European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Peter Wolf still has it and it s got to come out by Anne m. Peterson associated press More than two decades in the music business both As a disc jockey and a performer have Given Peter Wolf a certain maturity. Sort of. Quot i tend to Wear longer socks now a he jokes. Quot and f look both ways before i Cross the  but seriously the former j. Geils band frontman has been struggling since the 1983 breakup of the group to strike out on his own. His most recent Solo album up to no Good was a critical Success but did not sell Well. Now he a planning a tour to show people he a still around. Quot i Haven to done it in eight years a Wolf said. Quot the beatles were together and broke up in less time than that. In Rock a no roil its a  with j. Geils Wolf a athletic antics on stage became As Well known As some of the bands songs including love stinks and Centrefold. Then at the height of the group s popularity it was announced that Wolf was leaving. A Wolf said he a still bitter about the breakup but added it Hasni to crushed his spirit. I became a soloist realty not by Choice. But it was the Only Way a necessity to keep on Rock a no rolling a because i loved the band and i really would have liked to see the band stay together Quot he said. It was like someone who would have liked to see their marriage stay together but there just was t any reason to hang in  still persistent rumours abound surrounding a j. Geils reunion especially every new year s eve when the band used to play its annual Bash in Boston. Wolf is pessimistic about the prospects. Quot the Geils band a we were a family sort of like a Bunch of Brothers sticking together through thick and thin. It just was hard to try to keep that collective  he said. Quot people wonder if the band is Ever going to get Back together. I really have no set plans to do it. The Only Way i would do it is if i really Felt that kind of spirit could be  recently in a posh Boston hotel suite he took to meet the press Wolf looked unchanged from years of musical mayhem. The hair May be Shorter but Wolf 42, remains painfully thin adorned with eyeliner and dressed completely in Black. His wit still is Sharp. Wolf grew up in the Bronx. His father was an entertainer his Mother a political activist and the Eclectic Home life gave him inspiration to be an artist so he relocated to Boston in his Early 20s to pursue painting. But Art fell by the Wayside when Wolf became the overnight disc jockey at Boston s a bin pm and caught the music Bug. It was there that he met fellow musician Van Morrison. Quot Van used to live in Cambridge and he used to listen and that show we became friends. He used to come by and we ended up doing gigs together a Wolf said. Quot my band opened up for him and we toured around new England together in station  in 1967, the j. Geils band was born taking its name from the Lead guitarist. Along the Way there were moderate album sales a string of gigs opening for the rolling stones and the eventual Success of the 1982 album freeze Frame which sold 5 million copies. But then came the unexpected breakup with the band citing so called Quot creative differences Quot for the split. Wolf said he still prefers the group atmosphere rather than taking the risky soil route. Quot i really enjoy being in a band. I enjoy the responsibility. I enjoy sharing things. I enjoy the collaborative sense of it a he said. A it s a lot tougher being a soloist. There s a lot More demands. All the focus is on one individual. I m still not used to  Wolf made two Solo albums before up to no Good. This time around he decided to venture into unfamiliar territory for a Rock in roller Nashville. Quot Many people think of it As just a country town a but there s a lot of Good Rock n rollers Down there. And there a a lot of  he said. Quot so thought it would be interesting to see what it would be like to record outside of a big Urban City like new York or . Once i started spending some time there i really liked  he says the slogan on up to no Good is a quote from a John Lee Hooker song. Quot if it s in you it s got to come out Quot sums up his feeling about getting older the music business and his own personality. To me Rock n Roll is infectious in the sense that you sometimes can t control it. It s something that a beyond the senses Quot he said. You be got to really have that desire. As Long As it s there you can keep on  Wolf was in Boston this october conducting interviews for perspective band members. The tour which does not have a firm opening Date will Likely take on Small intimate clubs in the United states. And despite the years Wolf said he s confident that on the tour he can live up to the frantic stage Persona he had with j. Geils no one questions Frank Sinatra who started out As a Bobby socks idol no one says can he still be singing witchcraft when he a 67?�?T obviously he can because he a in his 70s and still doing concerts a Wolf said. But Wolf adds that he does t have plans to Mellow. Quot i done to think in a going to be Perry Como in a sweater holding a  top a singles if Sas amp so. 5. From a distance Bette my Fer 6. Something to be eve in potent 7. More than words can say a 0. The Way you do the things you or 9. Impulsive win pm 5 y0u do Chapt i is Jerep prayers Garth Brooks is has is Dlf fiely re a a inf War owls i 10. Feels Good a Tony toll tone 1 do ub40top a lpns 1. To the extreme Vanilla ice 2. Please Hammer done to Hurt Mem or u 3 Mariah Carey Maria Carev Hammer 4. Rhythm of the saints Psi Simon i 7. 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