Music Punk ends up after a member “diverting money” to pay to Onlyfansgel accuses former guitarist of committing “heinous acts” with irregular spending to “boost his own musical career” by writing

The American band Gel He announced the closure of his activities through a statement on social networks. The Punk group did a last show in Tokyo, Japan, before it was released that it was eventually a controversy involving a former member.

In the note, the musicians attribute the band’s end to the former guitarist Anthony Websteraccusing him of misuse of the money of the Gel. Among the alleged irregular spending, there are their own rent, food requests, Cashapp transactions and a high value invested on the adult onlyfans platform.

The group stated that only Webster He had access to the band’s bank account, preventing the others from using it. In addition, he would have announced nudes from members on the Reddit Forums network and placed them in risky situations. The musicians guarantee to have evidence of the accusations.

Check out the full statement (via LUDWIRE):

“Hey, guys, friends and fans – the Gel It is no longer a band and therefore will no longer play at the shows that were scheduled. The reason is very simple in the background: the former guitarist, Anthony WebsterHe committed such heinous acts in an attempt to boost his own musical career that caused irreparable damage to the band in the process and affected us as human beings in a way that we could barely explain to the point that it is completely impossible to continue with the band. Here are some examples of what he did:

He stole tens of thousands of dollars of us, and the best thing is that it made it all recorded so that we would eventually find out. He spent this money on his own rent, food requests, and basically what he wanted most, because for a long time no one but him had access to the bank account (or any other account, by the way), despite numerous attempts to get access, after all, we are a band, and we should have access to these things. Oh yes, he also spent an unbelievable amount on onlyfans and mysterious transactions at Cashapp, probably on the same line.

He posted naked images of band members on Reddit for the whole world to see. Yes, you just did it, we don’t know exactly the reason. Let this information really sink into your mind. And he did it while still in the band, just to be. Fortunately, he is terrible in hiding his tracks, so we have the evidence of it as well.

He put us in physically dangerous situations several times. From talking shit on the band’s twitter and making them break the window of our van with a baseball club, to completely reckless as a psychopath because it was ‘upset’, for reasons we couldn’t even understand (oh, and he didn’t let anyone else drive, so we just had to deal with it), and playing things in us because it’s a weeping baby who doesn’t know like an adult. Pure misery and disrespect with everyone around him (well, except for the people he wanted to impress, to whom he pretended to be a nice guy… lol).

Now we are sure that many people are wondering, ‘Why have you simply not stopped dealing with it? Why didn’t they go out? ‘ If you have been in an abusive relationship, whether emotionally or physically, you will probably understand better. This is so, but with your work of life and passion in the center of everything. It is not so easy to simply give up something you love so much, especially with the pressure of external organizations, people and other factors that count on you in some way. We would like that all this had been easier and we didn’t have to end the band that way – but we are fighters and we took it to the limit, to the point where it just didn’t give anymore. And we are proud of it.

That said, we would like to apologize to our most sincere excuses for everyone who is being affected by this situation, directly or indirectly. We know that many people counted on us, including the Spiritboxthe Volbeat and our great friends of Anxious – We feel a lot because we close things that way and really want the best for all of you. Many thanks to friends we have done over the years and our fans for always being by our side and showing how much they care. Take care of each other and love your friends. With affection, GEL”

Learn more about gel

THE Gelwhich was scheduled to perform tours with the Spiritbox and Volbeatemerged as a parallel project of the Sick shitin 2018, in the city of New Jersey, in the United States. The group released an album, Only Constant (2023), besides the EPS Gel (2018), Violent Closure (2021) and Persona (2024). Before the end, training included Sami Kaiser on vocals, Matthew Bobko downstairs, Madison Nave on the guitar and Alex Salter on the battery. Webster He had already left his post in 2024.

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