'''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.
Raised in New_York_City, Carroll attended several Catholic Grammar Schools from 1955 to 1963. In fall 1963, he entered public school, but was soon rewarded a scholarship to the elite Trinity High School (a private school). He entered Trinity High School in 1964.
Apart from being interested in writing, Carroll was a passionate Basketball player throughout his grade school and middle school career. He entered the "Biddy League" at age 13 and participated in the National High School All Star Game in 1966, hence the title of his most famous book.
As a teenager, Carroll was a Heroin addict who sometimes prostituted himself to afford his habit. The novel ''The Basketball Diaires'' concerns his life in New York City's hard Drug_culture and his struggle to rid himself of his addiction.
Carroll published his first book, ''Organic Trains'', at age 17. Several of his poems have been published in such magazines as ''Paris Review'' and ''Poetry''. In 1970, his second collection of poems, ''4 Ups and 1 Down'' was published. That same year, Carroll started working for Andy_Warhol. At first, he was writing film dialogue and inventing character names; later on, Carroll worked as the co-manager of Warhol's Theater. Carroll's first above-ground publication, the collection ''Living At The Movies'' was published in 1973.
He formed the Jim Carroll Band, a New Wave/punk rock group, in 1980. Their biggest commercial success was the Single "People Who Died," from their debut album, ''Catholic Boy''. He has also collaborated with many influential punk and Hard_rock musicians, including Lou_Reed, Blue_Öyster_Cult, Boz_Scaggs and Rancid.
==Books==
===Poetry===
*''Organic Trains'' (1967)
*''4 Ups and 1 Down'' (1970)
*''Living at the Movies'' (1972)
*''The Book of Nods'' (1986)
*''Fear of Dreaming'' (1993)
*''Void of Course: Poems 1994-1997'' (1998) ISBN 0140589090
===Diaries/Prose===
*''The_Basketball_Diaries'' (1978)
*''Forced_Entries'' (1987)
===Books influenced by Jim Carroll===
*''Only Skin Deep'', George_Kimball (1968)
*''The_Crow'', James_O'Barr (1981)
*''Wonderland_Avenue'', Danny_Sugerman (1989)
*''The_Lone_Ranger_and_Tonto_Fistfight_in_Heaven'', Sherman_Alexie (1993)
*''Trainspotting'', Irvine_Welsh (1993)
*''The_Acid_House'', Irvine_Welsh (1994) ISBN 0393312801
*''Twelve'', Nick_McDonell (2002)
==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)
*''Back_to_the_Streets:_Celebrating_the_Music_of_Don_Covay'' (1993)
*''Sedated_In_The_Eighties'' (1993)
*''New_Wave_Dance_Hits:_Just_Can't_Get_Enough,_Vol._6'' (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)
==External link==
*Catholicboy.com - Jim Carroll's official website
* 1986 audio interview of Jim Carroll, RealAudio
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