Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll

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8 Fragments For Kurt Cobain
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My Ruins
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Zeno's Law Of High-Heeled Shoes
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From The Busterball Diaries, Age 13, Spring 1965
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Excerpts From The Basketball Diaries

Albums

  • Praying Mantis

    Nov 2007 • 12 songs

  • Runaway

    Oct 2000 • 5 songs

  • Runaway

    Oct 2000 • 5 songs

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Jim Carroll

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To rock audiences, Jim Carroll's crowning achievement was the near-hit "People Who Died," a brutally emotional punk record saluting the victims of the New York drug culture. In truth, however, Carroll's artistic legacy was considerably more complex and far-ranging -- an acclaimed diarist, poet, actor, and spoken word performer, his formative years even served as the subject of the film The Basketball Diaries. The product of a working-class background, Carroll was born and raised in New York City. He was a highly touted basketball prospect, and Jack Kerouac's On the Road inspi...
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