Where can i get a detailed bio on Jimmy Pop from the bloodhound gang?

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Wikipedia says:

Jimmy Pop (sometimes Jimmy Pop Ali) (born James Moyer Franks, August 27, 1972 in Trappe, Pennsylvania) is an American songwriter and the lead singer of the band The Bloodhound Gang.

After graduating from Perkiomen Valley High School, he studied mass communications and history at Temple University where he met The Bloodhound Gang bassist Jared "Evil Jared Hasselhoff" Hennegan. He also founded the Jimmy Franks Recording Company, a label on which The Bloodhound Gang releases albums, as well as other bands such as Helltrain , Isabelle's Gift, and, more famously, HIM.

Jim is the only original member of the Bloodhound Gang left in the group, having formed it in 1992 (Lüpüs Thünder joined in 1994). He writes the music for, and produces, every album; producing originally out of necessity (they couldn't afford a real producer in the beginning), and then because he wanted more control (and it's still cheaper and easier). Additionally, because he organizes his CDs in alphabetical order and makes grammar corrections to the Bloodhound Gang's website, Lüpüs has said that he is a little on the anal retentive side.

Jimmy Pop's humor is extremely juvenile and relies heavily on bodily functions and sexual activity. To this end, some describe his behavior as homoerotic (including, but not limited to, sticking his finger up Spanky G's rectum, fellating a banana and singing about fellatio).

Like most of the band, Jim is reputed to have a heavy drinking problem, and, as of 1998, smokes three packs of cigarettes a day.

Jim is the public face of the Bloodhound Gang, and it is almost always he and Evil Jared that do the interviews. Unlike the others (most notably DJ Q-Ball), he does take the actual output of the band very seriously, and does not joke about leaving or breaking up.

According to an article (http://www.newstimes180.com 2005-12-30) by David Friedman, Jim is not Jewish. "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."

He plays Gretsch guitars and Marshall amps and bass guitar. He used to play a custom guitar (made by a former Paul Reed Smith employee; it is actually Lüpüs' guitar, and is no longer used) through an Orange amplifier. He started playing guitar live for the tours supporting Hooray for Boobies, and does not play them on the albums.

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