A hardcore rock band abruptly break up due to their guitarist’s alleged “heinous acts,” which included stealing hundreds of {dollars} for an “unbelievable amount” of OnlyFans subscriptions weeks earlier than acting at Coachella
New Jersey-based Gel introduced the sudden breakup to their followers in a prolonged social media submit on Wednesday.
“Gel is no longer and band, and therefore will not be playing any of our currently scheduled upcoming shows,” the assertion learn.
The band alleged that its former guitarist, Anthony Webster dedicated “such heinous acts” in his try to higher his private music profession that brought on “irreparable damage” to the band and its different members.
“It’s affected us as human beings more than we can even attempt to explain, to the point of being completely unable to do the band anymore,” the submit continued.
The band consisted of Webster, singer Sami Kaiser, bassist Matthew Bobko, guitarist Madison Nave and drummer Alex Salter, in line with Masslive.com.
Webster allegedly stole tens of hundreds of {dollars} from the band after he gained sole entry to the group’s checking account.
He’s accused of utilizing the funds to pay his hire, private meals orders and “whatever else he really wanted.”
“He also spent it on a truly unbelievable number of OnlyFans purchases and mysterious CashApp transactions likely in the same lane,” the band claimed.
Webster is accused of leaking a collection of nude photographs of different band members to the web site Reddit, however was caught when he didn’t cowl his tracks.
The band stated it couldn’t decide a motive for the purported indecent pics.
Webster was described by his former bandmates as a “little f–king baby” who can’t act like an grownup.
“Absolute distress and reconsideration for anybody and everybody round him (properly, apart from the individuals who he needed to impress and would feign being a pleasant man to,) the band stated.
The group likened their involvement with Webster to being in an abusive relationship as they have been following their ardour for being aside of the band.
“It’s not so easy to just give something up that you care so much about, especially pressures from outside organizations, people, etc. that are all counting on you in some way. We wish that this could have all been easier, and we wish that it didn’t have to end this way,”
Gel referred to as themselves fighters, saying they battled to the very finish till they couldn’t any longer.
“We’d like to send our most sincere and deepest apologies to anyone who this is affecting on a personal level and beyond,” the band stated. “We’re so sorry that we have now to finish it this manner and we actually hope for one of the best for all of you.
“Thank you so much to the friends we’ve made over the years, and thank you so much to our fans for always being there for us and showing us how much you care. Take care of each other, and love your friends,” the band wrote.
Gel was fashioned in New Jersey in 2018 as a “side project” for the band Sick S–t.
The band had completed its 2025 Australia tour days earlier than their breakup and have been scheduled to carry out at a number of high-end festivals together with a set throughout the Sunday lineup at Coachella, which Put up Malone is headlining.
Additionally they deliberate to go on tour with Canadian heavy metallic band Spiritbox, alongside Detest and Dying Want.
That tour dubbed the Tsunami Sea North American Tour will start in April to its principally sold-out exhibits with out Gel.
Gel had a number of exhibits deliberate in July with Anxious stopping in Delaware and the UK.
A European run was additionally within the works for the previous band the place they might open up for Danish band Volbeat.
