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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Geils was a vocalist and guitarist for The J. Geils Band, which he formed in Worcester, Mass., in 1967, when he was attending school at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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They divorced in 1979, two years before the J. Geils Band broke into the pop mainstream with their massive No. 1 hit "Centerfold." Wolf left the band in 1983 and launched a solo career.