James Newell Osterberg was born in Muskegon, Michigan, on April 21, 1947, the son of Louella (née Christensen; 1917–1996) and James Newell Osterberg (1921–2007), an English teacher and baseball coach at Se mere

Early days: 1960–1967
Osterberg began his music career as a drummer in various high school bands in Ann Arbor, Michigan, … Se mere

In 1995, a newly founded journal of classical scholarship, Classics Ireland, published Pop's reflections on the applicability of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman … Se mere

Pop lives near Miami, Florida. He has been married three times: to Wendy Weissberg for several weeks in 1968 before divorcing her in Se mere

As an actor Pop has appeared in a number of movies, including Sid and Nancy (a non-speaking cameo role), The Color of Money Se mere

The Passenger was the putative name for a biographical film about Pop's early career with the Stooges. The film was to be directed by Nick Gomez and Elijah Wood was to play Pop.
Pop liked the script but refused to take part in the film. He said: Se mere

Admirers
• Music journalist Lester Bangs was one of the first writers to champion the Stooges in a national publication. His piece "Of Pop and Pies and Fun" for Se mere