Today's birthdays include Zombies bassist Chris Taylor White, who was born in 1943 (age 60); J.Geils Band lead singer Peter Wolf and Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum, both in 1946 ( ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Peter Wolf was the lead singer of the R&B-influenced J. Geils Band, and he's released seven solo albums, but his musical career started in elementary school, when he played the triangle in his ...
The classic song’s cynical take on heartbreak remains timeless.
Guitarist John Warrant Geils Jr.'s first band, formed in the mid-1960s, was called Snoopy and the Sopwith Camels, but in 1967 the band added lead singer Peter Wolf, renamed itself the J. Geils Blues ...