterior organizations, individuals, and so forth which might 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 manner — we’re fighters although, and we noticed it by to the very finish, till it merely couldn’t go on anymore. And we’re pleased with that.
On that word, we’d prefer 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 have been relying on us, together with Spiritbox, Volbeat, our good mates in Anxious — we’re so sorry that we now have to finish it this manner and we really hope for one of the best for all of you. Thanks a lot to the buddies we’ve made over time, and thanks a lot to our followers for at all times being there for us and displaying us how a lot you care. Maintain one another, and love your pals.
Love, Gel