The J. Geils Band released 'Love Stinks,' their first – and last – No. 1 album, on Jan. 28, 1980.

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 was founded in 1967 in Worcester, Massachusetts, while Geils was studying at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The band released 11 studio albums before breaking up in 1985.

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 ...

In 1980, the J. Geils Band released Love Stinks, their first platinum-selling record, while the following year they notched a Number One with their 12th album Freeze-Frame.That album featured the ...

Musician J. Geils, founder and namesake of the band behind 1980s hits ... 80s pop hits as "Love Stinks," ''Freeze Frame ... a rant against unrequited love, the title song on their 1980 album.

Last week, the thoughtful, candid Wolf, an almost-unbelievable 70, chatted from his home in Boston about the new album and his J. Geils Band history. On why the J. Geils Band didn’t play Atlanta ...

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 ...

Rock music fans are mourning the death of John Warren Geils Jr., the guitarist and founder of the J. Geils Band, who was found dead in his Massachusetts home Tuesday at age 71. Formed in 1967 and ...

Musician John Warren Geils Jr., founder of The J. Geils Band known for such hits as "Love Stinks," ''Freeze Frame" and "Centerfold," has died in his Massachusetts home at 71.

John Warren Geils Jr., the founding guitarist behind the ’70s and ’80s rock powerhouse J. Geils Band, died at his longtime home in Massachusetts on Tuesday. He was 71. Donald Palma Jr., the ...