GEL Guitarist Anthony Webster Breaks Silence After Band’s Breakup

The breakup of New Jersey hardcore band GEL this past March quickly became one of the more unusual stories in recent hardcore history. In a statement believed to represent four of the band’s five members, the group leveled serious allegations against former guitarist Anthony Webster.

GEL claimed Webster had caused “irreparable damage to the band,” accusing him of stealing “tens of thousands of dollars” and spending band funds on “a truly unbelievable number” of OnlyFans accounts. The band also alleged that Webster had leaked nude images of a member and engaged in other harmful actions.

Now, roughly six months later, Webster appears to have responded. While GEL’s official Instagram account, @gelhc, went offline during the breakup, a new post has surfaced via the similarly named @gelhc_. Attributed to “AW” (presumably Anthony Webster), the post reads:

“I wrote all the music. No need to ‘hope’ they start a project without me, because they are incapable of playing or writing their own material. No money was ‘stolen.’ Any money we made went straight back into tour expenses, gear that I helped pick out for every band member, merch/vinyl, etc. Remember, the rest of the band had no experience prior and was relying on me to make their dream come true, which I was obviously willing to do. Any extra money we made back (which was barely anything) they insisted I held onto, as I was the one who got the van. I was the one who got our gear. I was the one who wrote every single riff, lyric, and drum part.

Did someone in the band ask me to help them take ‘nudes’ for them? Yep.

Did they feel some sort of regret with trusting me and grow suspicious that I went around sharing them online because of their anxiety coming to that conclusion? Yep.

When I decided it was time to put a stop to the band, they chose to take it personally in an ill manner, maybe because they weren’t going to have me spoon-feed them music to perform anymore. Did we leave off on a not-so-positive note during this process? Yep.

Which then leads up to their ‘statement’ about me, which I without a doubt know Bobko and Miller had absolutely no involvement in.

Thank you for listening, believe it or not. I honestly don’t give a fuck at this point.”

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