Poster boys for the late, lamented record business model of actually sticking with an act over the long haul, the J. Geils Band lingered on the Atlantic Records roster for seven years and nine mostly ...

After 10 years and 11 albums, the J. Geils Band nudged into the pop mainstream with 1980's Love Stinks — but that was just the warm-up for their next, and biggest, album. Released on Oct. 26, 1981, ...

John Warren Geils Jr., the guitarist and leader of the J. Geils Band — which churned out 80s hits like “Centerfold” and “Love Stinks” — was found dead Tuesday inside his Massachusetts home, a report ...

Prior to releasing 'Centerfold' in 1981, the J Geils Band had received little in the way of commercial attention. It all ...

Peter Wolf, frontman from the J. Geils Band and a bona fide rock 'n' roll raconteur, has had Forrest Gump or Zelig type of life -- to the point where it's probably easier to list who he hasn't met and ...

J. Geils, a guitarist who lent his name to the J. Geils Band, a popular rock group whose early 1980s hits included “Centerfold,” “Freeze-Frame” and “Love Stinks,” was found dead April 11 at his home ...

More than four decades after it first hit the airwaves, The J. Geils Band's "Centerfold" remains one of the biggest rock songs of the early MTV era and the only No. 1 hit in the band's long career.

John Warren Geils Jr. — better known to the world as J. Geils, founder and lead guitarist of the J. Geils band — was the mastermind behind one of Boston’s greatest bands and the blues authority who ...

John Geils, founder of the J. Geils Band, has filed a lawsuit against the other members of the group over use of the name in an upcoming tour that doesn’t feature the guitarist, Reuters reports. Geils ...

The J. Geils Band came to prominence first in the early 1970s with its R&B-influenced blues rock sound and then again in the 1980s when it shifted its focus toward a more new wave approach. The band ...

Considering the fact that most people associate the J. Geils Band with just a couple of super popular songs, it might surprise fans to learn that the band's biggest hit actually came from their tenth ...