GROTON, Mass. -- 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 home at 71.

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Peeling open the pages of “Centerfold” will reveal a rock and roll peep show of shrill keys, roaring guitar, and snappy drum hits. The heart-racing, palm-sweating, and dizzying display is sure to make ...

BOSTON (Hollywood Reporter) - Local heroes Aerosmith and the J. Geils Band teamed for a blockbuster evening that was long on hits and short on fouls at Boston's Fenway Park Saturday. It might have ...

TMZ reported that Geils' body was found in his Groton, Massachusetts, home. The Groton Police Department confirmed the news, saying officers were called to the home for a well-being check and found ...

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Faye Dunaway and Peter Wolf circa 1970s (left) and Jack Nicholson in 1973. Peter Wolf, the former frontman of the J. Geils Band, is telling all about his life and loves — and the former category ...

J. Geils, leader of The J. Geils Band whose hard-driving hits of the late 1970s and early 1980s included "Centerfold," "Freeze Frame" and "Love Stinks," died on Tuesday at his home in Groton, Mass., ...

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CONCORD, Mass. (AP) — The founder and namesake of The J. Geils (gylz) Band is facing drunken driving charges in Massachusetts. Police say John Warren Geils Jr. was charged with operating under the ...