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4	->''My blood runs cold,\
5	My memory has just been sold,\
6	My angel is the centerfold,\
7	(Angel is the centerfold).''
8	-->"Centerfold"
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10	The J. Geils Band was an American rock band formed in 1967 in Worcester, Massachusetts, that had a successful R&B-influenced blues-rock sound in TheSeventies, before moving towards a more pop-influenced sound in TheEighties, which brought them Creator/{{MTV}} airplay and a series of hit singles. Founder member J. Geils died in April 2017.
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12	Their songs include:
13	* "[[http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/geils%2Bband/video/xku7f_j-geils-band-centerfold Centerfold]]"
14	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GluCM_ggMvw Love Stinks]]"
15	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHo43B6nu60 Freeze Frame]]"
16	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPAj19vHPNc Must of Got Lost]]", and the more famous live version from ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDBoPLCeMKA Blow Your Face Out]]''
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18	!!Studio discography:
19	* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum The J. Geils Band]]'' (1970)
20	* ''The Morning After'' (1971)
21	* ''Bloodshot'' (1973)
22	* ''Ladies Invited'' (1973)
23	* ''Nightmares...and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle'' (1974)
24	* ''Hotline'' (1975)
25	* ''Monkey Island'' (1977)
26	* ''Sanctuary'' (1978)
27	* ''Love Stinks'' (1980)
28	* ''Freeze Frame'' (1981)
29	* ''You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd'' (1984)
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31	!!Principal Members (Founding members in '''bold'''):
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33	* '''Stephen Jo Bladd''' – drums, backing vocals (1968–85)
34	* '''John "J." Geils''' – guitar (1968–85; died 2017)
35	* '''Seth Justman''' – keyboards, backing vocals (1968–85)
36	* '''Danny Klein''' – bass (1968–85)
37	* '''Richard Saltzer (Magic Dick)''' – harmonica, saxophone, trumpet (1968–85)
38	* '''Peter Wolf''' – lead vocals (1968–83)
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41	!!Love stinks, but not these tropes:
42	* AlliterativeTitle: ''Freeze Frame''.
43	* AlbumTitleDrop: One of the most famous ones on a live album, as the band segues from "Lookin' for a Love" into "(Ain't Nothin' but a) Houseparty": "WE ARE GONNA [[PunctuatedForEmphasis BLOW. YOUR.]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis FACE.]]'' '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis OUUUUUUUT!]]'''''"
44	* AmbiguousSyntax: In "Centerfold", the line "Oh no, I can't deny it. Oh yeah, I guess I gotta buy it." Which could either mean "buy it" as in he has to accept that his pure school crush is now a nude model, or that he's going to purchase a copy of the magazine she's in.
45	* AntiLoveSong: "Love Stinks"
46	* ArtisticLicenseSports: The poker hand pictured on the cover of their first live album, ''Full House'', is not a full house (three of a kind plus a pair).
47	* TheBandMinusTheFace: They soldiered on for one last studio album after Peter Wolf left, with Seth Justman (who by that point was producing as well doing most of the songwriting) taking over as frontman. Not the same, although they did do the ''Film/FrightNight1985'' theme song.
48	** From 2012 until their final performances in 2015, the band toured with Wolf...but without Geils, despite the whole "band literally named after him" thing. Geils sued the band for performing a short tour without him, the case was thrown out of court and he quit the band in acrimony.
49	* {{Claymation}}: In the video for "Freeze Frame".
50	* {{Crossdresser}}: Peter Wolf does this in a part of ''Love Stinks''.
51	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Much like Music/{{The Rolling Stones\|Band}}' "Nanker Phelge" numbers, the band's first two albums contain several compositions credited to the whole band under the pseudonym "Juke Joint Jimmy", as well as a solo Geils instrumental and Wolf/Geils' classic "Hard Drivin' Man" on the first album. While many Wolf/Justman songs appear on these albums, ''Bloodshot'' was their first album as the band's exclusive songwriters.
52	* EpicRocking: A few songs went past the 6:00 mark. Oddly, one of them, "Give it to Me", became their first Top 30 hit in America.
53	* {{Fanservice}}: Sexy schoolgirls in "Centerfold". It appears that sexy schoolgirls are not only a cross-cultural fetish, but a cross-generational one as well.
54	* GirlNextDoorTurnedSuperstar: In "Centerfold", a man discovers that the girl he admired from afar/lusted after in high school has now become a centerfold model.
55	* HoldTheUnsolicitedIngredient: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XazaOWrnJ5o "No Anchovies, Please"]] is all about this. Well, sort of. Eating anchovies caused a woman to get kidnapped and turned into a bowling ball, so the SpoofAesop is to request no anchovies on pizza. Peter Wolf later plays this straight while nodding to the aforementioned bit on the "Love Rap" prelude to "Love Stinks" on their live album ''Showtime!'', depicting [[Literature/TheBible Adam]] as TheStoner in the Garden of Eden, craving a pizza with increasingly eccentric toppings...
56	-->'''Wolf:''' He put on ''peanut butter!'' He even put on ''tuna fish!'' '''''BUT...nooooo...'''''
57	-->'''Wolf and Audience: ''...aaaaanchovies, PLEASE!'''''
58	* HorrifyingTheHorror: Peter Wolf was told in college to move out of his dorm room because he was creeping his roommate out. Said roomie asking for the move? ''{{Creator/David Lynch}}!''
59	* IntercourseWithYou: "Give it to Me"
60	* LiveAlbum: ''Live Full House'', ''Blow Your Face Out'', ''Showtime!''
61	* LoveTriangle: "Love Stinks" states that "You love her, but she loves him, and he loves somebody else."
62	* LyricalColdOpen: "Freeze Frame" starts with a TitleDrop before a few camera sounds and the synthesizers kick in.
63	* MyGirlIsNotASlut: "Centerfold" - the singer/protagonist of the song is throwing a massive hissy fit over the fact that a girl he knew in 'high school' is now a Magazine/{{Playboy}} model.
64	** In a TwistEnding, he is eventually able to accept it...and even [[MyGirlIsASlut embraces it.]]
65	* PassingNotesInClass: "Centerfold" mentions "Slipping notes under the desk."
66	* RougeAnglesOfSatin: "Must of Got Lost" (instead of "must've"). ''Blow Your Face Out'' backtracks this slightly with the use of "Musta" instead.
67	* SongStyleShift: "Give it to Me" starts out as a {{Reggae}}-influenced shuffle, then abruptly turns into HardRock at the bridge, then speeds up as the band trades solos, then the drum-dominated closing section with the band chanting in the background sounds more like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkanoo junkanoo]] music than anything else.
68	* SpoofAesop: "No Anchovies, Please": If you eat anchovies, you will be kidnapped and turned into a bowling ball.
69	* StopAndGo: "Centerfold", in which it is covered by crowd noises.
70	* TemporaryNameChange: For the 1977 record, ''Monkey Island'', the band shortened their name to just "Geils". They changed it back on the following record.

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