# J Geils has passed away **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277 "2017-04-11T23:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/21 "2017-04-12T12:57:21Z")
Unfortunately, the radio tributes are playing"Centerfold", “Freeze Frame”, and “Love Stinks” instead of the funky bluesy stuff. It’s all part of his legacy, just not the best part. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/22 "2017-04-12T14:42:49Z")
Too bad he never posed for Playgirl, so I could post “My centerfold is an angel.” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/23 "2017-04-12T14:54:59Z")
What will Angie Tribeca do now? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/24 "2017-04-12T15:07:12Z")
I’d heard they were the best party band on Earth. Certainly can see why from the albums I wore out. 🙂 Rock 'em out up there, JW. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/25 "2017-04-12T15:42:29Z")
I remember “Love Stinks” and “Whammer Jammer” getting a lot of airplay in the late 70’s/early 80’s, a few years before they hit it big with the Freeze Frame album. RIP John. And when you place your order in heaven, don’t forget to say “No anchovies please.” ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/26 "2017-04-12T16:11:30Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > I’d heard they were the best party band on Earth. Certainly can see why from the albums I wore out. 🙂 > > Rock 'em out up there, JW. From my one experience of them, mentioned above, I agree with the best party band claim. They wore my 17 year old self out in a forty minute set. I was not into dancing at concerts, but I danced all the way through their set. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/27 "2017-04-12T16:40:39Z")
RIP ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/28 "2017-04-12T17:30:17Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > I saw the band open for Emerson, Lake and Palmer in 1971. I had no idea who they were prior to the concert. The only thing I have experienced since that night that was as exciting, exhilarating and pure fun was Springsteen on the Born To Run tour. They were a great live band. ELP seemed like a trio of stodgy eggheads compared to them. > > RIP That’s an odd pairing indeed, like, say, Cheap Trick opening for King Crimson (though I would definitely go…). ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/29 "2017-04-12T17:32:55Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I loved _Freeze Frame._ It’s too bad the band broke up soon after that success. THAT’S the one I could not remember! yup, another one gone. RIP ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/30 "2017-04-12T18:37:33Z")
I must confess I’m a novice to the J. Geils Band. I first knew them as a one hit wonder for “Centerfold”, thought at the time they were a new band and forgot about them. I later learned about their reputation and long earlier career, but had no opportunity to check them out by lack of available records. Now that I have access to their whole catalog, I’ve slowly begun to catch up on it, and inspired by the sad news and as a tribute, I’m right now playing their first album for the first time, and it’s great! That’s some mighty harp sound on “Serves You Right To Suffer”! I’m a sucker for all blues/roots, garage and pub rock and stuff like that, and [allmusic.com](http://allmusic.com) describes them as “Down-and-dirty blues band with a pulverizing live show”; that’s right up my alley. The early 70s were a tough time for bands like them, another favorite of mine with a similar approach, the Flamin’ Groovies, never managed to break despite making fantastic music too. Speaks for the J. Geils Band that they persevered for so long before finally cracking the charts as almost veterans. And now to the next album, _Live: Full House_… ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/31 "2017-04-12T19:00:09Z")
I’ve added this song to my Donald Trump playlist: [“Piss on the Wall”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CniwQ_WApKY) from _Freeze-Frame._ Interesting fact: J. Geils actually left the band in 2012 (or was kicked out, it’s unclear which) – he filed a lawsuit to prevent the rest of the band from using his name, but was unsuccessful. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/32 "2017-04-12T21:40:48Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Interesting fact: J. Geils actually left the band in 2012 (or was kicked out, it’s unclear which) – he filed a lawsuit to prevent the rest of the band from using his name, but was unsuccessful. :smack: Yep, they went on a reunion tour in 2012 and, for reasons unknown, he did not join them. He filed an unsuccessful lawsuit because he felt they had conspired to oust him and were unlawfully using the trademarked name. The problem was that when it became the trademarked band name he gave up exclusive rights and had to share it with the other 4 original band members. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/33 "2017-04-12T21:58:36Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > And now to the next album, _Live: Full House_… That is a very fun, very frenetic album. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/34 "2017-04-12T22:35:29Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > … > And now to the next album, _Live: Full House_… Please keep us up to date as you wind your way through the catalogue. I find these types of threads interesting. Sent from my adequate mobile device using Tapatalk. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/35 "2017-04-13T04:27:10Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yes sir! They were very popular in the Detroit area before they hit the big leagues: much like Bob Seger. > > The “Sanctuary” album is fantastic. > > Sent from my adequate mobile device using Tapatalk. As a Detroiter myself, that album brings me back to junior high parties, young love and all the great memories of that time. I urge anyone who only knows them by their MTV hits to look into their earlier discography and have a listen. J. Geils is one of the fews bands that had that certain something to rile up a concert hall like no other. Rest peacefully Mr. Geils. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/36 "2017-04-13T04:59:10Z")
When I first heard “Give It To Me” I thought Wow, that rocked! I bought the album with this song in it and it was a good album. RIP JG ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/37 "2017-04-13T05:43:42Z")
Ah, crap. RIP. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/38 "2017-04-13T17:12:36Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Please keep us up to date as you wind your way through the catalogue. I find these types of threads interesting. > Sent from my adequate mobile device using Tapatalk. I’ll gladly do, but please give me some time, cause today I’m on another binge, this time the Beau Brummels ;). But I already listened to the J. Geils Band’s first two studio outputs and _Live: Full House_, and that much I can say: it’s all high-energized, raw, funny and competent R’n’B goodness. To be continued… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/39 "2017-04-13T21:04:19Z")
Had damn fine taste in automobiles. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277/40 "2017-04-14T03:07:02Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > I saw the band open for Emerson, Lake and Palmer in 1971. I had no idea who they were prior to the concert. The only thing I have experienced since that night that was as exciting, exhilarating and pure fun was Springsteen on the Born To Run tour. They were a great live band. ELP seemed like a trio of stodgy eggheads compared to them. > > RIP “The Book of Rock Lists” had a “10 Bands That Have Opened For J. Geils” and it included Bob Seger, Van Halen, and Yes. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-geils-has-passed-away/784277.md?page=3)