Né le 01 août 1949
Jim Carroll, né à New York le 1er août 1949 et mort le 11 septembre 2009, est un écrivain, poète et musicien punk américain, connu notamment pour son livre autobiographique The Basketball Diaries qui a fait l'objet d'un film dans lequel joue Leonardo DiCaprio.
Poésie
* 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)
Journaux, romans
* The Basketball Diaries (1978)
* Forced Entries (1987)
Albums de musique
* Music by Jim Carroll and the Jim Carroll Band
* Runaway EP (2000)
* Pools of Mercury (1998)
* Catholic Boy (1980)
* Dry Dreams (1982)
* I Write Your Name (1983)
* Best of The JC Band (1993)
Lectures, conférences
* Rimbaud Lectures (1978)
* Naropa Institute (1986)
* Praying Mantis (1991)
* The Basketball Diaries (1994)
* Curtis's Charm (1996)
* Pools of Mercury (1998)
Collaborations musicales
* Live at Max's, Kansas City, The 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 et musiques
* 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)
Source : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Carroll