Musician J. Geils, founder, guitarist and namesake of the band behind 1980s hits "Freeze Frame" and "Centerfold," has died at age 71.

Musician J. Geils, founder and namesake of the band behind 1980s hits "Freeze Frame" and "Centerfold," has died at age 71.

The J.Geils Band will be performing a special New Year’s Eve concert live at the Mohegan Sun Arena on Dec. 31 at 9 p.m.

The death this week of J. Geils Band co-founder and guitarist Jay Geils prompts a look back at the strange, between-worlds year of music in which the group cemented its legacy.

If you still held any doubts concerning the idea that rock 'n' roll keeps you young, those doubts should not have survived Friday evening's performance by the mighty J. Geils Band at the Central ...

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 ...

GROTON, Mass. (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

Interestingly, the J. Geils Band performed Friday sans its namesake, original guitarist J. Geils, who is currently suing the band over the use of its name - which happens to be his.

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 ...