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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Considering the fact that most people associate the J. Geils Band with just a couple of super popular songs, it might surprise ...

Former J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf has announced his first series of tour dates since 2024. The 79-year-old singer/songwriter has lined up six confirmed U.S. concerts in February and March of ...

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 hasn’t released any new music since his 2016 solo album, A Cure for Loneliness, but the founding J. Geils Band frontman will be publishing a new memoir come 2025. The book, titled Waiting ...

This is the fourth nomination for the J. Geils Band. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame bio: "Those who know the J. Geils Band only for their MTV era hits (“Love Stinks,” “Centerfold,” “Freeze Frame”) don’t ...

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 ...