J. Geils Band

Like The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the J. Geils Band got its start by churning out
loving, frantic cover versions of R&B, blues and Fifties rock 'n' roll classics. While the Beatles
and Stones moved on to find their own niches (mostly because of the compositional
abilities of Lennon-McCartney and Jagger-Richards), the lack of a solid writer always held
J. Geils back. However, on the group's last two albums, Monkey Island and Sanct... More >

So it's broad--nothing wrong with broad. Just ask the uproarious single and title tune. But really, the rest is more overbearing white r&b--Seth Justman's organ blams, not to mention his furbelows on the endless-at-3:35 "Desire," are the work of a man who thinks "No Anchovies, Please" is funny. (Grade - C+)