Jimmy Pop
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| Jimmy Pop | |
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 Pop singing in 2009 in the home shirt of the Denmark national football team. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | James Moyer Frankes |
| Also known as | Jimmy Pop Ali |
| Born | August 27, 1972 |
| Origin | Trappe, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock, comedy rock, post-punk, rap rock |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, lyricist, composer, singer, guitarist, pianist |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, keyboard |
| Associated acts | Bloodhound Gang The DiCamillo Sisters Scooter |
Jimmy Pop (born James Moyer Franks, August 27, 1972 in Trappe, Pennsylvania) is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, main songwriter, and founding member of the band Bloodhound Gang.
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[edit] Early life and education
Pop was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania, and is of Jewish, German and Native American descent. He was raised Lutheran but ceased practicing as soon as his parents permitted him to. Apropos his Jewish identity, he states that he is of Jewish ethnicity but does not consider himself Jewish;[1] "I have the blood in me, but I'm not considered part of the tribe. When my family came over here, on my father's side they were all rabbis. They changed their name from Hershell to Hershey and one of their younger grandchildren or whatever became the Hershey Bar guy. I never got any money out of it... I have American Indian in me and lots of German, which works really well with the Jew. It's just a big mixed bag. Somewhere along the line, my parents were raised Lutheran and as soon as I didn't have to go anymore, I wasn't into it. So I wasn't raised Jewish, but being in the music business, of course, I have Jewish managers. So I'm always up for the holidays."[citation needed]
In 1990, Pop graduated from Perkiomen Valley High School and commenced studies in mass communication and history at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, where he met Bloodhound Gang bassist Jared "Evil Jared Hasselhoff" Hennegan.[2]
[edit] Career
[edit] Bloodhound Gang
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Jimmy Pop's humor focuses heavily on sex. Jimmy Pop's style of humor relies on a blend of shock value with pop culture references. His live humor represents this as well, including things such as wearing a Backstreet Boys shirt onstage, and putting out a cigarette on his tongue. He also has been known to tear off Evil Jared Hasselhoff's shirt at random intervals, once actually attempting to bite off the shirt.
Jimmy Pop is the public face of the Bloodhound Gang, and is the member most commonly interviewed. Unlike the others (most notably DJ Q-Ball), Jimmy usually takes the actual output of the band very seriously, and does not joke about leaving or breaking up. He is the only original member remaining in the group.
He currently plays Gibson Les Paul guitars and Marshall amps and bass guitar. He used to play a custom guitar (made by a former Paul Reed Smith employee; it was actually Lüpüs' guitar, and is no longer used) through an Orange amplifier. He previously used Gretsch guitars before he used Les Pauls. He started playing guitar live for the tours supporting Hooray for Boobies, and does not play them on the albums. Other guitars he could be seen using is a Fernandes Native for the music video for "The Ballad of Chasey Lain", and a Taylor acoustic for the music video for "Fire Water Burn".
Pop founded the Jimmy Franks Recording Company, a label through which the Bloodhound Gang releases its albums and on which other bands such as Helltrain, Isabelle's Gift, and HIM release their records.
[edit] Side projects
Jimmy Pop is a member of a Christmas band called The DiCamillo Sisters, along with Bam Margera, Brandon DiCamillo, and Jess Margera.
Jimmy Pop collaborated with dance artist Tomcraft for a song called "Broadsword Calling Danny Boy" in 2006. The song is featured on Tomcraft's official MySpace.[3]
In 2007, he collaborated with German group Scooter for a song called "The Shit That Killed Elvis", which was featured on their album The Ultimate Aural Orgasm. Bam Margera can be heard in the song's intro. The song reached number 2 in the German Hip Hop billboards and remained there for two weeks.
In 2010, he collaborated with German group Die Atzen for an English version of the song "Disco Pogo" which was featured on the Jersey Shore soundtrack.
[edit] Film career and appearances
Pop made an appearance in the CKY series of films, during a shopping cart race scene and slap fight in CKY 4. He also appeared in an episode of Viva La Bam, titled "Limo vs Lambo"; wherein Jimmy Pop borrowed Bam Margera's Lamborghini without telling him, thus causing Bam Margera to accuse his close friends, specifically Ryan Dunn, of doing the deed. Pop also appeared for a total of about five seconds in the "State of Bam" episode of Viva La Bam; but Evil Jared Hasselhoff had a much longer part in that particular episode. He also appeared in the Viva La Bam episode in which a scavenger hunt took place (which ended in the arrests of himself, Margera, and Evil Jared; among others). He also appeared on the Viva La Bam episode "Rockstars", in which Don Vito and Phil Margera attempt to become rock stars, leading Jimmy Pop to French kiss Don Vito onstage.
More recently,[when?] Jimmy Pop can be seen twice in the final episode (season finale) of Bam's Unholy Union. The first time, Jimmy Pop can be seen greeting Bam with his name appearing underneath in captions, the second time he is speaking with Dave England.
Pop has also appeared on The Dudesons, being one of the people throwing darts during the human dart board stunt with Jarppi Leppälä.
In addition to these appearances, Pop is credited along with fellow band member Evil Jared in a film directed by Bam Margera titled Minghags: The Movie.[4] They are credited in the film as "The Bloodhound Gang". The trailer for the movie was shown at most venues on the bands latest UK tour and featured Jimmy Pop and Evil Jared as part of an ambulance crew. He also appears in Bam Margera's movie called Where The#$&% Is Santa?.
[edit] Other activities
He was also a contributing writer to American pop-culture satire publication POPsmear throughout the 1990s. He was offered a position as an intern on the Howard Stern Show, but had to turn it down after getting signed to his first record contract (with the Bloodhound Gang).
[edit] Personal life
Jimmy Pop is also a fan of the Philadelphia Phillies, and is often seen wearing a Phillies hat. He is also noted for his Philadelphia accent (particularly the "Philadelphia A"), which can be heard in most (if not all) Bloodhound Gang songs. He is also known for singing in a deep monotone in many Bloodhound Gang songs.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Jimmy Pop at the Internet Movie Database
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