The J. Geils Band's “Love Stinks” barely cracked the Top 40 in 1980, but it was the catalyst for the group’s subsequent success and a template for its 1981 platinum album Freeze-Frame.

The J. Geils Band issued their breakout album 'Freeze-Frame' on Oct. 26, 1981. ... I think what an artist has to do is interpret in his own way where things are, at a particular time.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Anyone who’s seen Peter Wolf perform, or has just listened to a J. Geils Band live album, knows the man can tell a grand story. And now, with “Waiting on the Moon: Artists ...

Peter Wolf’s expressive voice and loose-limbed dance moves are ingrained in the brains of any ‘80s-era MTV viewers. As the frontman for the J. Geils Band, Wolf’s lanky limbs were omnipresent ...

John Warren Geils Jr., the artist known professionally as J. Geils who gave his name to the 1980s rock group he founded, The J. Geils Band, was found dead in his Groton, Mass., home Tuesday. He ...

John Warren Geils Jr., the artist known professionally as J. Geils who gave his name to the 1980s rock group he founded, The J. Geils Band, was found dead in his Groton, Mass., home Tuesday. He ...

"The very first album I bought was the J. Geils Band's Love Stinks album," admits the guitarist. "I loved it because every time I heard a song where the band would just drop out and it would be a ...

Alongside Beantown brats Aerosmith, J. Geils dished the best second-generation Stones the U.S. had to offer. Heating up 9,000 Germans for Patti Smith, Johnny Winter, and concert tapers Rockpalast ...

PITTSBURGH -- Bob Seger is the main draw Thursday at Consol Energy Center, but you'd be a fool if you had a ticket and skipped opening act, the J. Geils Band. "We're looking forward to being back ...

GROTON, Mass. (AP) — Musician J. Geils, founder of The J. Geils Band known for such peppy early 80s pop hits as "Love Stinks," ''Freeze Frame" and "Centerfold," has died in his Massachusetts ...

One evening I finally asked. The Sox were on. It was a balmy summer night. “Uh, Jay, how’d you get the bullet hole in the TV set?” He chuckled. “You don’t wanna know.&… ...