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The J. Geils Band is a rock artist from Worcester, Massachusetts. USA formed in 1967. 24 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Worcester, Massachusetts. USA · Best rock albums
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Freeze-Frame
1981
Best of The J. Geils Band
2006
Love Stinks
1980
The Morning After
1971
Nightmares...and Other Tales From the Vinyl Jungle
1974
Bloodshot
1973
Hotline
1975
Monkey Island
1977
Sanctuary
2014
Ladies Invited
1973
The J. Geils Band
1995
Out On Main Street (Live New York '71)
2025
There's A Party Goin' On! (Live In New York 1972)
2020
Love Stinks Live (Oakland Coliseum Arena, Ca 22Nd March 1980) (Remastered)
2016
Showtime!
2014
Masters Of Rock
2003
Looking for a Love and Other Hits
1997
Full House "Live"
1995
Blow Your Face Out (Live)
1993
Flashback- Best Of
1988
Flashback: The Best of The J. Geils Band
1985
You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd
1984
“Live” Full House
1972
More about The J. Geils Band
The J. Geils Band /ˌdʒeɪ ˈɡaɪlz/ is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Worcester, Massachusetts. They have been described as the best white American blues based band of all time. They are best known for their 1981 single, "Centerfold" which charted #1 in the U.S. in early 1982. The band played R&B-influenced blues-rock in the 1970s before moving towards a more pop-influenced sound in the 1980s. Since its initial break-up in 1985, the band has reunited several times. The band started as an acoustic blues trio in the mid 1960s, with vocalist and guitarist John Geils, bassist Danny Klein (Dr. Funk) and harmonica player Richard Salwitz (stage name Magic Dick).
The band formed under the name 'Snoopy and the Sopwith Camels', while Geils was attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute for a couple of semesters. In 1967, the band switched focus, starting to play electric guitar and bass and recruiting drummer Stephen Jo Bladd and fast-talking ex-disc jockey singer Peter Wolf, born Peter Blankenfeld, (originally from the Bronx ) and later, both from Boston. They became the J. Geils Blues Band, later dropping the word "Blues" from the band name. The following year, former fan Seth Justman joined as an organist. The group signed to Atlantic Records in 1970. Although living in Boston, the band had always considered Detroit their second home because of their enormous popularity there. Two of their three live albums were recorded in Detroit at The Cinderella Ballroom and Cobo Hall. The third live album was recorded in Detroit and Boston. The J. Geils Band first received FM radio airplay with the live single cover version of The Contours' "First I Look at the Purse". They then began to get AM radio airplay as well with a series of several hit singles in the 1970s, the most successful of which were a cover version of The Valentinos' "Looking for a Love" (1971), a cover version of The Showstoppers' "Ain't Nothin' But a Houseparty" (1973), "Give it to Me" (1973), and "Musta Got Lost" (1974). Later in the 1970s, the band signed with EMI America Records.
