Editing Iggy Pop (section)

== Early life ==
[[File:Iggy Pop HS Yearbook.jpeg|thumb|upright|Osterberg as a high school senior, 1965]]

James Newell Osterberg was born in [[Muskegon, Michigan]], on April 21, 1947, the son of Louella (''née'' Christensen; 1917–1996)<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/iggy-pops-trail-of-destruction-234011/4/ | title=Iggy Pop's Trail of Destruction | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=December 11, 2003 }}</ref> and James Newell Osterberg (1921–2007),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/james-osterberg-obituary?pid=90591767 | title=James Osterberg Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information | website=[[Legacy.com]] | date=July 12, 2007 }}</ref> an English teacher and baseball coach at [[Fordson High School]] in [[Dearborn, Michigan]].{{sfn|Trynka|2007|pp=13–14}} He is of English, German, and Irish descent on his father's side, and Danish and Norwegian ancestry on his mother's side. His father was adopted by a Swedish-American nurse surnamed Osterberg.<ref name=bookref1>{{cite book|last=Ambrose|first=Joe|title=Gimme danger: the story of Iggy Pop|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2004|page=2|isbn=1-84449-328-8}}</ref> The family lived in a [[trailer park]] in [[Ypsilanti, Michigan]].<ref name="Brooklyn Rail">{{cite web|last=Simmons |first=Todd |url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/2007/5/music/limping-with-the-stooges-in-washington-h |title=Limping with the Stooges in Washington Heights|work=The Brooklyn Rail |date=May 2, 2007 |access-date=September 30, 2011}}</ref> [[Ron Asheton]] later described him as having been a conventional teenager: "He hung out with the popular kids that wore chinos, cashmere sweaters, and penny loafers. Iggy didn't smoke cigarettes, didn't get high, didn't drink."<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Petrusich|first=Amanda|date=August 22, 2019|title=The Survival of Iggy Pop|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/02/the-survival-of-iggy-pop|access-date=November 6, 2021|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-US}}</ref>

Osterberg began to play drums in the fifth grade, first starting with rubber pads glued to plywood, before his parents bought him a drum set.<ref name=":0" /> In a 2007 ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interview, he explained his relationship with his parents and their contribution to his music:

{{cquote|Once I hit junior high in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]], I began going to school with the son of the president of [[Ford Motor Company]], with kids of wealth and distinction. But I had a wealth that beat them all. I had the tremendous investment my parents made in me. I got a lot of care. They helped me explore anything I was interested in. This culminated in their evacuation from the master bedroom in the trailer, because that was the only room big enough for my drum kit. They gave me their bedroom.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/iggy-pop-the-rolling-stone-interview-2-78680/|title=Iggy Pop: The Rolling Stone Interview|first1=David|last1=Fricke|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=April 19, 2007}}</ref>}}