Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll (born August 1, 1950 in New York City) is an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll is best known for his 1978 novel The Basketball Diaries, which was made into a movie in 1995 starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Albums

Music by Jim Carroll and the Jim Carroll Band

• Catholic Boy (1980)
• Dry Dreams (1982)
• I Write Your Name (1983)
• Best of The JC Band (1993)
• Pools of Mercury (1998)
• Runaway EP (2000)

Spoken word/lecture

• Rimbaud Lectures (1978)
• Naropa Institute (1986)
• Praying Mantis (1991)
• The Basketball Diaries (1994)
• Curtis's Charm (1996)
• Pools of Mercury (1998)

Music done in collaboration

• Live at Max's Kansas City, Velvet Underground (1972)
• Club Ninja, Blue Öyster Cult (1986)
• Other Roads, Boz Scaggs (1988)
• Between Thought and Expression, Lou Reed (1992)
• And Out Come the Wolves, Rancid (1995)
• Feeling You Up, Truly (1997)
• Yes I Ram, Jon Tiven Group (1999)

Compilations and soundtracks featuring Carroll

• Tuff Turf Soundtrack (1985)
• ' (1993)
• Sedated In The Eighties (1993)
• ' (1994)
• The Basketball Diaries Soundtrack (1995)
• WCBN Naked 2000 (2000)

Covers

• Viva Zapata, 7 Year Bitch (1994)
• Put Your Tongue to the Rail, various artists (1999)