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.

The band — which played sporadic reunion shows, with Wolf, between 1999 and 2015 — serves as a through-line for “Waiting on the Moon” as the singer recounts his assorted adventures.

"Those who know the J. Geils Band only for their MTV era hits (“Love Stinks,” “Centerfold,” “Freeze Frame”) don’t know the J. Geils Band at all. During the long years between the ...

Wolf fronting the J. Geils band in Boston, 1979 (Photo by Janet Knott/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) It was around Boston that Wolf’s musical career and artistic interests began to flourish. In ...

Peter Wolf was married to Faye Dunaway and recorded the hit song “Centerfold.” Now he’s ready to tell his story. The former lead singer of the J. Geils Band is signing copies of his new ...

The J. Geils Band frontman's episodic memoir is name dropper's heaven of musicians, actors, writers, poets, directors, and a few shady characters.

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.

Sometimes it’s who you know, sometimes it’s what you know, and in Peter Wolf’s case the who is every bit as impressive as the what. Mr. Wolf, the former lead singer of the J. Geils Band ...

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.