James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an American author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries; the book inspired a 1995 film of the same title that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll.
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Lenny Kaye
American guitarist, songwriter, producer, journalist
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Ivan Král
Czech-American musician
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Richard Hell
American actor and musician
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Ray Manzarek
American musician
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Patti Smith
American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist
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Sid Vicious
English bassist and vocalist
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Billy Idol
English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor who holds dual British and American citizenship (born 1955)
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Lewis Carroll
English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer
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Billy Childish
British musician
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Anton Sanko
American composer
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The Dead Boys
American punk rock band
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Johnny Thunders
musician, songwriter
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Don Letts
British film director
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Joey Ramone
American musician and singer-songwriter
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Red Rockers
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Lou Reed
American musician, recording artist, singer-songwriter (1942-2013)
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Exene Cervenka
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Erik Sanko
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Stiv Bators
American punk rock vocalist and guitarist
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Will Oldham
American singer-songwriter and actor
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Sylvain Sylvain
American guitarist
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Elliott Murphy
American singer-songwriter
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Attila the Stockbroker
British punk poet, folk punk musician and songwriter
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Nico
German musician, model and actress, one of Warhol's superstars
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The Weakerthans
Canadian indie rock band
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David Grisman
Mandolinist, composer, and record label owner
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Thurston Moore
American guitarist