A popular metal band had a meltdown worthy of Spinal Tap lore, allegedly leaving their founder and frontman stranded at a gas station.
According to now-former Vitriol guitarist Keith Merrow, the band’s drummer Andy Vincenzetti and bassist Brett Leier decided to call it quits—leaving frontman Kyle Rasmussen stranded at a Vermont gas station.
“HE F—ED AROUND AND FOUND OUT. I’LL BE HOME FOR THANKSGIVING, BABY,” Merrow wrote in an Instagram story earlier this week, via Lambgoat. “SORRY, VITRIOL FANS. WE HAD TO ABANDON HIM AT A GAS STATION IN VERMONT.
“MYSELF, ANDY, BRETT, AND MATT WILL NOT TAKE KYLE’S COWARDLY AND WEAK OUTBURSTS OF MISPLACED ANGER. WE GAVE EVERYTHING WE HAD, AND NOW HAVE NOW LEFT YOU WITH NOTHING. MASS EXODUS. THIS WAS THE DARKEST DAY OF MY MUSIC CAREER TO DATE,” the metal

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