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The Jim Carroll Band

The Jim Carroll Band is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Against Me! and Patti Smith. Those roots explain a lot about how The Jim Carroll Band arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dead Boys, New York Dolls, Iggy Pop, The Undertones and Ian Dury, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rancid and Pearl Jam, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around The Jim Carroll Band, reaching back through Against Me! and forward to Rancid. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

James Dennis Carroll was an American author, poet, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which inspired a 1995 film of the same title that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll, and his 1980 song "People Who Died" with the Jim Carroll Band.

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The Jim Carroll BandAgainst Me!Patti SmithRancidPearl JamDead BoysNew York DollsIggy PopThe UndertonesIan DuryBuzzcocksBilly IdolThe Jam

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The Jim Carroll Band connections

The Jim Carroll Band grew out of Against Me! and Patti Smith, shares an orbit with Dead Boys, New York Dolls, Iggy Pop and The Undertones, went on to shape Rancid and Pearl Jam. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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